Katharine Gibbs Schools

I attended Katharine Gibbs School in Melville, NY from July 2007-June 2009. Almost all the way through my time at Gibbs, I had about 2 semesters left, Sanford Brown decided to take over and the class time went from 11 weeks a semester to 5 weeks a semester. It is completely ridiculous to think any subject is able to be completely taught and learned sufficiently in the matter of 5 weeks. I was in the business program with concentration in accounting. When they went to 5 weeks, I failed a class called cost accounting. So now, my hopes of being out of there in 18 months went to 2 years, because I needed to stay longer to take the class again due to their unfair length of semesters. Even the instructors thought this place was ridiculous. One of them even said to us that she wished someone had warned us before we walked into those doors what would be happening to us.

Needless to say, I was never able to land any kind of accounting job with AAS degree, not the same as a regular associate's degree. I've been paying my loans for what feels like forever and still have about $20,000 to go. I have continued education since and it was no surprise when they told me that many schools do not accept any of Katharine Gibbs credits. So, I am basically at my community college earning liberal arts credits, which is where I should have been in the first place. I am almost pretending I never even attended Katharine Gibbs. Of course, legally I have to let the school I am applying to know and provide my transcript.

I am completely embarrassed of my decision. I was just in such a rush to get on with education and start my life. Little did I know what kind of halt it would really have on my life. What they did and still are doing to people needs to be stopped! I was completely lied to about them being accredited and job placement, etc. It is completely ridiculous how many loans they have taken out for me with Sallie Mae as well. They should not be allowed to do that. It may be a headache to take care of it yourself, but I was devastated for 6 months after graduation when I have about 8 envelopes from Sallie Mae in my mailbox, all 8 of them different loans at a ridiculous 9.75% interest.

Sallie Mae is another headache. They have improved quite a bit but still bad. An employee of theirs used my personal information for his personal benefit and sent me a text message that read "Thanks for the smiles" after a conversation we had to update my account information, which is when they received my cell phone number. I spoke with a supervisor after this incident and he had nothing to say, literally. He was silent on the phone after I told him what had happened and then told me he would take care of the employee without even asking who it was. It is all just a devastating experience that I must live with and overcome. I would not be so mad about the loans and Sallie Mae if I had a good education to come from it. But no education and loan debt are unacceptable! If anyone knows of any kind of class act lawsuit, please let me know. I'm in!

I attended Katharine Gibbs College and May of 2004 through 2005 and they decided to relocate to Livingston NJ and I just started a new job and was unable to attend. I am still paying back my student loan and will not be done until 2014.

I attended Gibbs College from September 2003-May 2004. The school moved from Montclair, NJ to Livingston, NJ. It created a hardship for me, because I had started a job in April 2004 and could not make it to that campus in time to continue my education there. Many of the surrounding colleges would not honor the credits I received there. Now I am paying back student loans for these classes that didn't benefit me at all.

I graduated at Katherine Gibbs Plainview, NY in 2002. I was promised an 85%-90% job assistance rate. I made the dean's list every term and excelled at pretty much every class. I was told by several teachers that I will be an art director one day. Well, after completing my Associates Degree in Graphic Design, I was lucky to get a bar tending job, let alone anything in graphic design. I went on countless interviews that were all obtained through my own research and pretty much was told at every job that I was not qualified, even for entry level positions.

After complaining to the placement department several times, they tried to help me and got me one interview, which by the way, I was still told I wasn't qualified. I understand that not all placement is guaranteed but really I was appalled that I couldn't get even an entry level job. I wasted 18 months of my life and was so saddened that I was left paying for an education that got me nowhere. I would also like to mention that out of my entire class, maybe one was able to obtain a job and it wasn't even in graphics but hand cartooning. I feel that they need to pay and at least wipe out our student loans and pay us back for what we have already paid into them. The entire thing was a sham. I wasted so much time looking for jobs and not to mention losing my self esteem in the process.

I am very interested in a possible class action suit against them. I later went on to get my bachelor's degree and only a very few credits transferred. I now work in Healthcare Administration and find that at least the school I went to was willing to help me get a job, write a resume and establish good interviewing techniques. I have never since or before be turned down for a job and I firmly believe they need to be punished for the lies they told their students and the promises they just couldn't keep.

I attended Gibbs College back in 2002-2004, I graduated from Gibbs Norwalk back in 2004. One month before graduation, they came to me and told me if I did not catch up on 500 dollars that I owed them, I would not be able to graduate with the class and I had put in blood, sweat and tears into something I thought would help me have a real future and be able to take care of myself and my family. All I wanted to do was go back to school and get my Bachelors in Administration and when I found out credits were not transferable, that really hurt, not to mention after graduation, they were supposed to assist you with finding a job. What a joke and to top it all off, my class that I graduated with at the time which were about six of us, no one got a job or assistance with our field and everyone ended up having problems with financial aide and it being on our credit and creditors breathing down our necks.

Yes, I want someone to pay because it not only hurt my credit, but it really hurt my self esteem when I graduated, went out looking for work, and a career specialist told me my degree was worth nothing. It was looked at as having just high school diploma, so now my credit is shot. I owe student loans I cannot afford. I wasted 18 months of my life on something that could have been productive somewhere else and I can't even get financial aide to attend any other school until I catch up on the loans I have. For those who attend Gibbs and have a successful story, I am so happy for you. But someone really does need to pay.

I also attended Katherine Gibbs from 2004-2006. When you leave Gibbs, you have 90 credits with AAS degree only needs 60, so 30 right off the top of transferring.

I graduated with an associate (or so it was suppose to be). The course was criminal justice for $42,000.00. After graduating, not one precinct that I applied to accepted that as a degree. I then transferred to Montclair State University and had start all over again. They explained to me that Gibbs is not regionally accredited and they do not recognize their credits as equals. They applied the credits as free electives which in essence made me start all over again. So $42,000.00 went down the drain that I owe for absolutely nothing.

I am very interested in filing a civil suit against them. I want nothing more than for Gibbs to pay the loan back and I will gladly give back the degree like I never even attended there! Is anyone on board? Let's get this going! ASAP!

My story is grouped in with all these other tales. The education was questionable; their staff was unqualified and inexperienced. I was bullied into signing for both Federal and Private Sallie Mae loans which were paid to the school. Yet somehow, I ended up being asked for additional money then told that they'd absorbed every bit of my credit and then was asked to leave, because I had no more money or loan capability when I would not find a co-signer for additional loans.

Pretty much every horrible thing everyone else has said happened to me as well. What I want to know is what is being done about this situation. I am now getting calls from Sallie Mae for private loans on an unfulfilled education. I feel flat out robbed. A month after they ousted me, they went "out of business" after "filing for bankruptcy."

So let me get this straight. They can cut and run and take student's money and not have to pay a damned thing back, so they can start up their schemes under a different name but the students they cheated can't file for bankruptcy on the loans they bullied us into when they knew in the first place that they were only in it for the money and to leave us holding the check?!

Look, I have arranged to pay my Federal loans back. I am on a payment plan, but now, I am threatened with a lawsuit by the private sector of Sallie Mae and these people have asked me to give up any retirement savings I have, sell my possessions, or borrow from someone in order to pay them for an education I never even was able to finish?!

I make $9 an hour at my job. I am paid every two weeks. After taxes and health insurance, I make about $900 a month if I'm lucky. Between rent, my utility bills, gas for my car, the loan payments, my car insurance, and the need to eat, I don't even have two nickels to rub together at the end of the month. And now, they're going to take me to court, because I can't knock over a convenience store to pay them $1000 straight up!

I wanted a higher education and a degree, so that I could get a higher paying job and have a more satisfying career. Gibbs did their best to show me that they were only interested in taking my money and leaving me holding the Sallie Mae bill.

I want to know what happened to the other unfortunate souls on this page who have or are currently going through this nightmare, and I want to know how I can resolve this issue without becoming homeless. Thank you.

I started classes at Gibbs College in 2007 and was sold the idea that I would be able to transfer my credits to acquire my Bachelors in Graphic Design. I was happy looking forward to get my Associates Degree with a technical course and avoided the idea of going to a regular county college for the same credits. Turns out, no institution accepts my credits and at 24, I have to start over from scratch as if I had just graduated high school and attend a county college which is something I should have done from the get-go and saved $35,000 tuition that I paid to attend Gibbs College. Teachers were dumb. Classes were easy A. Overall, a waste of time and money.

I wrote a complaint about this school a few months ago. Since then I wrote a letter to the Dept of Justice. Everyone, please call the Federal Trade Commission to complain against Career Education Corporation (the parent company) since Gibbs is no longer open. I talked to the lawyers again from Career education. They are a bunch of **. There is no way they would refund so please call this number so they could be investigated and hopefully we will get our money back. FTC # 877-382-4357. They scammed way too many people to get away with this. They took my happiness away for six years. I hope the whole corporation gets closed down. And please, spread the word about these "schools".

I went to the Gibbs school in Norristown around 2004. I was told that before I was enrolled and started taking classes, I wouldn't need a co-signer to take classes, and the circus began. Every 2 weeks I kept hearing that I didn't need one then that I did need one. Until my 4th quarter, I was told I was dropped and couldn't attend until I had a co-signer. Now I'm stuck paying for a school with no degree.

I attended the Norristown location back in 2005. Now I am being harassed by student loans for the amount of $40,000.00 for a 2-year degree. Please explain that to me. I am speaking with a lawyer to see what I am able to do. I would not recommend anyone to attend Katharine Gibbs School.

Back in 2004, I enrolled at Gibbs in Plainview, NY. I had recently enrolled in the online gaming community. After a few months, I found myself looking to add my own ideas to the existing games. I found a community of folks already striking ideas of their own, for what would be the future of gaming. Around that time, Katherine Gibbs had been running commercials about their course in Graphics Design and Animation. After the recruiters greased the wheels, I enrolled with them. Quickly, I learned that the school I attended was nothing more then a hoax. I was not told the course was brand new (I was in the 1st course run). They neglected to tell all the students, which there were more than 20. I was told that all the instructors had previous involvement in the fields that were gonna help me succeed. It turned out they simply failed in their own careers, and needed an income (those that can't do, teach). One "instructor" actually left class, when we challenged her ability to get us to where we needed to be.

I decided to get out of the GD&A course. I was told that I was gonna be charged full tuition if I left the school, and was advised to at least consider another course. That turned out to be a worse decision when I found that 1 instructor didn't even speak english. Another of my instructors failed me on my final, when I finished early and asked to leave so I could attend work. The final straw was when I tried to meet with my original recruiter, just to find out she "moved on" to better things.

Months later the dean of students came into my job. We had talked while there, he remembered me vaguely. He told me he left the school, because he didn't agree with the way things were running. He knew they were doing wrong by the students. I too have the Department of Higher Education all over me, to pay a loan in full, when in total, I had just over 1 semester filled (of which I paid while I was there). A class-action suit is only the tip of what should be done to this school (now known as Sandford-Brown). I will join the class-action suit, tell me where to sign.

I began attending Katherine Gibbs College at 85 Garfield Ave. in Cranston, RI around 08-09. I was looking at a few colleges at the time. But boy, their student rep or whatever her title was, "Janet", knew how to butter me up, ease my worries, and make it sound easy. They also assured me with job placement even after graduation. I had just completed my GED & I decided on Medical Assisting. So, I ended up getting signed up for Gibbs' MA program which was advertised quite a bit at the time, an Associates in Science. I can see the commercial in my head now. I could not see it coming. I did not know that anything was wrong, but I am sure the faculty did, yet they continued to enroll students.

I was only about 18 at the time, had good credit, and also didn't know very much about colleges in general or accreditation. So, they end up going "bankrupt" (I cannot see how), leaving students without anywhere to finish or continue their education. I took my transcripts to several schools including the Community College of RI, who said they would only take 11 of my credits. It was a 90 credit program and I had over 50 or so. I wish there was more light shone upon these scam schools at the time, but there wasn't. I didn't even think I could get scammed just trying to get further in life and get an education.

What all of us who attended this pathetic excuse of a college need to do is all simultaneously file a class action lawsuit against Katharine *** (or whoever owns them now) and these lending institutions who willingly granted student loans to a fraudulent business. I've been harassed just as much as any of you guys have and I don't think I should be liable for one damn cent. I'm willing to fight those ***. How many of you guys out there are?

I bought into the same idea that this is an accredited school, and all their credits could transfer to any other college. After I finished at Gibbs, I tried to transfer and no one was willing to give me credit for the classes I completed at Gibbs. No jobs, no degree worth the $16,000 of debt I was in. I am just finishing my student loans with the state of PA. Now, some bill collector is calling me, telling me I owe the Gibbs school more money. I only had 2 instructors who were good, the rest was like Romper Room. The experience was so bad, I didn't even attend the graduation. I did file a complaint with the PA Attorney General's Office. I would suggest everyone to do the same. The only consequence is that, these people are still trying to strong arm me for more hard earned money, for what they are calling an education. Is it any wonder they are out of business?

I had attended Gibbs College back in 2005 and had taken Computer Graphics and Design. I dropped out after a few classes since I felt the school was awful and the instructors were not instructing correctly. They were never available for help and it seemed like I was wasting my money. I had withdrawn from the school and was reassured that I would not be billed by Sally Mae for the remainder of the courses I did not take.

Sure enough, I received a bill for $35,000 for classes I never took and when I asked for my records they would not send them to me for review. I have found out that there have been people wanting to do Class Action suits against this school because of the same reason and I also found out from people that this school was not accredited. It is now Sanford Brown Institute. I am living in NC and am being harassed on a daily basis. Please let me know what to do in this matter. Thank you for your kind concern.

In 2001 after 9/11, I decided to go to the Gibbs school in Manhattan in hopes to better myself after losing my job. The recruiter sold me on how they help with job placement and how much investment taking classes in Vis Comm. I loved drawing so at the time I thought maybe this is something that would do me some good. Half the classes were questionable, as one class during a semester we had a replacement of 4 teachers. I think it was an English class as it felt more like a waste of time and money, not to mention the books.

When and if returned at the end of the semester was a "lottos" way of hoping to get some money back or told the book can't be accepted because it expired or outdated. The graduation ceremony was more of a mob than an actual ceremony, wanted to just up and leave if I had the chance. I've met many friends but that seemed to be the only good thing about it. To think it would have cost me less to just buy the programs (Adobe Photoshop,Flash etc) and buy some self learn books. Well the job placement did nothing for me as I remember them sending me to a place in the Bronx that didn't know I was coming for an interview. For the last few years I've been getting my income tax checks directly sent to "Higher Education" for a degree that is now worth the paper it was printed on.

I attended Katharine Gibbs in 1982 and I was promised lifetime refresher courses and job placement. I have not been successful in reaching anyone at the new school that can give me any information or refer me to someone that can.

Now that I have recently divorced and moved back to the NY area, I really wanted to attend my promised weekly refresher course and utilize the Job Placement Program. Well, I've found through numerous phone calls to the existing school (and the other complaints written here) that KG Business School has changed its name in a 2-part process. It's a trick corporations often use to continue their business, yet fool those new consumers that are unaware of the name change from associating the name with the "bad press" and complaints out there. The fact is, it is the same company and they are screwing their old customers by not being easily reachable, nor honoring their old promises. Most people give up out of frustration, and the corporation continues to thrive. A good example of this is AIG. After all the bad press about TARP & misuse of funds/executive bonuses/trips, they simply changed their name to 20th Century and went on about their business.

I would join a class-action suit with all the other people on this Complaint Forum. Where is an ambulance chasing attorney when you need one?

Has anyone gotten good results from any of their inquiries and complaints? I would love to hear that something has come of all these complaints, at least I would get what was promised to me and what I paid for.

Ok, I'll tell you my story!

I saw the commercial on TV and in desperate times I had desperate thoughts. Like some of you, I never went to college and worked crappy dead-end jobs. I watched all my friends go off to school, come back, and get great jobs that they liked going to and doing. Just being happy. I figured it was time to change my life (be careful what you wish for, right).

I filled out something online to get an information packet by mail (I never did get this so called packet). I was phoned by a recruitment agent the next day, and the next, and the next... And then I went in for the interview. I liked what I heard, flexible schedule, low cost, all supplies including a state of the art laptop to work on, all the programs needed (this was a big seller since up until this time I was pretty computer illiterate and could not afford one); all of this included in a bundle. I mean who could resist. So I went through with it... And so goes the beginning of the end.

