Kaplan College Sawyer College Fraud, Lies, Misrepresentation Hammond, Nationwide

I was a student at Kaplan College (it was Sawyer College when I started) in Hammond, Indiana from 2004 until 2007.  I was told that I would be able to complete an Associates Degree there and use my credits to transfer somewhere else to go further in my education.  I was 20 years old and had no knowledge of accredidation practices or finanical aid. Neither did my father who was forced to take out loans to pay for my education.

Scheduling was horrible. I always had to fight with registration because I was "assigned" to classes during the day when I had told them I was a night student only. Everytime I called to talk to my advisor, I was given a run around as to why he could not come to the phone. I never saw him after my initial interview.  All the loan money that my dad signed for was taken directly by the school and I was never given a statement of how much the loans were being taken out for versus the cost of the program I was in.

After I completed my coursework, I had a hard time finding a job in the field that I studied. There were no companies that woudl hire student from Kaplan because of Kaplan's poor reputation.  I decided to go back to school and change my major, only to be told that my credits from Kaplan would not transfer and that I would have to start all over again. When I tried to go back to school and get some fiancial aid help, I was shocked to find out that I owed over $25,000 to Kaplan for an education that I would not and cannot use.