I
attended anthem college-high tech institute from July 06 to Feb
08. The first few months weren't too bad even though
they changed my student adviser like 3 times. After that
I got a full time job that was extremely time
consuming and my grades started to slip, once I quit
my job, my grades went up. According to Matthew Ketcham,
I guess he's the Student Services Adviser, I was on
academic probation from Oct 07. Well the last student
adviser I had she informed me that I WOULD be
placed on academic probation if I failed the current class
I was taking. I emailed Mr. Ketcham back about they
can terminate my education because I was fed up with
the school. I never received any emails, phone calls, or
letters saying I was on academic probation and all the
student advisers I had, they never informed me. I'm sure
it was in my student handbook, but I moved from
California to Indiana and the last thing on my mind
was making sure I had the handbook..I mean it's ridiculous!
I asked what would happen to the remaining money
that I borrowed from Sallie Mae and if it was
possible for them to send that money back to Sallie
Mae or send it to me so I can send
it to Sallie Mae myself. I also asked about sending
the books I had that were in perfect condition, and
guess what?! The guy NEVER emailed me back!!!! I was
very upset after not hearing anything for a week so
I called the financial aid services and the girl I
spoke to told me that they weren't going to send
the remaining money back to Sallie Mae or me, and
when I asked what was going to happen to it
she goes, “Oh, we're going to keep it.” I was
extremely upset and asked to speak to a manager, she
transferred me to one and I left her a message
saying I needed to speak to her about the remaining
money on my loan. Guess what!? She never called me
back! No surprise there.
So I left several messages to
different Financial Aid managers with no responses. I even recently
called them back after giving up for 4 months and
I still have not got a return call. I've already
contacted an attorney about this and I even talked to
Sallie Mae, since I have fallen on a hardship and
they informed me that no school is supposed to keep
any remaining money if a student is no longer taking
courses. So I have an appt tomorrow with a lawyer
on what to do with this situation. I WOULD NOT
recommend this school to anyone at all! They are all
liars, frauds, and only want to take your money! The
courses are ridiculous and they did not help with getting
a degree in Medical Billing/Coding. I was signed up with
at least 10 classes to take and only 3 of
them had anything to do with Medical Billing/Coding. The rest
were about psychology, sociology and creative writing which have nothing
to do with my choice of degree.
If anyone
has been ripped off by this company, I would love
to get a statement from you so I can let
my attorney know and maybe we can find some justice
against this awful place they like to call a school.