I, too, went to the one in Melville, NY and I have to agree that it was one of the worst experiences of my life. Most of the faculty was inept, but some were honestly good teachers. But the latter obviously was fewer in numbers. A week into classes, we went to get our bundled supplies. This was the first major what the ** moment. There were no laptops, and about two-thirds of the other students were expecting these as well.

So obviously not everyone were told they would get a laptop, but it seemed that most were. And obviously, no programs package as well. There were five ZIP drive disks (of which the school had no computers that used these) but that was the extent of the computer related supplies. It also included a massive portfolio (this was actually a great portfolio case) filled with a ton of art supplies. Everything you would need to last all your classes and more... By more, I mean hundreds of dollars in materials you would never use or learn how to use.

I graduated in 2007 with a so called associate's degree in Graphic Design. I had a GPA of 3.98 (oh so close) one A-minus ruined it (I got this A-minus from a teacher who eventually quit when his incompetence became so blatantly obvious that he couldn't take not knowing the stuff he was trying to teach).

I left there feeling completely unprepared for a career in this field and I know for a fact I was not alone in this because during my time at the school, I worked in their library and this gave me many opportunities to talk with my fellow student body (I did make a lot of good friends at this school) and most of them were very unhappy as well.

Afterward, I got a job at a local newspaper and somehow managed to keep it for four months. I was then let go. The reason I was given was I just didn't know enough to get things done in a fast paced environment, which all graphic design is.

I then went to the school, since they offered lifetime job placement assistance. They wasted my time for four months while I wrote and re-wrote my resume, being told to exaggerate my skills and work experience. When I told them I didn't feel comfortable doing that, they stopped returning my calls.

I attend the Katharine Gibbs School in RI with the intent of them finding a job after graduating. They didn't. Now I'm stuck with a bill and I've got nothing to show for it. I keep getting calls 10 to 12 times a day. And people are rude. I was scammed by this school. I want something done. I would like for this matter to be wiped out, so that I can live normal without the telephone calls 10-12 times a day.

I went there thinking that I was going to make money when I get out of college. Then, I found out that my degree is not worth anything to companies. I had to pay it all off with a retail job. I guess I learned a valuable lesson not to trust people. I learned a lot from the school about art. A degree is worthless five years after. I got to learn new software and technology. They were manipulative, and I did lose a lot of money on it. I hope that this thing never happens again. I put a lot of dedication to my Visual Communications Degree. I never gave up in my art. I just finished paying off the $40,000 that I owed. I could have used that money for my business. I paid the price, but I moved on. Now, I invest my money on myself and ** all the business that did not hire me. I am happy, and I am going to make money my own way.

I attended Katharine Gibbs School and it was the worse experience I ever had. I was taught nothing. The students taught themselves and I was overcharged by them and Sallie Mae. They are scam artists and I'm glad that they closed down so they can't rip anyone else off. Something needs to be done about these loans that we all were overcharged for. It will just have to stay on my credit because I'm not paying it. I was scammed.

As a result, I have creditors calling me all the time. It's on my credit and I can't get anything because I have bad credit. I'm physically stressed out about this. Sallie Mae not only put it on my credit, but was also trying to sue me in local court where I live. They also put a lien on my parents' things because of me. They can do that. So, this has really done some damage to my life and I wish I could go back and change that I even went to Katharine Gibbs. This is the worse thing in my life that I have done.

I visited Gibbs in New York City when I was 17 and was new to this country. The sales representative lied to me about finding a job for me in 9 months after I started school, and they said I was able to transfer credits to CUNY colleges. They gave me all the paperwork to take home and started calling my house every day. They even had me sign some paperwork for my father. These are liars and they take advantage of students and immigrants looking to better ourselves.

I graduated in 2004. I'm looking to join a class action suit. I called the corporate office and spoke to someone by the name of Mike **. These people are the worst! They said that they will not refund. It's so sad to see that they scammed so many students and we are the ones stuck with the loan and a degree that is worth 0! I also called the ombudsman, department of education, and the loan companies telling them not to fund Sanford Brown. I don't know why federal grants are being given to these schools as well.

I attended Katharine Gibbs in Providence, RI from 1991-1992. I recently was trying to obtain a copy of my transcript and I found out that Katharine Gibbs Business School doesn't exist anymore. The name was changed from Gibbs College and now to Sanford Brown. I never did get a job in the Executive Secretarial field as promised by the Job Placement Team. I have read many horror stories about financial aid, but I do not encounter any issues with that. It was a waste of time and money.

A 4.0 GPA is worth nothing from this school. I put blood, sweat and tears into all of my projects while doing 23 credits and working full-time, and I have nothing but debt to show for it. I gave more than my all toward every project, but it doesn't matter because Gibbs is a scam. Their recruiters are bullies that will manipulate you into taking out loans that you cannot possibly keep up with. They don't care about anybody's "future", though it is a word they use often when tricking kids into thinking they'll be getting an education.

Try telling a design firm that you graduated from Gibbs and see if they take you; I can save you the time --they'll laugh at you. Gibbs is a scam and a business that makes its money by tricking young people into ruining their lives. A community college would have been far cheaper and at least I'd have credits toward a real school. When they give you a list of places the credits 'transfer' to, check the available programs at said schools. They aren't even remotely related to design. The entire thing is a sham and I even had a teacher tell me that I was wasting my time there, but it was too late.

I originally attended Katharine Gibbs School in 2001-2004 (after leaving the school once and then returning to have them tell me I can no longer finish my education) in the hope to start a career out of High School! After not qualifying for student aid because of my visa status in the USA at the time, they proceeded by asking me for a co-signer. Gibbs took out loans for me from Wachovia Bank. Then a year later, they told me the bank is no longer dealing with them and that they have to do a new loan with a new co-borrower. They then went on and took a private loan from Sallie Mae, and my credit and peace has never been the same.

Besides all the lies, deceit and the actual act of them stopping me from graduating, in the wake of failing some of the classes due to their poor teaching and lack of organization, I have no credit. And I'm constantly being harassed by collectors. They made me take a loan for nearly $40,000. Money I can't repay back because I was never able to get a job or certification from them. Not to mention that their certification is useless in the corporate and respected fashion industry.

I also tried to transfer some of the credits which I passed with high grades to FIT and, guess what, credits are non-transferrable! So here I am, 27 years old with a $40,000 debt from a school I never finished (forced by them). With a school that no longer exists, having a non-existent credit, which has crippled me from doing anything, and I can no longer continue an education unless I have the money upfront. I want to know how we can start a class action lawsuit against this establishment and recuperate our money and the emotional distraught they have put us under.

Gibbs College... where to start... I'd like to make this complaint short & sweet. I was fortunate to have a position at my present employer and offered full-time after graduation in 2006. The issue is, I'd like to further my education and am having trouble grasping the concept that NONE of my credits are transferrable anywhere in CT. My BEST friend, her mother, my mother, & myself all went to Admissions together. We were told they were working on a Bachelor's program because so many students were looking to further their education once their Associate's had been completed.

Second, we were also told that there were "several" schools in the area who would take Gibbs credits and it should not be an issue. Third, about a little more than half way through the associate's program my instructors began to quietly inform us that we could not transfer credits, they became more of a joke (a few of my instructors based their grading on my friend and my work). We ended up teaching our Microsoft Word class, because the instructor could not provide guidance to the students requesting help.

My friend and I had to pay to teach a class, that our instructor clearly was not capable of intructing! I would like to find out how I can retrieve my tuition so I can go ahead and have the money to re-do my education elsewhere at an accredited school!

I attended the Katharine Gibbs School located at 50 West 40th Street New York, N.Y. from January 2003 until June 2005. I took up visual communications course. Then in April 2006, I took medical office administrations at this same school. While attending, I was pulled out of class by a financial advisor stating I owe two loans and how if I was on work study and paying them each month.

Now I still owe the two loans and Katharine Gibbs didn't let me finish my course before they closed. So I'm on debt 7,000 from Sallie Mae and my loans are in collects. I can't afford to go back to a community college or city college because this school screw me up. They promised me if I transfer to another school my credits will be transferable. Nope, they weren't.

Gibbs is the gift that keeps on giving, as in the written documented facts that a student withdrew after less than 3 months of attendance. All loans are paid in full and now a collections agency states that we are responsible for all grants that never materialized. Gibbs was warned in writing in 2003 during the exit procedure that there will be no overpayments and nothing came to this address.

There is something very wrong with this place and it's obvious there remains a problem, that's why Gibbs is not in NYC anymore. I was advised by the FTC to get a credit report and see what that says. Does anyone need this?

I was a student from Jan. 2003 to June 2004 at Katherine Gibbs College.

During that time, I accumulated debt from this school. Recently, I found out that this school closed down, it's no longer Katherine Gibbs. This debt still remains in my credit report. I never received a letter or a phone call stating this occurrence (school closing). I wrote Katherine Gibbs a letter stating that I was unable to pay because the school was closing and I was uninformed of where to send the payments to. Each time that I would call the school, I received no answer. I even went there in person and they never took care of me. I believe I was overcharged tuition. I was told from the school I only owed $4000.00 and they are saying I owe over $7000.00. Because of the fact I was never told about this school closing and changing the payment route, I feel this debt should be removed from my credit report to avoid default. I want to continue my education, but because of this debt, it's very difficult for me to pursue a further education. This has caused physical and mental issues because I want to better myself and this matter is making it hard for me to.

The american dream doesnt apply with gibbs college. I started at gibbs college in 09, a year before they shut down. As someone who didnt have the family support needed to attend a university, I was taken aback by the willingness of the gibbs staff to help us point OURSELVES in the right direction. They seemed impressive. I should have known better when they had me signed up for classes, and signing a check on the first visit there. I had went for fashion design. Although looking back, it was on my own merit to attend this school, I feel now as an adult that gibbs university took advantage of the undirected creative youth. Promising Jobs, a list of amazing contacts, awesome one on one time with professors.

I wish I didnt get dupped. Luckily, I only stayed at gibbs for 2 semesters. I left when my fashion design teacher told me I didnt belong there, to save my money, and succeed on my own. This, As well as my psycology teacher who played 'choose your own destiny games' on the overhead projector, with a room full of 20 yo + students motivated me to quit this school. This teacher also told me the school was a joke, itd be shut down by next year, and I didnt have to come to class if I didnt want, 'he'd pass me'

Gibbs was a joke, the employees were not there for the right reasons, and it seemed everyone knew what was happening (as far as the school closing) except for the new students who were being steadily enrolled in classes.

ps- the additional high material costs for books and tools we never used is also painful to think about.

This letter is in reference to Katharine Gibbs & Sallie Mae, Inc and was addressed to a collections agency:

Look, I'm gonna tell you people, for the LAST damn time. When those ** from Katharine Gibbs, find me a job, like they promised / guaranteed me, then I'll make an attempt to repay these ludicrous student loans. Oh..........................that's right, they CAN'T. Because they're no longer in existence! They spent several years lying to naive students. Promising them jobs that never came. All to collect tuition money, to stuff in their damn pockets!

Now they have over 20 pages of complaints, posted on the "Dept. Of Consumer Affairs" web site. All with the same lying and deceiving stories, of being promised jobs that never came. And you have the DAMN nerve to think, that I should be liable for these two overpriced loans? By a company who dealt in lies, and treachery, and deceit, just to stuff their dirty asses with money?

Like I said, when they have the damn guts to find me the employment they promised me, then I'll make an attempt to repay these horrendous loans. Otherwise, you can expect to see this letter on the "Dept. Of Consumer Affairs" web site. Along with a complaint against your pathetic company, for credit harassment!

P.S.: Let me see how one of you ** like being unemployed for 6 plus years!

I was duped into attending the school in 2000 because I got sucked into the idea of Graphic Design and possibly going into the film industry. I was made promises such as internships towards a real job and that most things would be taken care of. The instructors were the best and everything would be state of the art. They did not tell us that the school wasn't accredited as I later found out the hard way.

Since then, my degree isn't accredited and neither is the school at that point and the degree is worthless. I've been harassed by Sallie Mae like all the other students that went there into making payments which I could not afford, and when I was able since I was working, they only wanted more and more and more. They would call endlessly everyday at least 6 to 7 times and leave messages on my mother's answering machine to the point that we had to change our phone number. The school as of June 2009 was now closed, and like everyone else, I'm stuck with a debt, my credit is severely ruined, and a degree and credits that are only accepted at schools such as Pace or Briarcliffe, which you'd have to take out another private loan to attend. Had I known this, I would've been better off going back to CUNY and stuck it out there instead of this **. I demand justice.

I attended Gibbs College from 2004 until 2006. I wasted so much time and money on this "education" when most of it was a joke. While I was attending they were one of the schools featured on 60 minutes for how awful their programs and "education" were. I am now almost $25k in debt in student loans because of them and with no job to be able to pay them off. Shortly after I graduated, they closed and no one that I applied to had even heard of them. Part of me wonders if I should even list my degree on my resume at all. I've never gotten a job in my field of study or done anything more than security at Target. I'm glad to see my $25k education made me stand at a door in a uniform for minimum wage.

The classes we had to take were a joke. Most of the teachers were a joke. I could have slept though 80% of the classes and still passed with A's. I tried applying to another school afterwards to get my Bachelor's in another field and virtually none of my credits transferred over. I went and called Sallie Mae to see if there was any sort of loan forgiveness for this joke of a school especially since they closed and was told that unless they closed their doors while I was still attending, there is no way to give any loan forgiveness.

I'm stuck on forbearance non-stop because I have no way to pay them back. Any job I'd get now wouldn't be paying enough for me to be able to pay my loan down. I don't know how they got any sort of accreditation in the first place. I just wish there was a way to get out of my student loan debt for something that shouldn't have been allowed in the first place. They shouldn't have been allowed to try and educate anyone.

I attended the Katharine Gibbs School and graduated in 2003 with an AAS in Fashion Design and Merchandising. Ever since attending this school, I have not been able to find a job in my field and if I did find something, it wasn't a career position. I couldn't get hired anywhere for 2 years straight until I gave up and went to do something else. Now 8 years later, I still have no career and can't find any position based on the education that will hire me, especially in fashion. I did not receive a proper education.

I am extremely stressed and depressed, and have suffered anxiety attacks due to an uncertainty with my future and my career. I owe $24,000 in student loans for a degree that I cannot use. I cannot transfer credits because this school is no longer accredited and in fact, it is now closed. When Gibbs was still open, I tried to go to a few schools but even then, no credits or very little were accepted. I do not have an actual diploma and I am now in debt from a school that has been closed. I cannot transfer any credits nor can I get any real help from a financial aid to go to another school. My credit is ruined and I can no longer get help the way I need it in order to start over again. I am terribly stressed about this situation and I was totally ripped off! I know numerous students in the same position as myself who went to Katherine Gibbs and the outcome is the same.

We were told lifetime job placement, but I have never been placed once though I repeatedly tried. Now, this place is closed and there is no way to get transcripts or anything else. I feel stranded for this expensive education that I never received. How could such an expensive education and associate degree be useless? Gibbs told me they were accredited and I had a number of schools I could attend, but it was all a lie! A bold face lie.

When I applied for financial aid, I didn't fully qualify and I had no family members willing to co-sign. But they found a way to put me through. My mother died 2 weeks before enrolling in Katherine Gibbs, so I had no support at 20 years old. I am at a loss for words! Someone, please tell me who can help me. I need a lawyer. I just want to get a proper education with no student loans hanging over my head that I cannot pay back. This school has caused me misery and I am lost because of it! I blame Katherine Gibbs for leaving their students out to dry.

They closed and didn't finish the program so I had to pay Sallie Mae $8,000. I don't have a job and I can't transfer my credits. No one did something to help the students in this situation. Anyway, search on Facebook about the complaints against Katharine Gibbs Schools. I don't trust any school anymore. I have to pay for something that was close, and which I did not finish.

I graduated from Katherine Gibbs in 2006 from the Medical Assistant Program and was promised a job which never happened. They also never told me that after taking the Registered Medical Assistant exam that the AMT (American Medical Technologists) requires you to take continuing education credits and I now no longer have my RMA license, and my student loans have skyrocketed to almost $19,000 because I can not pay them. Not to mention, I was on SSI and public assistance at that time. I also learned after graduating that each recruiter got paid $1,000 for each student enrolled in the school which is now closed down. Now, I have no RMA license. No job in my field and an outstanding student loan. Not to mention that I am a single mother now waiting tables.

I went to Katharine Gibbs in July 2005 and everything was going well until my last semester. I had a gpa of 4.0 and I was forced to do the co-op program instead of the internship. I don't have any experience in paralegal study, so I am working a retail job to feed my son. I have two student loans that are being garnished from my wages, and one student loan on the same path. I am having difficulty finding someone who would take a chance to train me on how to do paralegal. It's messing up my credit score and the chance to make a decent amount of money to take care of my child.

I enrolled in Katharine Gibbs School when I was promised a career in graphic design. I was told that payment for school would not be a problem because they deal specifically with Sallie Mae Student Loans and no one gets turned down. I was young and didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. I feel like I was taken advantage of. Now I am enrolled full time completing my masters in social work at a SUNY school and Sallie Mae is forcing me to make payments of $350 on my loans since it is a private loan and cannot be deferred until I graduate.

I am in a full-time masters program, completing 21 hours a week of an intense Internship working with returning veterans, and working part-time; barely able to pay rent and my bills. Now I have to come up with this extra money or I will be delinquent on my student loans. I graduate in May, I don't want to have to drop out to have to work full-time just to be able to make these payments. Katharine Gibbs and Sallie Mae were taking advantage of young adults still trying to figure out what they wanted to do with their lives. This was me, and now I may have to put my life on hold because of it.

I enrolled in 2000 for the Computer Networking Operations program. Most of the instructors weren't that savvy and just read from the book. Labs were not informative. As an adult, I understood I'd get out what I put in so I committed myself to learning. I took one semester off and went right back. I graduated in 2002 with an A.O.S. degree and have been gainfully employed in my field of study ever since.

Financial aid was a mess that student's had to be on top of but everybody knew that. Job placement was scarce. I took a pay cut to get a job as a paper shuffler just so I could be at a company with an IT department. Once I got in, I spoke to the right people and was a System Admin in no time.

Janine ** was my counselor and she was great. It's 11 years later and I'm still paying off my $15k consolidated student loan. I owe more than what I borrowed due to a few long periods of deferment.

I met with a counselor at Gibbs in Manhattan (NY) who helped me decide which area of study I should move towards. When I hesitated to join Gibbs based on the amount of money it would cost ($32K), the counselor explained I would pay as little as $50 on a loan. He failed to explain to me there were many loans and knowing that I knew nothing about college and he was my aid in helping me start a higher education, he failed to mention community college was so much more cheaper. He also bragged about how great of a school Gibbs was and would look great on my resume and Gibbs would continue to help me find a job after graduation.

I did not learn nearly as much as I should have. The books were pretty expensive, ranging $60 to $100, and half of the books we skimmed through or did not use at all. In the end, after two years, I was charged about $25K for an Associate's Degree in Office Admin., both in private and federal loans. The private loans have a time limit in which you can apply for forbearance. Sallie Mae began charging me six months after graduating $500/month. I had consolidated my loans, placed my federal loans in deferment, and since I used all of my forbearance on private loans, I now pay $200/month on private loans only. More than half of that amount is given to interest only! So far, my total amount due is $32K, as if financial aid never helped me to begin with.

I now am aware community college charges a third of what Gibbs charged for an Associate Degree and offers more flexibility with classes. Gibbs has overcharged me and butters you up to be worry free and excited to attend school and further your education knowing what you will have to face after graduation. You also cannot transfer all of your credits to any school because of the type of school Gibbs is, which they failed to tell me throughout the two years I attended. I don't believe I should have to pay $35K for an Associate Degree, especially when Gibbs does not own up to the price they are charging!

I believe I was scammed as well as others and Gibbs deserves to pay for the debt they have placed many individuals in. If no one does anything about this, all of us who paid them for an education with little to no knowledge will be paying school loans for the rest of our lives and thinking what was the point of beginning a higher education? For a two-year degree, which some companies will not accept as credible for employment. It isn't right.

I went to Katherine Gibbs at W.40th in Manhattan from 2002-2005 and took up Digital Media while I was there. Most of the stuff they were teaching, I was already practicing at home prior to the course. The Job Placement was a joke and a half. they printed up listings from Monster and gave it to you like they were helping you out. They had the nerve to charge me for stuff I didn't obtain or received to this day like digital camera, tablet, books,etc. I still never received my "Degree" or transcript that I even finished the program, so I had to pay them off while finding employment at the same time which was a hassle in itself. Very bad institution.

My complaint is about Avante USA/Katharine Gibbs School this bill collector agency that is not a member of the BBB sent me for the first time a letter in the mail on 9/23/2010 to collect a $711.36 debt which is for a student loan, which I currently do not owe. They are requesting for me to give them my personal information such as a backs cashier's check or money order to clear my debt as soon as possible. In return they would cut me some slack by only paying them $355.68 immediately and by doing so I will avoid further penalties.

The problem is I don't owe anything, I have checked my current credit report and I have no debt what so ever. Furthermore, any debt that I had previously was with Citibank and onto the Board of Education which was resolved more than 2 years ago! Not to mention that when I attended and finish school it was in 2004, so being that I got the letter yesterday for the first time ever regarding this debt how can it be that 6 years later, I get a collection letter.

In the letter, it says they have contacted me and I have not responded but be it that I have not changed my address for more than 15 years and have paid my previous loans how can it be that they send me this letter. Thank you and please respond with any commentaries if possible.

In 2002, I received a $4,090.00 voucher from WorkForce One, located at 168-25 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432, to enroll into The Katharine Gibbs School, located at 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10017, for a six month course in continuing education. Due to family issue, I did not begin classes until 2003. Two months into my training, Gibbs illegally enrolled me into their college for business simultaneously, telling me that my voucher could be used towards my college fees instead. This was an illegal action. I went to Gibbs Business College for two months and one week. Three weeks before my first semester was complete, I had a family emergency and could not complete the course. I warned Gibbs that I had family issues that might interfere with me going to college from the beginning, but Gibbs assured me that they would work with me. What a lie!

In 2003, Gibbs dismissed me from their college, and told me I owed them $875.00. When Gibbs realized they had illegally enrolled me into two programs simultaneously, I was told I had to complete both course. At that point, I reported Gibbs, but I don't have the office's address or name any longer. This was ten years ago. One month after reporting Gibbs, I received a call from Gibbs that the matter was resolved and I didn't owe them anything. They kept my $4,090.00 and I have not heard from Gibbs in ten years.

On August 30, 2010 the collection agency (AvanteUSA) stated harassing me via phone and correspondence stating I owe this fraudulent school $875.00. Can Consumer Affairs office give me the proper authorities to report this matter to? If you can, I would be very grateful.

I attended Katharine Gibbs NYC in 2001-2003 for Design and merchandising. I graduated in 18 months and was promised to have job assistance upon graduation, which never happened. I was later mailed a huge bill saying I owe $38,000.00. I was shocked and upset about this. So I called Sally Mae, who told me that I signed the agreement on the terms of the contract but I never had the contract terms explained to me, nor do I don't recall be told I was taking out a loan. I was continuously told by Gibbs financial advisers that I had to invest in myself, since I had no family who could. I'm so pleased to know that the Gibbs school in NYC has been shut down they we're nothing but scammers and should be persecuted for their fraud. I believe deep in my heart that those agents lied on my application and many others. I would love nothing more than to have my debt wiped clean of Katharine Gibbs fake tuition. Especially since they aren't an accredited school and none of my credits can be transferred toward any canny or sunny schools. Katharine Gibbs was a bad decision that I wish I could take back.

I attended this school with high hopes and boy was I wrong! Like posted by many, I was fed numerous lies. The financial aid department lied and told me that I would only owe roughly $5,000. 2 years later, I found out when the school closed that I owe $29,505! Are you kidding me? Not only was I cheated out of an education, but now it's hard for me to qualify for a high-end job to pay this off. I am doing okay on my own. I basically had to sell myself like a used car salesman would a lemon in order to get a somewhat decent job. On top of that, the graduation ceremony was pathetic. They took terrible pictures of me and tried to sell them for $75. To make matters worse, they shut down all communications considering they were closing down and informed no one on how to receive their diploma. They claimed that they would mail them and so forth.

The consequences of going to this school? Lets see, I had to learn everything on my own, one of my loans was delinquent considering the lack of information. I can't establish credit. I only learned 35% of what I was supposed to (that 35% was only because Keith ** and Ranier ** were the only teachers who actually cared. Thanks guys!) I named those two teachers because they saved me. I received my diploma through my own private investigating. Turns out, I had to go to Briarcliffe college and request my diploma via mail by order of fax. I am so disgusted with what this school did to us. In reality, most of the student who attended these schools clearly need something in return. We paid in full, yet our education was returned in pieces. Last but not the least, I was promised that after my course, certifications are going to be a breeze. This was a sickening lie! Unqualified teachers had no chance in preparing us and I found out the hard way. I have taken practice certifications and failed them miserably.

I was a Katharine Gibbs' student many years ago and I just recently read the complaints that many other people posted. I wanted to share that I too have some similar problems. They charged me with a loan of almost $6,000 for attending the school for about a month. I know, I hardly attended it because I realize that I did not like what I was doing however, I believe that what they are charging me is pretty unfair for the little bit of time that I was there.

I was one of the new student to a brand new program Katherine Gibbs had just Started By the Name of "Criminal Justice." So i go ere telling us the read of the books only and testing us which i never learned a thing and i join in the program, Many promises of having a Gym to work out in, the lack of computers to work with, No educational trips like they promised, The Teachers where basically th next thing i know three semesters down the line. The Results where, Lost of Interest in Criminal Justice, Due to the lack of Education the "teachers Had", not forgettin the black eye the dean of criminal justice left us behind with. I dint want to go to school anymore, I dint Have any FAith in this School ,now I have Debt with all kinds of loans and no way to pay them... Its been a burden and the Worst Decision i have ever made. I dont even know if any of my crdits or hours and hard work i put in would be of any value if i decide to go to another school. I AM NOT PAYING THEM!

I have read tons of complaints about this school. I started there in Graphics for one semester and did not like it so i switched to fashion. In between i took off 6 months and my loan ended up going in to default any way, which is now on my credit report! No idea why. I started back in a two year fashion program. The school was a joke, teachers were so so, office faculty was so unorganized and were a bunch of idiots, especially the guy who did my financial aid. I learned nothing that i didnt already know. they did not even teach me to sew, even though I paid for sewing courses!

When I went into the financial office the first time discuss money I asked what my payments would be when i was done with school....the answer..."around $100-$150 a month". I figured, ok, no big deal. Well for a $12,000 two year degree, i know pay around $475 every month and am only paying interest. I want to throw up. In the end i will owe over $50,000 and I dont even have a job in the field. They tried to get me jobs at retail stores in the mall, I could do that on my own! Not to mention I have deferred my loans as many times as i'm allotted and am totally screwed. I work part time and my husband has been unemployed for two years.

I have read so many other complaints regarding all the gibbs schools, not just the one i went to. I need to know how to become part of a class action suit. This is beyond unfair, it was completely unethical of them. I have been paying on three loans for about four years ans have only been paying interest. i will never get this paid off. I have no choice to pay almost $500 every month because I refuse to let my credit get ruined. I never in a million years would have pursued this degree if i knew the classes would be a joke, teachers were mediocre, admin totally discombobulated...not to mention I was not placed with a job. I was completely mislead to believe my payments would be low and manageable. $500 a month for an unusable associates degree is disgusting...I didn't go to med school!

I attended the Gibbs School in 2000 until 2001 where I obtained an Associates Degree in Business Marketing. After graduation to my regret, I find out that this college is not really accredited and no one will take the credits, and the colleges that do are the same kind of colleges or schools. They took out my student loan and put in money for metro card and lunches that I never saw. Basically, they used my youth and naivet to make me pay this huge loan. Who knows where that money went.

My sister was an admissions representative and sold me on the idea that I can better my life as a single mother by obtaining a degree in business administration in under 2 years at Gibbs.To make a long story short, I spent many nights and weekends away from my infant child trying to earn a worthless degree.

The jobs that I did manage to get no thanks to the job placement department at Gibbs were low paying. With an education from Gibbs, my skills were no better than a high school graduate. I have to start from scratch and it is devastating. I am depressed and have been suffering physical symptoms of stress. My relationship with my sister has been damaged as well. She ruined my life just to meet her quota. It has been six years since this nightmare and now I have to figure out away to support my family and set a good example for my children.

I attended this poor excuse of a college back in 2004 and graduated late in 2005 after completing their 18 month graphic design program. To make a long story short, I was practically guaranteed a job by those **. Their career services department didn't do a thing for me but put me in worst debt than I was before. They had no problems arranging a horrendous loan from Sallie Mae so I could attend there, but when it came time to put their money where their mouth was, they showed their true colors! Their only interest was to lie to potential/new students so they could fill their greedy pockets with tuition money.

Here I am 5 years later still looking for a graphic design job, which I doubt will ever come. I can't even make monthly payments on this horrendous loan anymore and I'm forced to work odd jobs which pay terrible. Lastly, I'm almost to the point where I may look into seeing if I can take any legal actions against these! My credit is ruined!

I signed up for this school from 2003-2005. I finish my 18 months course, I got my associated degree everything good? "Not" they promise to help me find a job on my field, never did, I'm stuck with over 40,000 in student loan. I'm going broke paying off these loans. After 3 years, I finally could find a job where I get paid 14/h and is not enough life in NY is too expensive, my credit is ruin, my dads credit is ruin, he's 70, he retired and they are saying they gonna take money outta his pension, when they don't even give him enough not even for his medicine. School is a total scam. That's the reason they closed the Norden campus... it's a scam. Outta 20 teacher, maybe 4 were doing their job.

I tried to get out after my 2 term, I was depressed, it wasn't what I thought, and I was alone. But I was already stuck with the loans, so even if I left the school I was already jam with it, I stayed after cause it got better in a few terms but then again teachers sucked and after I graduated, I couldn't transfer mostly anywhere, mostly no school take their credits. No job, nothing total scam. I can't even get an apartment under my name. Please let's do something. I'm 25, I don't want to be 40 and still be stuck with these loans thanks to this stupid school.

I went to their school for fashion design for 9 months. I was an A student when I first attended. They told me I only need this amount of money in a loan, to cover my 1 1/2 years there. As I started, I had the personal loan for $11,000, which I thought was to cover the year and 1/2, and I had finical aid too, plus they came up with this story about 4 months in to the program that supplies went up, so then they also had me out of pocket every month $180, just when I was in the third semester.

On my 9th month, they come and tell me I need to take out other loan for $11,000. I could no longer afford it. Now, I'm paying off my loan, and the school still calls me telling me I owe them money. How can this be? They are saying they never got their payments for the last term, yet I'm paying back every dollar that I took for the loan. I didn't know that when you sign up for college, you should have a lawyer there to know what you're signing!

I now owe Sallie Mae $10,000 at the time. I lost my apartment after having to pay the loan. Because I was not in school anymore, the payment started, and I can't afford paying the loans, and rent, and everything else. Now that I'm back in school, I can't transfer my credits, because K. Gibbs won't release my papers, because they say I owe them money. I could have saved money for the school I'm in now, if i could transfer credits.

I attended Katherine Gibbs School in 97-98, Legal Executive Assistant Program. The school was a joke. The counselor told me before I took the program I have more jobs than students. The woman was lying through her teeth. The terribly run school at all costs never found me a job at all, never even an interview. After trying to find a job through them, I was frustrated and I moved out of state a couple months later because I didn't find a job. What happened then was I guess the guarantor of my loan didn't know I had moved. So Gibbs called up my friend's mother to find out where I was. That made me so mad. I called them up and said look at this point, I don't want anything to do with this school ever again, no relations. I understand I still have a loan but that's it. I don' want any calls from you at all. I will settle my note with the bank. Stupid staff, stupid school, waste of a lot of money.

I attended Katherine Gibbs in Melville, NY. I was told that I would be guaranteed a job after graduation but I never got one or any help from the school. They work hand in hand with Sallie Mae because I now owe $40,000 for a school that I didn't learn anything from and can't get a job. They are asking too much money a month and won't work out an affordable payment plan and with not being able to find a job, I cannot afford these payments. Going to Katherine Gibbs was the biggest mistake of my life.

I am not being able to get a job and I had to move away from my family and friends to try and go back to school where its cheap because I can't take out anymore loans and school prices are too high. I still cannot find a job and my degree means nothing because nobody will accept Katherine Gibbs. Everyone knows that they aren't a good school.

I went to Gibbs College, and spoke to a counselor. I was looking for someone to counsel me, and show me my best options. I knew that business interested me, and wanted to obtain a degree of some sort in that field. The woman was very nice, and suggested the legal "degree" program. I came back to fill out paperwork with a young girl in the financial aid department. I attended the Piscataway school, and later moved onto Montclair to finish the program.

A family situation required me to move to Florida. I went to my counselor, and asked if I could extend my internship a few more weeks to allow me to put more time into a job that was actually providing a paycheck. There were no issues. My hours were complete, and I went to sign out in financial aid. The financial aid woman asked why I was given so many loans? I did not have a response. I moved to Florida, and had to miss graduation. When I moved to Florida, I called time after time requesting that my degree be sent to me at my new address. I continuously received the run around until one woman told me that I was one science class short of graduating. That was false! I was outraged.

At the same time; I thought that was a blessing because I would transfer my credits to another school, and graduate from there. However, no school would accept a single one of my credits. It took years of not a single person helping me to have a neighbor make a suggestion that nobody in that school ever made. He suggested that I take the class, and forward my transcripts to New Jersey to wrap up the degree. That took almost a year to get in touch with a person who would help me. He advised that it was approved, and I had to retake a science class in Florida.

I received my degree this past December. I was completely screwed by this school. I did not realize that I had to walk into this school with the mentality that you would when you walk into a used-car dealership. I had complete trust in this school that they had me in their best interest. However, I found out later that they did not. They gave me a non-government! personal private loan, and about ten smaller loans that were government loans. The personal private loan did not even have a fixed interest rate. When I went to consolidate the loans, I could not. I could only consolidate the smaller loans, and the $20,000 loan had to be completely bought out by another bank.

The man at Bank of America said that he could not believe that a school would do this to somebody my age, and that they basically made me buy a brand new car on a credit card. My mom had to take a line of credit on her home to refinance my loan down to a 6% interest rate. I now pay $320.00 on one loan, and $96.00 on the other. That is still $200.00 less a month that I would've had to pay had my mom not helped me refinance the loan. I don't know how they get away with this. They do not help you at that school. They set you up for failure. My mother has told me for years to write a letter to someone because my story needs to be heard. I just never knew where to start. Something needs to be done. I'm sure this school is still taking advantage of innocent kids who are only looking to better themselves. It's a disgrace!

I attended Katherine Gibbs College located in Piscataway for Criminal Justice in 2005. I was going to the college for about 6-11 months and found out that I wasn't being taught correctly. I was learning that a lot of teachers there was just giving out A's and B's to students who weren't learning anything. So I had went to a job interview with a company located in New Brunswick.

They have seen on my resume that I was attending Katherine Gibbs and they told me that the school was a big fake. So when I went back to school to observe this, I didn't go back. I explained to them what I knew and that I was not going back to attend. And now, here I am stuck with a huge loan that I have to pay back to a school that scammed a lot of students. And I don't think that this is fair. There should be some type of compensation for the students that attended this college.

I graduated from Gibbs in 05/06/11. My experiences at this school were not very good. Currently I am not even in the field I spent $30,000 for, nor did the school attempt to help me get a job like they said. Recently, my dad received a collection letter saying he owed $20,000 for a loan that wasn't getting paid. When we called to find out what this was about, they said that Gibbs had put in two request for loans. Both for the same amount, 2 for $10,000 and 2 for $4,000 about 2 days apart.

When I was in school, the financial aid department had said they lost all the paperwork, and needed us to re-sign (my dad was the cosigner). They also said we only owed $12,000. If we only owed 12,000 (we had paid the rest off before hand) why on earth would we take out a loan for $28,000! We have never even seen any of this money! Then when I went to graduate they had said they had to talk to me, and said I still owed $2,500, and if I didn't pay I could not get my diploma. Where did this $2,500 come from?

I am just so angry, where did all this money go to? We had saved, and with scholarships and grants, we had already paid off half of my schooling. I just don't understand how this school could steal money like this. We are not giving up on getting this mistake fixed, and the money given back to us. I just hope they don't continue to do this to other people.

Wow! I just found out about Gibbs, when I was about to get my transcripts. This is my story in 2002. I was searching for a graphic design school after my brother died in 2001. I promised him that I finish school. So I looked and applied for many, and this school Gibbs called me so many times. So I went, because I thought its location would help me and I took seriously my education.

So once there, they welcomed me, and the representative helped me out, which by the way was very pushy. I really wanted to study and do something with my life. So this guy convinced me, and he ran my credit and told me it was good. So I signed their contract. I was so excited about it but blind, because I never thought they will work me out.

During the two years, I studied and worked everyday. My day started around 7am and ended 12 am. I did my best everyday. Some teacher were great; you can tell they had an experience. But others, no idea. But I was determined to finish. Something weird about their system is how they made everything easy when there's talk about money and financial aid. I tried to save some money, buying used books and not accepting the new ones that they were offering, even though it was coming from my account. But it was not enough. But I finished the two years but without any job and a loan of $45000. No job. Nothing....

I attended this so called School from 2000-2002 with the intention of receiving what I thought was a legitimate accredited degree. instead what I've gained is a major headache in Sallie Mae Servicing. The school itself was and is a joke. The teachers didn't know what the hell they were doing. Some did but most didn't. One of them named Bill Faust failed myself and a few other people on purpose because we just had to do the work in the book and we did. Instead of teaching, all he did was sit on his desk, drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. Is that anyone's idea of teaching? You'd learn more from a monkey than this guy.

The financial aid staff was rude and inconsiderate. Promises of internships and job placement were a complete joke because their idea of internships and job placement was stuff you read in the Post, Daily News or the Times. Stuff I can easily do myself and when it came to ask them about such matters, they were unreachable or just flat out rude. Their phone lines busy purposely so they wouldn't have to do anything important. When I signed up for this school, I fell for the biggest con and stupidly I might add. I had to do it all over again, I would've just gone to CUNY and not have these issues.

Putting the name of Katherine Gibbs on your resume is like basically lying on an application to get a job. Only worse because you can't get the job with the skills you've learned. I've seen all the complaints here and people should stand up against them and file legal action against them. That's what I would do. Same goes with Sallie Mae because they consistantly harass me into paying them money I don't have. As far as I'm concerned, they don't exsist. The hell with them. I'm not letting this school or Sallie Mae ruin my life. These people will be stopped and with help everyone will be back in good standing. Myself included. It's time to fight back.

Well this is awkward. I started Gibbs College the Boston Campus back in May 2007 first in Graphic design than switch my major to business admin, Since I work Full-time I could only attend evening classes because I switched it my graduation date was prolong to September 2009. In January 2009 which was the start of the new term. my schedule was put back to day classes without my permission. So I called the registrar to change it, but was told that I couldn't because they don't have my classes available for evening no more.

I was furious and perplexed. I was going to switch to Bay State College, but than in march i received an email from the registrar again stating that she could get me into classes if I was available. So decided to call her back only to be told the same thing again, "some of the classes are not available for evening".

No resolution. Defective expensive sofa.> Later on in the year I see advertising for day and evening classes and finally decide, (wanted) to finish with Gibbs college re register in August 2009 for evening classes that were set to begin in October. Well its October I haven't received any scheduling or notification. So the other day I decided to call my admissions rep. here are his exact words. (AR" Nobody called you, or notified you?") (Me: "About what?") (AR: " Unfortunately evening classes are not available right now, we don't know when they will be available at the moment, but I will keep you updated.")

So now I am confused and furious. I just want to finish what I started with school as soon as possible, because my classes are not available. I'm stuck in this awkward position again. To make matters worst I only have 9 more classes to go until im completely finished what should I do? Now I owe over 16,000 dollars in debt to my Student Loans both Sallie Mae and FSL, which I cant afford because both loan providers are asking for payments and still not even halfway done with my major. I work as a Temporary worker and only make enough money to survive.

I went to Gibbs sold on the notion that I was going to learn 3d animation. At least that was what I was promised, but I was put into all web design. I was there 5 terms and no 3d. Needless to say I dropped out. Now I had passed all my classes but was put on academic hold or something like that. Needless to say I never got the education I asked for and I am now in debt in student loans.

Myself and thousands of others have loans and are thousands of dollars in debt. Our credit is in ruins. Emotionally we are distraught. my taxes will be garnished I have nothing to show for my two years of attending Katharine Gibbs I have not been able to get a decent job because of my loan situation. I also cannot attend any school even if I were to pay myself because I don't make enough money currently were I work.

I went to Gibbs College and was told that after I graduated with an Associate Degree in Computer Network Administrator. I will good a great job and have a future. I have a private Loan from Sallie Mae and a Federal Loans.

I was rip off and never got any help for Gibbs and spent over 40 thousand dollars For the money I spent , I was rob and should get my money back because was not able to get a job that I was promise from them. I know they a lot of student who are going through the same problemand are mad what they done to us. I hope that they will get sue and payback the money have cost us and wasted my time.

By the way Gibbs College is a joke and a rip off. And now they are closing the doors at the end of the year. This is hurting me now because I have to pay back the loans for something that I not get in return.

I hope that you can help me out and take action on them this is scam and need to stop.

I've graduated from katherine gibbs in 2003 and never was found a job after being guarantee i was going to have one. I am over 25,000 in debt from student loans and gibbs have not given me any opportunity as of yet but the run around.

I attended katherine Gibbs school Feb.14, 2000. I was so excited because I wanted to change my life around and do something productive with my self. I was a young mother of twins and really needed to make changes, I decided to find a computer class in the phone book and KG popped out. I called and had a brief interview on the phone followed by a appointment to have a face to face. I was so happy. I went to the school talked with a counselor and he basically told me everything I wanted to hear, now being young and not really knowing anything about school, the process and procedures I had no choice but to trust this man and put my educational life in his hands.

With that being said I signed all the papers, and got registered for school starting Feb 14. I at first wanted some sort of computer classes, but was then influenced to take Office Administration. Which was ok with me. Classes were fine, nothing seemed out of the norm. It was typical to see people dropping out here and there. I was sexually harrassed by two teachers in there and I reported them both, one was removed and placed in a HS to work. (like that makes sense) the other was so upset with me that I didn't take him up on his advance he literally changed my 97% grade to and F right in front of me. I reported him to the Principal. it was later changed back but they did nothing to repremand him for his unprofessional behavior.

towards the ending of my degree completion we were told that for an extra 6 months we could get a certificate in legal assistance. this sounded great the more knowledge the better. after all what was another 6 months.

I like almost everyone who has attended KG was told that they did job placemement and that the school was acredited, they even gave us a paper that had a list of schools on it that would accept KG credit. This I later found out was false. KG never found me a job nor did they attempt too,they sent me on a interview to a place that did not exist. I graduated with a 3.9 GPA. Which wasn't hard to do. but I was not prepared for the huge bill I recieved afterwards and the search for a job.

I went to continue my education and EVERY school denied me saying KG was not accreditable! what were they talking about? that isn't what was told to me. So i called one of my class mates and sure enough she was experiencing the same thing. I refused to go back to school and start from scratch again on top of having to pay 20gs. For what? a fake piece of paper?

till this day I haven't paid that back, I am however just finishing my BA with the University of Phoniex. Yes I had to kick out another 30grand but I was determined to get my education.

I agree with the posting someone else wrote, that every person who attended KG should have they're debt cleared. This is not right that we have to pay for this when the school was a scam and they are shutting down. there has to be a way someone can help us. If there is any one out there please help! this isnt' right.

While attending Katherine Gibbs, I worked in the Bursars office as my work-study assignment. I processed all work-study time sheets. I then learned about a little conspiracy against students at 50 w 40th campus. Instructors were mandated to fail two students per class per semester. In tallying the number of F grades for 1404 students at $400 per student, it totaled $561,600.00 they mad an easy million off F Grades per year. An audit by the Federal Government Department of Education Will show this as factual for 2004 thru 2006 even to this date.

While attending Katherine Gibbs I worked in the Bursars office as my work study assignment. I processed all work study time sheets. I then learned about a little conspiracy against students at 50 w 40 st campus. Instructed were mandated to fail two students per class per semester. In tallying the number of F grades for 1404 students at $400 per student it totaled $561,600.00 They mad an easy million off of F Grades per year. An audit by the Federal Government Department of Education Will show this as factual for 2004 thru 2006 even to this date.

Im working a regular paying job. I live by my self so i have alot of bills. basically I don't know how I'm being charged over $50,000 for going to a 2year college. Going to this school was the worst decision ever made. And I need help with situation, cause its to much for me to pay back I don't even make that much in a year.

I wanted an education, I was getting to the age where I didnt want to do the 4 year programs. I had no idea what "visual communications" meant. When I went for my tour, I asked the gentleman and he responded with...what were you looking for? I told him Interior Design. He said-Oh, this covers everything! Interior Design Included! I thought, this is great!

On my first day of class, my instructor was going around the room asking our names and what we were looking to get out of the degree. First of all-what degree!?!? I told him and he said-this has nothing to do with Interior Design! So, the recruiter staight out lied to me. It was too late to back out, I already signed everything!

Then the very last semester, they "forgot" or screwed up our schedules. One of the classes we were supposed to take the semester before was never set-up and they didnt realize it til the very last semester. So they swamped us with classes last minute. I worked full-time, I couldnt take day classes. It was either take the day class and get fired from my job, or dont take the class. I needed my job.

I was so disguisted with the school, the program, the instructors...everything, I took time off and only had my portfolio class left to take. Because I took time off, they started bombarding me with harrassing phone calls, bills...Now Im stuck with a loan that in the end is going to be about $120,000. No degree. Cant transfer any of my education from these people to another school and now they are closing.

Everyone always said-you need an education to get a good job. Well, I went for an education and have a job making minimal $$. This school has ruined my future. Nothing about it has brightened it at all. And the worse part about it is, the recruiter that lied to me...yeah, now he works in my office. They lied about being an accredited school, the program, the amount I would be paying after I graduated and my success afterwards. KG's name means nothing to the business world, and I wish I would have done more reasearch about this school before attending. I would have never attended and put myself through this. The job I have now I could have gotten before attending school.

I wanted an education, I was getting to the age where I didnt want to do the 4 year programs. I had no idea what "visual communications" meant. When I went for my tour, I asked the gentleman and he responded with...what were you looking for? I told him Interior Design. He said-Oh, this covers everything! Interior Design Included! I thought, this is great! On my first day of class, my instructor was going around the room asking our names and what we were looking to get out of the degree. First of all-what degree!?!? I told him and he said-this has nothing to do with Interior Design! So, the recruiter staight out lied to me. It was too late to back out, I already signed everything! Then the very last semester, they "forgot" or screwed up our schedules.

One of the classes we were supposed to take the semester before was never set-up and they didnt realize it til the very last semester. So they swamped us with classes last minute. I worked full-time, I couldnt take day classes. It was either take the day class and get fired from my job, or dont take the class. I needed my job. I was so disguisted with the school, the program, the instructors...everything, I took time off and only had my portfolio class left to take. Because I took time off, they started bombarding me with harrassing phone calls, bills...Now Im stuck with a loan that in the end is going to be about $120,000. No degree. Cant transfer any of my education from these people to another school and now they are closing. Everyone always said-you need an education to get a good job.

Well, I went for an education and have a job making minimal $$. This school has ruined my future. Nothing about it has brightened it at all. And the worse part about it is, the recruiter that lied to me...yeah, now he works in my office. They lied about being an accredited school, the program, the amount I would be paying after I graduated and my success afterwards. KG's name means nothing to the business world, and I wish I would have done more reasearch about this school before attending. I would have never attended and put myself through this. The job I have now I could have gotten before attending school.

I attended Katharine Gibbs from 2000-2001. Long story short, I learned more about graphic design at B.O.C.E.S. Tech, where I got a certificate than I learned from Gibbs. I am still paying off my loans, which is about $11,000 now. I promiced a job in the field but only got non-paying internships that I had to travel to. I feel like I waisted my money and I am affraid to go back to school because of this experience. I am doing a security to pay my bills. I have not been able to get a job in the Graphic Design field.

I attended Katharine Gibbs of New York from 2001-2003 and have not been able to find employment in the field I majored in. When first signing up for the program, I chose Visual Communications as my major, however, when I got my program confirmation in the mail,they have informed me that the program was now called Digital Media & Communications. Basically, they'd decided to combine the 2 programs (visual communications and web design), hence it was now given a new name.

That was not a problem in the beginning, as a matter of fact, I was very eager to learn coding and web design. However, when I started attending classes, I realized that they had no idea of what they were doing. We were taught the very basics of photoshop and minimal HTML coding, not to mention, the teachers were all under-qualified, and as I would come to find out later, were only there to teach because they themselves could not find a job in a design field.

Most of the teachers would talk to us about their life and just told us to read the books they made us purchase. Some books were NEVER USED AT ALL, but we were made to purchase them, not to mention the material package they made us buy, which consisted of some color pencils, markers, color paper, etc, AND a VERY LOW QUALITY digital camera, which I could never even use because the pictures would be of such bad quality(for that camera alone I was charged $350.00, something that I wouldn't paid a dollar for because it was simply useless of it's bad quality). But that's just the basics of it all, as I would come to find out later on. Some teachers were so bad that we, as a class, would often go to the director begging to switch us to another class. Some of us were able to do that, but it was just as pointless because the other teachers were just as bad...they either id not know the material they were teaching or were extremely slow in teaching it, even the books that were used, were only half way completed throughout the course. You ask, why not just drop out and go to another school? Well, I was very young and did not possess the knowledge I do today. Nowadays, I would do thorough research way before I signed myself up for one of these quickie schools/programs. But back then, I was trying to get a career as fast as I would, so I could live on my own and make something of myself. Long story short, I stayed to complete my courses so I could get a diploma which I was told in the beginning would be equivalent to Associates Degree, which was another lie on it's own).

So come graduation time and we were all told that the certificates/diplomas were printed out wrong and that there would be a delay in sending them to us. I went to the admin office NUMEROUS times to get my diploma for 6 MONTHS AFTER graduation and was given one excuse after another, to the point where I almost gave up on it. Finally, they did send me my diploma in the mail 6 months after.

After finally getting my diploma(which is just a worthless piece of paper which they make out to be $30,000 in loans), I was ready to apply for jobs. As I was told in the beginning, Gibbs GUARANTEED a lifetime of job placement. All it turned out to be was some lame internships at start up companies that would never hire and would not even pay a minimal fee. I never signed up for any of those internships, because at that point in time I knew better, BUT, some of my classmates did and it was just a waste of time and travel money and they were treated very badly. When I confronted someone at the job placement department, they basically told me that i was not their responsibility of what kind of jobs they placed people in, their job was to simply provide a job ad and that they did not guarantee the actual job or pay(something that I couldve done on my own on ANY job site). As a matter of fact, when I went on craigslist, I found the SAME ads that Gibbs provided word for word. When 2005 came around, I was trying to do some freelance work for friends and family but it was not enough to make a living AND pay off loans on top of it all. I was still unable to get a permanent job in the field, after having applied to about 100 different companies, if not more. At one interview, they even bluntly told me that me having Gibbs degree on my resume did not qualify me for anything and that actually it was not a degree at all!

After much disappointment, I just gave up applying for jobs in the field and now work a regular front desk job which requires minimal computer skills. I get low pay and it hurts me everyday, knowing that I was fooled into a promising career and a brighter future. I wish I had that $30000 back, at least I would be able to invest it into something worthy. My family still laughs at me for not being able to find a job and it hurts because I really tried my best and have exhausted all my energy and sources...and it's really not my fault at all, other than I was young and was fooled into what I thought would be a real education. I hope the school closes for good and that no one would have to suffer and go through what all of us have gone through.

I was enrolled in Katherine Gibbs School and attended all classes towards an Associate Degree in Business Administration, I was always on the Honor Roll and had an 3.95 average. I was unable to attend graduation because I had a diffcult pregnancy so I asked that my degree be mailed and I was lied to and never received anything. I tried numerous times by mail and by telephone to get a responce but I am given the run around and now I am told that the school in closing.

I am stuck with 12,000 dollars in loans that I am unable to pay, no degree, no college credits for the classes that I had taken, and my credit is greatly effected by this. I have been after the school for the past two years because I would like to continue my education. I have called, visited the Manhattan location, and sent written requests but I am been lied to and given the run around.

I am unemployed and in debt with students loans for which I have nothing to show for it.

From 2003 until 2005 I attended and graduated from Katharine Gibbs School located at 50 West 40th Street New York, NY 1013 with an associate degree in Applied Science in Computer Network Operation with a 3.6 GPA. After graduating I made numerous attempts to acquire a Bachelors degree in Information Technology by applying to SUNY and CUNY colleges and to my surprise and disappointment I discovered that my degree is worthless. Due to my lack of knowledge regarding college accreditation the administrative staff at Katharine Gibbs intentionally misinformed me concerning my ability to transfer my credits. Because Gibbs is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) many Colleges and Universities are unwilling to accept the credits Ive earned. In addition the administrative staff at Gibbs provided me with false graduation and job placement statistics.

My degree from Katharine Gibbs has not increased my earning power and the education I received from Gibbs does not qualify me to work in the career for which I have a degree in, I am unable to transfer my credits therefore I have to start over and I do not earn enough to repay my loan. Unfortunately my attempt to achieve a college education in order to increase my income and live the American dream has become a life-long financial burden.

Due to the unethical behavior of the administrative staff at Katharine Gibbs School and Sallie Mae representatives I signed my life away by taking out an unsecured private student loan for $21,000.00 at a 13.875% interest rate which does not include the Stafford loans making my current total loan balance $45,815 and the total amount to be paid is $120,195 for a worthless two year degree, with no educational benefit from a school that will close at the end of this year. Sallie Mae is requesting that I pay $623 for the unsecured private education loan and an addition $200 a month for the consolidated Stafford loans. The lender alleges this is the lowest monthly payment plan they can offer me.

Because I am a woman of a certain age earning a degree in an area of interest which I am talented and passionate about is critical because time is not on my side and now I will never be able to start a family, buy a house or a car with this overwhelming amount of debt. I have nothing more to look forward in life all because I wanted more for myself in the hopes of a better quality of life.

I decided to take up the Visual Communications program t the school for a certificate, they told me it would run me $25,000 and guarantee me a job, career better yet. I was close with all my teachers, and even received an Honor Roll status on my certificate for getting straight A's. Not only did I NEVER get set up with a job in graphic design, but the attempts from the career offices only lasted approximately for 3 weeks. The job postings sent to me were from regular job sites like craigslist, & Monster.com, I could've done that on my own.

I applied to every job, and got no responses. It doesn't end there. the $25,000 loan from Sallie Mae all of a sudden turned to almost $35,000. The school I went to closed its doors, and upon many attempts of trying to get in touch with the deans at the school, I failed. Also none of these credits were credited to my CUNY school - The College of Staten Island, not even art credits, which I still need.

I am extremely in debt, and do not make enough money now to cover the tuition that I owe Sallie Mae. I currently bartend at a family restaurant in Staten Island, and my high hopes of starting a career early in my life is shut down, and god knows how long I'll live at home now with this debt on my back.

I also attended Katharine Gibbs School in New York City with the hopes that I would be joining the work force with a career in Criminal Justice. I was also told on the first day I enrolled that I would be able to switch to an acreditted College of my choice provided I kept up my grades. I did just that not only that they honored me on the Deans List for having a grade point average of 3.69. I was excited when I first attended but then I started noticing that a lot of my counselours started to disappear or were no longer working for the school, so I was never dealing with the same advisor for no longer than three months. They also were not prepared for the course I signed on to take so they gave me shorthand secretary classes and business management classes.

The Advisor told me that it was in the same cycle that was April of 2004 when I enrolled it was February of 2005 and I still had not taken a single course of the criminal justice program I signed up for I took courses in typing, Business shorthand, Math, English, Oral Presentation in large crowds, I could gladly prove this with my transcripts. Mr. Sensei, my first advisor told me thay by July of 2004 I should be in my correct programn then he disaapeared and then july came and my next advisor Mark told me the same thing and he followed the same path as Sensei gone without a trace. It was the same thing for the whole first year I attended that they were not ready with the progarm and that they would be ready in a couple of months all the while I was actually using the loan I appled for courtesy of Gibbs to take the classes they had given me not what I applied for.

Then I ran into a former student who told me that she completed the school and it did absolutely nothing for her and that she had to not only pay for school but actually start from scratch as far as enrolling into college was concerned. I was on my way that same morning to pick up my phot from the Deans List ceremony when I jokingly said to one of the staff members I can't wait to transfer to John Jay and get out of this school and she replied you can't transfer your credits from Gibbs to John Jay and at that very moment my heart stopped. I felt betrayed and saddened because I knew what had happened to me. I immediately stopped further attendance at the school.

When I was finally sure about leaving in an attempt to persuade me to stay, the staff member said why are you quitting the criminal justice course will be starting in two weeks it was february of 2005 when that conversation took place. I was swindled and for them to make a comission it costed me my young adult life to the point where I am straddled with loan payments. I can't explain why it took me so long maybe it was fear. Maybe it was being in denial about the whole situation. It definately discouraged my faith in the higher education system.

No matter the education facility or commission a staff member could receive for how many students they enroll, peoples lives are definately in a state of ruin as well as for some forever in debt. That's too high a cost for Gibbs to just simply close their doors. I am calling for action on behalf of me and every student who was simply just trying to go for a goal that could change their lives. Even if the facility was Katharine Gibbs or Harvard we as a free country have the right to make our own decisions and mistakes and should not have malicious faculties and non-acreditted schools make those choices for us. I really need your help to get MY life back Thanks Sincerely,Laiquan Bates.

I have a loan that's thousands of dollars in debt. My credit is in ruins. Emotionally I am distraught my taxes will be garnished I have nothing to show for my almost two years of attending Katharine Gibbs I have not been able to get a decent job because of my loan situation. I also cannot attend any school even if I were to pay myself because I don't make enough money currently were I work.

I attended this school in 2001, first i contacted the school to find out information to attend i had just came to this country and was very niave. I was assured that upon completion they would put me into an internship that would lead to sponsoship that they have done this many times before. I was told that they would get me a loan where i would pay $50.00 a month i wasnt even told how much it was and the interest rate. Because i was a visitor here they asked me to get someone who was a citizen to co-sign for me. Not realizing that this meant that he would be repsonsible if i couldnt pay.

A couple of months into the program i started asking questions and got no answers i started getting scared so i went to the financial office and told them i wanted to stop the program that i was told a lot of lies in the beginning. The person there told me that i couldnt stop that i would still have to pay for the whole thing. I wrote letters to the president and everyone that i could think about to find out what would happen when i was finished, i just kept getting pushed around and lied to. I was always on the president and honors role and tried to do my best so that i could have a good chance of getting a good internship, well that was a nightmare

i was put into a company where the manager was horrific and treated us with disrespect. So now I am stuck i cant legally work, my monthly payments are 750.00. And i am trying to clean apartments for a living. I also have three kids i thought going to this school would make my life a little better instead iam depressed and in a financial crisis.

Sallie mae calls me 4 times a day everyday threatening me. I cant work legally to pay. I am depressed and have no way to turn.

I enrolled into Katharine Gibbs April 2008 and was told that I was going to be on an 11 week schedule and that we are going to have breaks etc. In the 11 week studies we covered a lot of work and had plenty of time to learn and understand the work. Soon we went on to a 5 week schedule with no warning giving us a one week break then later on NO BREAK in between. The schedules are constantly changing and constantly scattered some day students are given night classes and some students that had 2 classes in a mod are now receiving 3 classes in a mod.

The main point is that we are in school to learn and there is no time to learn in the 5weeks given to us to learn. It is difficult to transfer out because there are so many schools that DON'T accept the credits from the school. Right now economically there is not any damage known because I'm still in school. But in the physical and mental sense. The students are paying thousands and thousands of dollars for a piece of paper that CLAIMS they have an education! An Associate of Applied Science degree.

How is that when the learning we do is onlybased on memorization. Once the memorization process is over. The information learned will be forgotten because the information is not repititious. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND IF POSSIBLE PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT CONTACTING CORPORATE TO CHANGE THIS!

My daughter went to Gibbs with the understanding she would not only get her degree in visual Communications but they would place her in a job or at the very least help her find a job in the field she was educated in. When she graduated she could not only find a job but everywhere she went to apply did not approve of Gibbs credits. All she got for her 2 years of school was a $30,000 bill, and an associates degree in visual communications that she cannot use.

Meanwhile the school went out of buisness and we are still paying for it. She was also told at the time of applying to the school that she can continue her education at no charge at anytime. How can this be done now? There is alot that needs to be said and cannot be done here but in person and we do not know who to turn to. I know she is not the only one that this happened to there are others with the same story.

I attended Gibbs school for Visual Communications in Dunn Lorring,VA for a period of 10 months. I went through a turbulent time financially and I wasn't able to finish due to being laid off.

After having dropped out I stayed in touch with a few people who finished and they were very disappointed.In one case a graduate was working at Home Depot after taking out all those loans and incurring all that debt. He was lucky. I'm now in debt to the tune of 8,000 for 10 months of school. Since I'm unemployed I have no way of even making payment arrangements with the debt collection agency. It's not like they would care anyway. I've been out of work since 10/09 collecting unemployment and the debt collector still snatched my tax return my only means of extra money. If there's anyone out there that knows what I can do to get loan forgiveness or any sort of financial relief please leave your comment here.

I attended the school from 2003 - 2004 and never even finished. When I started they told me that they where taking out one loan and that when I finished I would have to pay $50 a month and also that I have to make payments according to my income. I started getting bills for over $500 a month. I got harrassing phone calls from some of the rudest people ever and also I noticed that more loans where taken out besides the one I signed for. Totalling almost $30,000 and the school wasnt even that much.

I went back to the school and tried to speak with someone as soon as it started happening and they told me to try to find a better job. They would not give me a breakdown of my financial aid nor did they give me a list of the breakdown of my charges. I have tried to get my monthly payments reduced so that I atleast dont go into default but the company wont lower it. I told them my situation and they dont care and why would they its not their fault. This is defintely not fair. I am depressed over it and there is no one to understand. I am at a total lost.

There is a possibility I could have my check garnished and my monthly payments are tooo high. The loan company refuses to lower it even though I said I could pay something. I just cant afford $500 a month.

Those who complained about Catherine Gibbs schools are DUMB! Want to know why? Because it is YOUR responsibility to know that it is not an accredited college! It is your fault you did not do your research before you applied and attended; let alone, it is common knowledge that Catherine Gibbs schools are not accredited colleges. You complained that C.G. credits were not transferable to other colleges? Catherine Gibbs has nothing to hide--they did not lie to you. And yep, the teachers are not qulified or certified because they don't have to be! It is not a REAL college/university! C.G. is a vocational/trade school! You all should have known this!

Before taking out loans, you all should have known EXACTLY where C.G. schools stand in the 4-tier evaluation of colleges/universities/post-secondary schools (for those of you who don't know, post secondary is any school that is attended after highschool; thus, C.G. falls under this category). C.G. is at the bottom tier with all other non-accredited, hardly selective, low competition schools, while schools like Harvard and Stanford are at the top tier with all other ivy-league, highly competative/highly selective schools! Now quit your crying and go to a real college/university where you cannot take shortcuts the way you can at C.G.! And here is a tip for the future, any school that says they offer programs that are quick and things like that are most likely not accredited schools or universities;

I was really excited about going to school and getting a good career. Little did I know that Katherine Gibbs was a giant scam. I knew the first week I was there that something was wrong. The teachers were a joke and didnt seem qualified to be teaching the classes they were teaching and the classes compared to the classes my friends in other colleges were taking just didn't compare. I was sick to my stomach because of all the money in student loans I had taken out.

The second semester I found out I was pregnant and was very sick. I had to drop out mid semester because I was too sick to even sit through a class. Some how no matter how many times I spoke to them about my situation it just never got put on file. So it shows I just dropped out for no reason and my doctor notes must have vanished. So here I am 4 years later and I am inendated with student loans and have nothing to show for it because when I looked into attending another college I found out that none of the credits from Katherine Gibbs are transferable. I almost passed out right there.

Because they lied at Katherine Gibbs and said they were an accredited school and there not. So I have about $15,000 to pay back for what. I have no problem paying for the books but I refuse to pay the $15,000 and they can take me to court. All I will give them is $500.00 which is more than enough to cover my books.

I am harrased by the student loan companies. They are nasty and don't seem to understand the situation. I am married now and not working because I have two small children and no daycare. I refuse to ask my husband to pay back a school which just scammed me. I got nothing in return. I feel awful for the thousands of people that the school scammed one of which is my best friend. She Lost $18,000 to the school and in return got nothing but heartache. Everyone who was robbed by this school should have their student loans wiped away and only have to pay for their books. That is the only thing that would be fair.

I'm a former graduate of KGS/Montclair class of 1974. I was surprised to read about all the negative reports about KGS. When I graduated, having a KGS certification meant businesses took notice and often there were multiple job offers. Even the CIA came to the school to recruit. The classes were tough because the teachers were tough and demanded excellence from their students. Additionally, those students taking the two-year program were able to tranfer the majority of their credits to Montclair State or William Paterson.

I hope that KGS will return to its core values and demand same from their students, and I also hope that KGS will once again become accredited so their credits will be transferrable. As a side note, during a lecture prior to graduation, we were advised it was tradition for KGS graduates to wear white gloves to job interviews. Because it was the 1970's, we were told that it would be permissible not to wear white gloves, but suggested that we carried them instead.

I attended KGS for about 3 semesters with a goal to get a Associate Degree in Fashion Merchandising and did not achieve the goal.

In my last semester, we received an email stating that we will not get a degree but a certificate. I was shocked, angry and had to withdraw as I basically wasted all that time at a school with bad intentions. I spent $30,000.00 for not even a year at KGS and received nothing from KGS. I drove 90 miles or more, paid a toll everyday and at least $30 every day on gas everyday to this school. The advisor I met told me that the school had just opened and was in the process of building a new dorm for the school so I could live in the area. She told me that I just had to enroll then sign up for the dorms.

After a couple of weeks there, she gave me a list of apartments that I could call and rent. Not knowing, the nice apartments were at least $1,000.00 a month, the most unlivable apartments were cheap and completely disgusting. I put a request for a room mate as I was advised. Throughout this time, I had no help from the counselors.I was working at a job making $6.50 an hour, asking my mother for money daily for gas. I had the worst time at the school and the scariest times driving there daily. I had flat tires on the high way many times, rain, snow..

Throughout my enrollment there, I was told that the credits that i have are all non-transferable to any college. I am now stuck with a $30,000.00 Private Signature loan with an interest rate of 17.775% with a monthly installment amount of $600.00 in interest only. I have no Forbearance time left to postpone my payments. I feel that KGS lied to me in originally promising me a degree and courses that are transferable to any college and then turn out to be all lies. I am now in debt, 26 years old & going to file bankruptcy.

I hope more students come forward to expose KGS for what they are. After the financial aid officer lured me in and told me i qualified without explaining that i had a PRIVATE SIGNATURE loan. I never saw him again. They promised that i could always to come them for assistance at the first interview and completely ignored me once they met their quota. I was scammed BIG TIME, I ask why this happened to me when I was only trying to pursue an education and better my life. Now I havent been to school since to complete anything because I am having to worst financial hardship ever. Without this loan from KGS, I would be able to complete my degree, get a better job and be happier with my life.

I went to the admissions office at Gibbs College in Norwalk, CT to enroll into their Buisness Administartion Programin in the hopes of receiving an Associate's Degree. I did not have a high school diploma or GED and was told by the individual assisting me that I would be able to earn my GED while taking classes toward my degree. I was also told to apply for a student loan, which I did. I attended the school for a semester but eventually had to take a leave due not being academically prepared for the college courses given. I was never told or given the option to take any GED courses. I later learned that Gibbs does not allow students who do not have a diploma or GED to enroll into the school so I was admitted under false pretenses.

I tried on numerous occasions to obtain a copy of my transcript from attending and graduated school at Gibb's College. I was not aware of the balance owed, at first I didn't have a balance now I do of $5000.00 dollars. It truly unbelievable how Gibb's College fooled and lied to so many students. I made the dean's list every semester and named to the National Dean's List. I still have yet been able to enroll in another school, because of Gibb's College. I'm so very dissapointed that I dedicated 2 years to a school that had nothing to offer their students but non-commitments to their lawful students that thought we would have a bright future after attending there. It's very said. I paid money to the school while I was attending classes. I'm so glad they are out of business, cause I do not wish this to happen to any more people striving to change their lives for better.

I am a 1980 grad of KGS and sorry to say that Gibbs College has destroyed what was once a nationally recognized program. Graduates could have walked into any office and landed a job just by saying they were KGS grads. MY complaint is that I requested a copy of my transcript about a year ago and found that a grade had been changed to an F, I had previously received transcripts for past jobs and had never failed a course.

I tried to explain this several times to the person at the school who I was dealing with and was told that there was nothing they could do and their records were correct. The Dean said that I was wrong, yet you could see the previous grade was whited out and the F placed in. Gibbs College is a huge disappointment all around. Glad this business failed sorry for all of those who lost out. I hope that somehow you can arrange a class action suit.

I would never admit on a job application that I attended this school for fear that they would request a transcript, I never flunked a course there and shouldn't have to take credit for that failure.

While it did take me a while to find a job, I am now a graphic designer working for a high-end photography studio as well as an award winning freelance photographer of some renown and a columnist for a national motorcycle online magazine. The instructors at Piscataway were great-knowledgeable, personable and willing to help out, even after I graduated. However, their placement counselors were salespeople who were prone to gross exageration. And in dealing with Sallie Mae, I eventually defaulted and then refinanced the loans, which were astronomical for what I went in for. Working part time in the finance dept there, I noticed a tremendous drop out and default rate. It may be safe to say that only half of any term enrollees completed the courses. It is probably this failure and the bad press that did Gibbs in after almost 100 years.

Those that complained about the job placement departments probably depended on that facet instead of pushing themselves. Same for the education they're whining about. I doubled up on classes, sat in on classes other than my own and even helped other students to the point that one instructor pointed a student to me for help. Gibbs also offered weekend seminars on many topics pertaining to the courses given but those were never filled to capacity. Education is what you make of it and even the best colleges won't do any good if you don't get all you can and more from it at every opportunity. The majority of students I met at Gbbs, primarily young adults, were unmotivated and lazy and ultimately, dropped out. The older students, like myself, used the school to their utmost advantage and graduated.

My main complaint is about Sallie Mae. Harrassment started when I missed one payment and increased as time went on until I was getting 3 calls a day, 6 days a week. When the opportunity came to pay off Sallie Mae in full, they would not release my payoff amount until I sent them $150, supposedly to extend the loan, even though it was being paid off. I was cursed at, yelled at and harrassed continuously for three months. Sending payments to try and catch up did not deter them. Letter writing was a waste of time as they would not respond. I have been researching for any class-action suits against Sallie Mae for their unfair and abusive collection tactics as well as their extortion for payoff amounts and unrealistic interest rates.

Everything about the school is fake, did u guys know that in 1998 was the year that katharine gibbs started giving out computer because a group of student revolted about the type of professor they had teaching the classes. most of them were either unqualify or had teaching license

I knew teachers who were passing students because they knew to much the scam. if only i knew they trying to destroy me. the are stopping from getting the proper education. And i want to stop them from doing to others

I am trying to go back to school and recently I sent someone to the school trying to get a transcript and the person was told that it was impossible to get it because I have a $4000 balnce which I am not aware of. I was giving a number to call which is the head quater in chicago. I spent three months trying ti get in touch with someone no response. However, last month someone called me to tell me that they were looking into the matter and I will get a phone call, which never happened. I had to call myself today.

what i found out was the loans was written off, put back on, written off again and put back on last week from when I called 3 months ago and as of today it 's been wrtitten off and sent to a collection agency ACS. The gentleman by the name of jay which by the way was very rude and trying to use threat as a way for me to tell him that i owe the money,

For the past 8 years the school never ever sent me one letter or email and i have lived in the same address for the past 12 years. I spent years trying to clean my credit and for them to come out of nowhere trying to destroy something that I have worked at building and to expect a useless education, wasted my time money and energy for a useless diploma, something that I can even use to transfer to a serious school.

I am trying to go back to school and recently I sent someone to the school trying to get a transcript and the person was told that it was impossible to get it because I have a $4000 balnce which I am not aware of. I was giving a number to call which is the head quater in chicago. I spent three months trying ti get in touch with someone no response. However, last month someone called me to tell me that they were looking into the matter and I will get a phone call, which never happened. I had to call myself today.

what i found out was the loans was written off, put back on, written off again and put back on last week from when I called 3 months ago and as of today it 's been wrtitten off and sent to a collection agency ACS. The gentleman by the name of jay which by the way was very rude and trying to use threat as a way for me to tell him that i owe the money,

For the past 8 years the school never ever sent me one letter or email and i have lived in the same address for the past 12 years. I spent years trying to clean my credit and for them to come out of nowhere trying to destroy something that I have worked at building and to expect a useless education, well they got something coming there way. I am don't know how anyone feel, but i am ready to make them pay for everything they did to me. wasted my time money and energy for a useless diploma, something that I can even use to transfer to a serious school.

I attended this school in 2002, graduated but failed many classes due to minimum training. Gibbs said they would help me graduate but little did i no it would be by taking out many loans I was unaware of. This scheme has me in debt now unable to attend another college to furthur my career.

In addition to gibbs getting me approved for loans they never gave me my transcript but allowed me to walk and recieve a blank booklet which i thought a degree would be in. Gibbs promised me career placement which resulted in a temp agency that paid me less than i was making before i attended college. I completed gibbs courses in 2004, its been 5yrs im still working as a temp unable to land a profitable stable job. I need serious help. Im 26 years of age and stuck w/o recieving education unless I pay them 10,000 dollars just to recieve my transcript. Because of a greedy Gibbs associate Im praying for a miracle to get back into school.

I attending Katherine Gibbs from 2005-2006 for Health Care Management, under the impression that this was an accredited school. During my time there i found the faculty to be unqualified, the level of education that i recieved is not adequate for field there was no job placement as i was promised all interviews that i found i was turned down they stated i needed better training i too am also in debt with $30,000.and no way out i will be paying this off for years with no career i feel i was taken advantage of the school will not even return my phone calls and i can not get anymore student loans until some of the debt is paid

im working at a job which has no future as has no relation to the schooling i have i can barely pay my bills let alone a student loan im mentally and emotionally stressed

I graduated from this school in 2001 from Visual Communications and I was told my credits were tranferable to any school when I first applied there. THAT WAS A LIE!! I wasn't able to tranfer any of my credits to CUNY. They weren't helpful in job placements. Everytime I would inquire on employment they always told there weren't any available at the moment. I am still struggling to pay these loans on a worthless degree from an unreliable and unprofessional school. Students that have attended this school should get their money back!!!

I went to Katherine Gibbs College and graduated in 2002 with an associates degree in graphic design. Oh boy, I dont know where to start...I can tell you after doing some research online and hearing familiar stories on how this college is not an accredited college. I wanted to go back to school again, so after doing some more research into another program in a cuny college my credits mean nothing and cant transfer.

I had a few classes where the instructor didnt know what to teach us...it was a joke...the entire class waited in front of the directors office until she came to have her explain. There were maybe a hand full of good instructors in the school that I was lucky enough to get.

On top of that when I had just finished getting my degree there, I went to there job placement which was a joke. After the 3rd time I never bothered going back because they kept sending me to part time gigs that didnt pertain to graphic design. I was like ????...and of course I've heard the same thing over and over from other poor students who basically have been ripped off by this school. Is there someone out there that can advise on this? I think its so wrong to rip people off and then being stuck paying loans for something thats worthless. Im still paying the loan for this school.I think its absolutely ridiculous and from what I read, theyre not taking anymore students dating February 2008. that goes to show this school is having a number of issues.

I attended Katharine Gibbs from 2001 - 2003, for the Fashion Design and Merchandising Associate Degree - New York Campus. I initially attended some FIT classes, and then my friend heard about the Fashion Design Associate Degree from Katharine Gibbs. We went in together, just to ask some questions (this was around March / April 2001), and as soon as the recruiter heard I had taken some FIT classes, he told us to wait, and he brought Camille - the dean of the fashion design program to meet us.

She proceeded to explain to me that she was the dean of fashion design in FIT (even though she was just assistant dean), and that she left FIT for the same issues I stumbled upon, and that she started this program in Katharine Gibbs which is so much better than in FIT. We were told that they would transfer my credits from FIT, and also that credits from Katharine Gibbs could be transferred to other schools also, and that they were fully accredited. The next starting date for the program was may 15th of that year, and I enrolled -excited about the program and lifetime job placement WORLDWIDE, and transferrable credits.

When I went to fill out financial aid documents, the woman barely spoke - she just kept mumbling things and giving me one word answers. She asked if I will be paying cash or if I would need loans. I remember telling her : I do not want big loans on my parents names. And she said ok, and asked me to tell her the max I want for loan amount on parents name. I told her $5000. She said no problem and gave me the promissory notes to sign. SHE NEVER TOLD ME THAT I WILL HAVE TO TAKE OUT A PRIVATE LOAN. Only my mom received a federal loan. I received a $15,000 PRIVATE student loan from Wachovia (I think)with VARIABLE interest rate. It is not possible to consolidate a private loan, and the interest rate is not 11.5%. I have been paying $250 - $500 every month, but my balance is even more than original sum - it is $17,000 now. How am I ever going to pay that off with 11% interest?

Also, they never explained that the cost of the school is a FLAT sum for the entire program that you have to pre-pay. It is not a per-credit or per-semester cost - it is $32K for the fashion design program - and after the first 2 weeks of school, there is no refunds. None of this was ever explained to me, and until I read everyone else's post, I thought I was the only idiot who missed something and kept blaming myself now for 7 years.

But what bothers me MOST, besides all of the above, is that before I graduated from Katharine Gibbs, we were constantly being told that Gibbs was in the process of accreditation for Bachelors degree. And considering the fact that it is a quick program, and teachers were ok, I would have probably signed up for the Bachelors degree. (this is before I knew about the private student loan, and before I knew about credits not transferrable to other schools).

I have spoken to Camille throughout my days at Gibbs, and I have called her after graduation to keep asking about bachelors degree. One of the years - either spring 2004 0r spring 2005,I called yet again, and she told me that they were in the final stages of accreditation. She said they will start the bachelor program either in the summer or in fall (they were waiting for accrediting body to send them the final approval, and that in the summer the accrediatation body are really slow to reply, so it might have to wait for fall). Everytime I spoke to her, she kept delaying the acreditation and making me not sign up for FIT or another school, in the hopes that Gibbs will finally start their 18 month Bachelors program.

Later I found out that they could never be regionally accredited, as they are listed as nationally acreditted, which means for profit. It was all lies and scams and now the NY campus is closing down... I believe there was allready a class action lawsuit against Gibbs in Feb 08 - and I think Gibbs settled with the students. Are there any more cases happening? Does anyone know?

I have attented college since 2000, and only now, in spring 2009 I will finally get my associates from FIT in fashion design. Gibbs credits are useless, I had to start all over in FIT. I have wasted $32K, before interest. I am still unable to find a good job in the fashion industry because I need a degree, and still do not have one. The private loan that was sold off to AES from Wachovia is a variable loan with 11.5% interest rate. I have been lied to time and time again by Gibbs, and have blamed myself for missing something.

I enrolled in Katharine Gibbs School out of high school, hoping to get a step forward in a career with their Interactive Media and Web Design program. The promise of assistance with placement and introduction into the newest programs and technology was what drew in everyone in my class. However, many of the classes were incredibly disappointing. We only learned incredibly simple and mostly outdated things; layer masks in Photoshop but no texturing techniques and nothing about tablets, extremely basic HTML coding but nothing at all about using XML or PHP. For the most part it was like a review of everything I was able to figure out on my own about those programs.

During our coursework, one of our teachers borrowed an art book I had purchased independently - and over the next few weeks I noticed the class going through the art exercises laid out in the book. I was paying to be taught out of my own books.

After graduation I managed to actually learn more from simply working from the books on my own, waiting for the guaranteed career placement to take effect. However, after returning directly to the offices several times and calling in to try and provoke some action, I was only given one interview for an office that designs phone book ads - the exact same interview everyone else in my class was given, and the only one. To be perfectly honest, the only teacher that we encountered in our entire time was our 3D design teacher - everyone else was teaching us what we had already picked up from simply being interested in graphic design. The entire year's coursework seemed like nothing but a very remedial introduction into the media, but never any relevant coursework.

Only this year I've just finished paying off my student loan, with whom I've also had nothing but trouble. And I find myself nothing but more broke for all the effort - the degree has been completely worthless to me. When my dream job, a graphic designer position at Hasbro became available, I looked at my credentials and realized it was like I didn't have a degree at all. I've never gotten placement for a career in the field I wanted. I've been stuck with jobs that have had nothing to do with Graphic Design, and their placement had landed me only a single, and by far less relevant, job interview than I have found on my own from the newspaper. Even after repeatedly going back over months following graduation, their response was never more than the same single pitiful interview everyone else went through. I truly gained nothing from Katharine Gibbs. It only wasted my money for college and years of my life.

I went to Katharine Gibbs with the idea that I would get an Associates Degree in Web Design and find a great job earning great money. Everyone there were so friendly and helpful and seemed as though they really cared about my education.

I joined Gibbs College and still dont even know if I graduated. I never received my degree diploma and never received an invite to the graduation. I spent $28,000 in loans and grants to go to a school that taught me nothing.

Overcrowded classes, under qualify teachers and class curiculum are very limited they give you a bunch of useless overpriced books. I just read that the school got shut down by the higher education for not meeting requirement and much more. The gibb school takes advantage of hopeless people trying to get an education to better thenselve. Its a true shame

Garnish payment, poor credit score, cant apply for any type of loans mentaly and emotionaly disturbed by the situation

Basiclly, I got robbed of an education and money. Many students and myself purchased books that was never opened in class and had to deal with many teachers that was under qualified to even teach. I tried to dispute the loan and bills with Sallie Mae but got nowhere with them. I watched a segment on 60 Minutes about Katherine Gibbs School and it showed that thousands of other students face the same issue as i do.

Im constantly getting phone calls from dept collectors. Sallie Mae will not stop calling and sending letters to my house. The situation that they put me in is unforgiving simple because im unable to find a job in Visual Comm. but can never buy certain things in life which is unfair. I Hope and pray that this doesn't continue to go on so that others don't become victims.

My issues are the same as everyone else's. I graduated is 01, and my degree is pretty much just a pretty $50,000 dollar paper hanging on the wall! That's all it's good for. Anyone want to join in on a lawsuit?

I'm up to my eye's is debt due to student loans. They never even attempted to help me find a job... ever! Which was one of the major things promised to me in my orientation. I went through two years of school, thinking they were going to offer me something grand. I got somethings grand allright, several thousands worth of loans!

When I started in the summer of 07 just after my son died. I enrolled in the cirtificate program. However, due to lack of enrollment I was told that I would have to go to the degree program. I was not happy because this of course was more money. My other option was to change programs or not enroll. So I agreed to the degree program. I am scheduled to be finished in December 2008, this is my last quarter in Piscataway.

I am now being transfered, which I was well informed from the beginning to Livingston. I too have been guarenteed that my credits would transfer. I have done the inquiries to one of the colleges they are suppose to have an agreement with, which is Caldwell College. However, they are not going to accept all my credits. That doesn't bother me all that much but, when it comes time to register and I find out that they are not going to take any of my credits. I WILL FILE A LAW SUIT you can bet on that.

The quality of the teachers I have had, most have been inpecable. I am about to start my internship which they had nothing to do with nor are they helpful in finding you one. With the current situation of their doors closing their solution if you do not have an internship is to give you another class to make up for the credits.(at a cost to whom) That's a joke in itself. I also do not feel that I am coming away with the skills I need to be productive in the area that I went in for which is Executive Legal Administration. It is a shame that at one time this was a highly reputable school and now is nothing but a joke.

As of right now other than the enormous amount of money which is about $13,000 out of pocket and 15,000 in loans that I don't begin paying until I am out for an education that is sub standard in my eyes. I have lost much time with my daughter and have put countless hours in for nothing.

I went to this school and had to take out a ridiculous amount of loans totaling 15,000+ most of my credits we non transfereable when i disenrolled myself from the school they told me a I had a $0 balance and there would'nt be any problems come to find out a year later when I tried to get my transcript they tell me that I owe $500 and that I was in collections already therfore I was unable to get my transcript. they never contacted me about this balance and sent me straight into collections.

I asked if there was anyway I would be able to make a payment agreement with the school they told me no and that I would have to deal directly with the collections agency when I asked for the number they could not provide me with any information. So I left it alone. I finally decide to go back to school so I try again to call them and see what could be done but when I call they tell me that now the amount was a whopping 1,900 where this balance comes from I dont know.

So I set up and agreement mind remember they had told me in the past it could not be done I pay the balance I gt my transcript and I still have the collection agency calling me that I owe the money. Turns out I wasnt supposed to pay the school but the collections agency. So I currrently have an a agreement with this agency for $200 a month until the balance is paid off so in reallity I turned out paying double the money thank goodness this school is closing its such a shame that they can take advantage of young people trying to make something of themselves. Its organizations like these that discourage young people.They also took so much of my fianancial aid that I have bearly anything else left for the rest of my studies every semester I am stuck taking out loans when I should'nt have to

They lied about being an accredited school, and their not.

I cannot transfer their credits anywhere. I would have to start from the begining.

I became a student of Katharine Gibbs School in September of 2005. I attended full time for a certificate in Visual Communications. The first day I visited the school, I brought my parents. I had to take out loans to pay for my education, including my parents to co-sign one of them. From the start, my mother thought it was a bad idea to go to the school. She said she had felt something odd about the school, its short term, transferrable credits, and career placement guarantee. She said if it seems to good to be true, it probably isn't.

Of course, I wanted what I wanted and ended up filling out all the paperwork, and starting as a student a month later. I refuse to complain about my teachers, for they taught me alot. I had a lot of fun at that school, met lots of people in my field, and learned lots of new techniques. However, this accredited school will not transfer credits to the Community College in Staten Island I go to now. Every morning/ afternoon I have my mother telling me, Dana, Sallie-Mae called again. Call them back.. I feel like this is a forever kind of thing, happens every day of the week. I owe something like $30+ thousand dollars to this loan that was taken out to go to this school.

I wouldn't mind paying it back if it was worth it. But, it isn't. I am paying all this money for an education that got me nowhere. I was promised the career of my dreams, and instead the counselor in charge of job placement, sends me ads I could find myself from either monster or craigslist. It is absolutley ridiculous. I cannot belive how stupid I was not to listen to my mother's advice on this school.

Now that I attend a normal and promising college, my loans are in an in-school forbearance. I still worry that I will be paying such loans until I am 40, I am only 23. I fell like I messed up my life big time, and I know the only way of possibly getting out is small-claims court. The school I attended in Piscatway, is now closed. I do know that other Katharine Gibbs Schools are still open.

I am currently one mponth behind in payments to Sallie Mae, a total of $230 due this week. $230 also being a scheduled monthly payment from two loans, totaling a whopping $35,000. I just don't know what to do anymore.

I really didnt enroll into this school but more or less got a tour of Gibbs in Montclair, about id say 2003 or so. So there i was taking some test to determine if i am good enough to get in the school, but i got bored of the test, guessed and put anything down for all the questions. When i was done the teacher took the test and went into another room, 2 minutes later she comes back in the room i was in and said i did fantastic and scored a 96 percent! now this could not have been impossible since i guess every single one and didnt even care to do the math questions. So, we questioned her claim of doing so great, and i saw the look of quick do something on her face and she came up with some story about how they do grading at Gibbs.

I politely declined this school after that incident. To this day after doing extensive research online and etc i am glad i did not enroll is this fraud school. Also, yes i did get a parking ticket for being parked near the school for an hour.

No damage, but alot could have been done.

I graduated from Gibbs in 2000 and I have nothing bad to say regarding the teachers. I feel that I learned a lot while I was there but my only complaint is that they promised to be an accredited school and most of my credit could be transferrable to another school. This was a BIG LIE. I wanted to continue my education and get my bachelor degree in Business but when I went to different colleges in the city they all told me I needed to start from the beginning. They didn't take not even 1 credit out of 120. This was desvating for me. I will not recommend Gibbs to none of my friends.

In pursuit of an Associates Degree I reluctantly went with my daughter to check out Gibbs College in Farmington, CT. It was the only thing that seemed to perk my daughter's interest after the death of her father in March of her senior year of high school.

Although the cost was quite steep, what was promised made it easier to swallow. We were told Gibbs College was an accredited college and all credits could be transferrable. That was a blatant lie. They were very convincing that she would receive a superior education and they would even help her find a job upon graduation, which would now be impossible since they are closing. According to my daughter, most of the so-called teachers/professors simply didn't care. They would show up late to class, take phone calls and the list goes on and on.

Here I was a single mom with one income, taking on a huge loan in good faith believing that my daughter would receive a quality education, an associates degree, and transferrable credits should she decide to continue her education. I am unsure if the scholarships she received were even applied to her loan. When you call the finance people at Gibbs in Farmington, you get a lot of fast talk that makes no sense. My daughter put up with this inferior school for 7 months before she simply could not bring herself to return. We should have gotten a credit for leaving the semester early but did not.

I cannot afford an attorney, but it appears there are an awful lot of people that want justice. I think if this were more publicized, you would find an enormous amount of disheveled folks that want Gibbs to be dealt with accordingly.

We are stuck with a $10,000 loan which I was told would be around $8,200 after the credit for leaving before semester completion. I am squeezing these payments out of an extremely tight budget and the worst part is I am paying for absolutely nothing because my daughter received no transferrable credits even though Gibbs assured (lied) us that their credits could be transferred. Gibbs College should be sued.

How can the government take money from their citizens when they now know they gave money to a college that did not use the funds appropriately. The government should be ashamed for not helping us and not suing Gibbs College and forgiving our loans. I am afraid to default on the Parent Plus loan because it is through the Federal Government, but there should be some retribution for taking advantage of us and the sleezy tactics and lies told to get young people to register at Gibbs. Someone out there needs to help us!

I cant believe all this happened to great students.

Hi I attended Gibbs in 2002-2003. Wow I graduated in a year and a half for associate degree they lied not only to me but to a lost of students they told me that when I graduate they will get me great jobs. Nothing was true I did computer programming I dont remember any thing I went to a lot of school they take some credits but not 120 credits how it say in there degree.

I have a loan in my name and my moms name thats more the $20000. Pay that for what just to learn how to create a letter wizard in Microsoft world I cant believe I went to that school I wish I could change the time back and never cross my road to this school. I wish I could sue them for lying to us.

I like many was also a victim of the Katharine Gibbs School. I was told the school was an accredited college and that all my credits would transfer, this was untrue. I was charged for books and supplies which I never needed, used, or received. I was coaxed into taking out a loan to pay for all this which ended up at an astronomical interest rate. Now I will be paying back a useless education for the rest of my life. DO NOT ATTEND this school or any like it. If anyone is participating in a class action suit I would love to be a part. I would like to get this school out of business before more young people are robbed and lied to.

I graduated from Katharine Gibbs in NYC in 2004, with an associate's degree in office administration (my concentration was in medical billing). At my interview, I specifically asked them if the school was an accredited school. My reasoning was that, since I wanted to continue my education and pursue a bachelor's degree (not an option at Gibbs), I would need to be able to transfer my credits to a 4-year college. The interviewer assured me that the school is an accredited one and that they also offer placement assistance to their graduates.

In fact, I was given a list of the colleges that accept Katharine Gibbs credits during my final semester. Since then, I have taken my transcript to two of those schools (Borough of Manhattan Community College [BMCC], and Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York) and was informed that my credits would not be accepted because they were earned at an unaccredited school. I have since contacted another school (by phone) on that list only to be told the same thing. I further took the transcript to Broward Community College when I relocated to Florida and was told once again that they would not accept credits from an unaccredited school.

I made numerous attempts to connect with the employment counselor at Gibbs, but the most I ever got from her were instructions to log onto the employment website and enter the user name and password provided by them - which did not work. Subsequent attempts to resolve the problem proved fruitless. The result was that I had to start over again at Medgar Evers as if I had never attended college at all. I am still struggling, still in debt as a result of the student loans ($25K and ever-increasing interest) taken out for Katharine Gibbs, and have never been employed in the medical billing field (other than during my internship, which Gibbs did provide).

Apparently they may have had temporary accreditation but lost it. I really don't know but I suggest thorough research before putting down your hard-earned cash to attend a school. At one point I read that they were accredited by the NYS Board of Regents but I see they are not on the Board's list of accredited schools.

They completely misrepresented the terms of a private student loan in order to get me to sign for the loan. They did not tell me that the loan was through thier parent company or that there were other options for private student loans. When I have tried to contact Sallie Mae to dispute the loan on many occasions, they have refused to help me. I found out afterwards that they refused to help me because the lender was a Sallie Mae entity (meaning that they are affiliated or joined by common ownership).

Once I told them that I was disputing the loan and was not going to pay it, they started calling me 20 times a day and harassing me. When I sent a letter to them explaining that they were violating fair debt collection laws, they promptly sent me a smug letter in reply stating that they are exempt from federal fair debt collection laws and the harassment continued.

I have since found out through articles in the Boston Post as well as information on the web that Career Education Corporation was investigated by federal regulators and acrediting agencies for thier aggresive recruiting practices and suspicious financial aid practices and they were barred from opening any new campuses for 18 months. They have since decided to close the school that I attended which denies me the chance to finish the associates degree program that I was told I could do at anytime. I cannot transfer credits anywhere else and I cannot finish the program with them. This is all while I have a useless education that I continue to be expected to pay for despite the fact that I am not getting what I paid for.

I have not been able to pay the loan because the monthly payments were 3 times what they said they would be. I am not able to transfer my credits to another institution because they lied about that.

I went to gibbs from October 2003 to June of 2005.I am a grad from the Computer Networking Operations. I have not had any help finding a job and also have not reieved any calls from the school about helping me find a job or an internship. I had to find an internship on my own but it was not in my field.

I have had a hard time paying the loans back beause they have not help me find a job and I am a single parent of a 21 month old little girl who has needs as well.

I attended Gibbs College in Piscataway, for their Visual Communications Program.I was part of the first group of students to finish for my degree in Montclair.I have nothing good to say about my experience.I was also told that my credits would transfer, and would receive lifetime refresher courses too.None of that was true.

When transfering from the Piscataway campus to the Montclair campus, they neglected to process my loan paper work.They failed to alert me until 2 weeks before graduating, that I had no financial aid and I owed them over 7,000.00!Needless to say, they took no responsibility for this and I never recieved my degree.

Their placement services were a joke, I had someone call me and tell me about the same jobs(not even in my field)that were in the newspaper I was looking at when they called!!!They admitted that they were reading from the Star Ledger.Definetely a rip-off.There's got to be something we can all do to either be at least partially reimbursed or at least keep this from happen to others... It's been years since I graduated and I feel very victimized by this school.They should stick to producing administrative assistants at best.

This experience has set me back years in my life and has forced me to keep my college job of bartending for now, to pay off this insanely overpriced education.

They admitted that they were reading from the Star Ledger. Definetely a rip-off. There's got to be something we can all do to either be at least partially reimbursed or at least keep this from happen to others. It's been years since I "graduated" and I feel very victimized by this school. They should stick to producing administrative assistants at best. This experience has set me back years in my life and has forced me to keep my college job of bartending for now, to pay off this insanely overpriced education.

I attended gibbs piscataway for the beginning of my education and finished off at the campus in livingston. One campus was as ridiculous as the next. The teachers (with the exception of a few) were second rate and did not care about the students. The bookstore was a joke! the classes were small and unorganized and the staff was very unaccomodating. During the admissions process and orientation we were all told that the school had a 96% job placement rate, we were also told that with the education we were paying for the jobs we would be placed in would start at 40 thou a year at least. DID NOT HAPPEN. I was not placed in a job and i graduated with honors.

We were told that our credits would transfer because the school is accredited and we should have no problem transferring almost all of our credits to Rutgers University. We were also told that with the price of the tuition we got lifetime refresher courses which was a huge selling point. The admissions people mentioned that software is constantly upgrading and changing in the design industry and the refresher courses would be priceless. Well... i graduated from the visual communications program in 2005 and since 2006 i have been trying to get in touch with someone at either of the NJ campuses about getting into a refresher course and have not received a phonecall back yet. about a month ago (june 2008) i got a letter saying they were closing all of the Gibbs Schools in the area.

I immediately called the schools and asked if the students would be getting some kind of financial reimbursement because we PAID for services (lifetime refresher courses) that are no longer available. i spoke to student services, career services and the dean himself. Not one of them could offer a resolution. I am currently waiting for a phonecall back from dean Condin of piscatway (its been two weeks)

if anyone is getting a class action lawsuit together please let me know about it~ I had to go bankrupt because i could not find a well paying job after graduation as promised. I am still thousands of dollars in debt because i paid for a second rate education that is not holding up their end of the deal.

Im an out of state student and I enrolled in this school to obtain my AA degree in Fashion Design and Merchandising. During the process while they were explaining to me how the school worked they told me that the school offered every class every quarter (every quarter is 10 weeks) meaning that just in case you where to fail a class you would be able to take the class over the following quarter. The school came across some financial problems and they had to shut it down, so they decided to give the students already attending a chance to graduate and Teach Out?.

With that being said, I am only a two quarters away from graduating. Unfortunately I Failed a coarse last quarter and was suppose to be able to retake it this quarter, but couldnt because they had no one to teach it. Then said I wouldnt be able to take it next quarter but once it came time for me to sign up for my classes they told me that it wouldnt be offered until maybe? the Oct-Dec quarter which is my supposed graduation.

Because of this set back Im not able to take pt.2 to that class until of course I take pt.1 which was the course that I failed.

You live and learn, but believe me if somebody would of told me before I signed up, I would of listen.

I have attended Gibbs College-Piscataway, NJ for the Visual Communications Certificate program for the last year and change and am completed disgusted with the quality of education I received--and the outright lies I was told in the process. First off, the admissions process was a complete lie. I was told the school was accredited (and it is not). I was told I was special and extremely talented and they would make an exception and admit me on the spot (with they apparently told everyone else as well). I was told their would be lifelong career assistance, and I do not see how that is possible as they are closing all of the schools in NJ. Then after admission to school, I was still subjected to harassing phone calls and stops in the hallway conversations with my admissions representative looking to see if I knew anyone else who wanted to come to the school (because I later discovered they are required to meet a quota of new students per month).

The classes themselves are a joke. I would of learned more by sitting at home with a book on Photoshop or Illustrator, sitting in front of my computer. I do not have the skills necessary to get a job in my career or the portfolio to show for it. For example the pre-press process and printing process were barely discussed, and that is a key element that you should know if you are going to be a graphic designer. Not to mention there was no way to get an internship to gain valuable work experience! I was planning on attending another school and getting a full bachelor's degree; however, as the school is not accredited (even though they said they were) none of the credits I took are transferable. I owe almost $10,000 in loans for the worst education I have ever received. We (as in myself and other students) are seriously considering finding an attorney and possibly filing a class action lawsuit. This whole school and the corporation behind it are completely ridiculous and utterly reprehensible.

Thousands of dollars in loans for an education I did not receive as was advertised. Cannot get a career in the field I love, as I could not gain the actual working experience or all the skills necessary to be hired.

I learned a lot at Gibbs. I attended both of them in New Jersey- Livingston and the one in Piscataway. I already knew some things but I needed credits to attend other schools. I believe I received all of the help I needed for the beginning part. The rest was up to me. All of my teachers taught me very well. I learned economics, lit, college math and other courses. I have no complaints and I haven't attended school in such a long time and the faculty helped me with my internship. I even was accepted at a very well known college in new jersey but because of certain circumstances had to leave the state and I was even accepted at another very well known college. I'm currently doing accounting and criminal justice. Sometimes we cannot depend on the school or the faculty to do the job for us, but to do the job ourselves and research about a school. I will always keep and get a job, it's all about networking and negotiating yourself for your net worth.

I have good stuff to say about a school who accepted me as hard as it is for an African American female to get into some schools. You have to crawl before you walk. If you feel you haven't been taught the way you wanted to, it all should have been brought up to the Dean's attention

I am reading the posts regarding this school and I understand why none of you have been hired. There are so many spelling errors in your writings, it is sad. I went to Katharine Gibbs in 84-85 and went on to further my education to be the success I am today. A degree will only get you so far. You need commonsense too.

I took a one year secreterial course at the NYC Kathanrine Gibbs school in 1982-1983. The tuition fee was $5,000. Upon graduation part of the tuition fee included lifetime job placement and free refresher courses.

I recently became unemployed after 25 years in the work force and called upon Katharine Gibbs to speak to a counselor regarding refresher courses and placement.

I was told that Kathaine Gibbs no longer honors their alumni with these benefits.

This does not seem fair to me.

I went to this Gibbs to become a Web Designer. They have two campuses. One is in Melville, NY and the other for what I wanted to take was in Plainview, NY. I took out thousands in loans and was assured that I would learn everything I needed to learn and find a great job in this field. This was untrue and a scam. First of all the courses are not nearly long enough for you to learn complex programming such as JavaScript, C++ and Visual Basic etc. You get one different class every day for five our over the course of eleven wekks. That is basically eleven days of schooling and then you move on to the next semester with new classes.

The teachers did not have degrees and I later learned that most of them were fired. All of the people in my Web Design class failed miserably with the exception of one person who already had a working knowledge of Web Design and all the aspects of it. When I took time off and came back in January, they told me the course was no longer available and I could not finish. This meant that now I had to either start all over again and take out even more loans in a different program or just plain old deal with it.

I spoke to people in the main office in Melville practically in tears. None were sympathetic to my situation and basically told me it was my problem. They also warned me not to take the issue to court.

Ten years later I am unemployed, owe thousands of dollars to private and federal student loans and my federal loans are now threatening to garnish my future wages and take my income tax yearly. My credit is destroyed and I have never fully recovered from the damage that was done simply trying to get an education.

I have studied art and art history since high school so a few years ago I decided to at least get my associates degree for visual communications so I could rank high with other job opportunities. I decided to go to Gibbs college in Montclair (now in Livingston). It was a while since I have been in school and was excited because they promised me everything from grants to top notch teachers.

WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! I was covered partially by financial aid but still had monthly payment to the school and took out loans. I was ASSURED this would soon be allieviated as if I was on the DEANS list for the first two terms I would be applicable for a grant.

PERFECT! I knew I could do that so the expense was low, right? WRONG I was indeed on the DEANS list but this may have not been a good thing because a CHIMP could have aced those 9th grade courses! Teachers with emotional and mental problems;teachers coming to school drunk or not at all.

When I went to the financial aid office in the beginning of my third term to apply for my GRANT I was told that I was NOT applicable for this grant because I was too old. The grant was for kids who just graduated high school. I was floored! What was I going to do? I was out of work and had a family. I sacrificed time (they also lied about school schedules) I had to deal with teachers who had issues far beyond therapy and was asked by teachers to conduct classes and in the end came to find that what they taught I already knew.

I attended Gibbs College in Montclair, NJ for a degree in Computer Network Administration. The sales representative told my husband and I that I would be guaranteed to make a starting salary of at least $35K a year upon completion.

We struggled that year financially with two children living in a relative basement trying to make plans of how we would better our future and with the story she gave us figured that this would be the way out. We both worked full time during the day and I attended classes at night battling highway 78 traffic from Basking Ridge to Montclair. (with no air conditioning) All I could think about sitting in traffic was what the future would like for us in two years.

The first red flag was when my instructor advised us that we could not open the pc's to see what was inside because they were new. That night my class sat outside for our break and discussed it jokingly unbeknownst to any of us that he was serious and that this uncertainty was indicative of what the next two years would be like. My class may have opened a pc three times in the two years we attended. (MAYBE TWO)

I failed the basic A+ Certification test twice and then I gave up when the harsh reality hit me that Gibbs absolutely taught me nothing. My huge A+ Upgrading and Repairing PC's book has no yellow highlights and no sticky notes in it because we barely opened it. All of my school cd's that come in the back of the books are still unopened because guess what, we never put them in the pc.

As I'm writing this, I just happened to look up on the shelf and open the book and scroll through it and noticed all of this. My books are still in good condition (hardly any notes) because we never really opened them. Now that I think about it, I believe in most of the classes we were just given handouts if that. You want to know what class I learned the most in, it was my career development class because I was already a professional, I just wanted a better education hoping that in turn I would make more money. None of this happened, in fact when I was sent on my internship (about 50 miles away) at a pc company I was further more humiliated when my manager I reported to asked me if I would fill in for the company receptionist because she called out sick. He asked me this after he asked me a question about a database and recognized that I had no idea what he was talking about.

I answered the company calls for 8 hours sitting in the receptionist area feeling as if my whole world had turned inside out. I was humiliated and embarrassed to be sent to a PC Company having two years of college completed to experience something like this. All of this and all I have to show for it is $20K in student loans and 2K debt owed to Gibbs.

Hi my name is Diane and I am currently attending Katharine Gibbs School which unfortunately is the biggest mistake I've done in my life. I entered the Criminal Justice program hoping that I would go far but its only set me back. A majority of the professors are not qualified to teach Criminal Justice classes. They had a professor from the Hotel and Resturant program teach us a Terrorism course. We had 3 deans in the past 2 years and they still havent shown that they care about the students.I honestly feel that all they seek is money from the students. I was on the Honor's list twice with a GPA of 3.35 and now my GPA is 2.5. The professors I've had do not show us any hands on trainig and if we were to graduate we would not be prepared for the outside world. They have also sent me numerous of collection notices stating I owed them money, which then was voided when I treid to investigate further. I have failed my classes and not on purpose. I have put my all into my studies and professors did not show any consideration about anything. They show me that they really do not care. My mother has been sick and I've had to miss a few days of school and work just to attend to her needs. I also lost my dad a four years ago which brings a burden on me because financially I can not afford to repay a loan of $20,000. What I make at my job which is part time and not stable I can pay for only my bills. My mom does not recieve much from SSI and it goes to bills also. I also have been told that in about 4 years if I continue my education I would have to pay for my classes because my funds from the state will expire. Nonetheless, I have a -$4,101.00 credited in my account at school. I have tried to claim it but I am always given an excuse. I have tried speaking to various people and they all give me a different answer or have no answer at all. If anyone reads this and you think you can help me please feel free to contact me at diane.boyd@my.gibbsny.edu. I will highly appreciate any feedback I can get to get to the bottom of this.

Finacially I will not be able to repay a $20,000 loan.

A majority of the professors are not qualified to teach Criminal Justice classes. They had a professor from the Hotel and Resturant program teach us a Terrorism course. We had 3 deans in the past 2 years. The professors I've had do not show us any hands on trainig and if we were to graduate we would not be prepared for the outside world. They have also sent me numerous of collection notices stating I owed them money, which then was voided when I tried to investigate further. I have failed my classes and not on purpose. I have put my all into my studies and professors did not show any consideration about anything.

I attended the Katharine Gibbs School for the Digital Media and Applied Science program form 2002 - 2003. I finished the program with 3.68 GPA. The reason I chose Katharine Gibbs was the fact that they promissed a regimented and concise program with 100% job placement after graduation. It has been 3 years and I have yet to get a Job or the help to find a Job in my field. Nancy Klein who is in charge of the job placement advised me that they no longer guarantee job placement and to set up an account with Career builder or Monster.com.

I am stuck with a $30,000 student loan and had to file bankruptcy, because I couldn't find a job to pay my bills.

I went to Gibbs College and still dont even know if I graduated. I never received my degree diploma and never received an invite to the graduation. I spent $18,000 in loans and grants to go to a school that taught me nothing. I went in as a professional, already in the field. I am a professional photographer having most of my work go to graphic and web designers.

I thought I could corner a good market knowing all aspects of design. Gibbs promised that I would learn that to ehance my career. All I did in 18 months was fight for my education. Very incompentent teachers, curriculum, admissions counselors that lied through thier teeth to get you signed up. I never even was involved in my loan and grant process. The amounts that I have to pay back are abusrd compared to what I learned.

I never had any loans or grants made directly out to me, they went directly to the school. Many students were in hallways and not attending class. When they had to finally get in class to go through finals, the teacher had to start over again for them to learn.

My flash teacher knew nothing about action scripting, only new Adobe Premier and was teaching flash. I dont know the program today. I was in more graphic design classes than web design. I was told I would learn coding and development. I learned very basic HTML. I was put in all sorts of wrong classes always fighting about my schedule.

I wrote a 6 page letter to the president of the school after my program and he was going to let me take classes over. I took one over, could only take them at night due to a part time job and their schedule. then the classes stopped at night and I was no longer able to retake the classes I learned nothing in.

I attended the Gibbs school from 1992-1994, I studid fashion design & merchandising. I was told that when I graduated I will have the oppertunity to earn at least $45, yearly at many compnaies in New York. I was told that I will receive assistance in finding a job- which never happened. Also aslo we was force to learn so many courses in such short time. It really didnt mater if you studie or came to school- some how some wat you would pass I guess it was to kept or get a high graduateing class. I would never recommend any one to the gibbs school because all they want is your money and have no real interest in educating you or providing you with real a chance to receive a the great job they promisse you.

I was a student of Gibbs college in montclair. Majoring in Visual communications, everything seemed great (at the initial interview) I explained to them from day one my over all goal was to receive my Ph.D. So I had asked them more than once if they were fully accredited.. they told me yes!

Also I had received grants and loans for the beginning and they told me that I would receive the same grants and loans for the 2nd half of my time at Gibbs!

Well the time came for loans and grants and I was denied for both! Unfortunately this made me have to begin looking else where. I was very angry due to the fact I had put so much time work and effort into my education! I am putting myself through school! My income at the time had reduced not increased so it was at no fault of my own that I couldnt get the grants.

Meanwhile I then learned while looking into other colleges out of state that Gibbs doesnt hold a high accrediation, therefor most of my credits id not all would not transfer! I was extremely mad, but was trying to handle things in a adult manor.

I found a great animation college in Florida! I love it and the people!

Upon applying/registering at the schoool, I was told by their representatives that their credits are transferrable (at least some) at any school. What they neglected to tell me was that no school accepts their credits, because they are not regionally accredited (like NEASC)... so now here I am goign to Springfield College and their telling me I can't have my credits transferred.

I've contacted the President and Dean of Gibbs College on several occasions to see what they could do for me, perhaps give me some of my money back due to the lies and deception (to which they continued throughout my time their), but they practically refuse to help me. So here I am, very little education in the field of animation, no transferrable credits and lies beheld by Gibbs.

I have gone to a facility to which lied to me for my money basically, and now left with credits I can't use and no education received... I've received nothing for my time and money and wish for my money back.

Realizing that Gibbs had left me $30K in debt, and nothing to show for it, I decided I needed to go back to school to pursue my Bachelors degree. After applying and working on transferring my credits over, I was told that Katherine Gibbs was a non-accredited school which means NONE of my credits would be able to be transferred. Katherine Gibbs failed to make me aware of this. I would not haev attended had I known I couldn't bring those credits elsewhere.

I have spent over $30K to attend a school that is not accredited so all that knowledge I gained not only means nothing to prospective employers, but to other Colleges as well. Now I am paying off loans with money I do not have because I couldn't get a job with a degree from Katharine Gibbs.

I was a former student at Katharine Gibbs. The staff at the Melville Campus is very nasty. I went to the Hotel REstaurant Management Program and Graduated. The discriminated against me because I am disabled. The dean's secretary is a nasty person. I would like my $18,000 back for pain suffering and humiliation. I felt I was accepted as a token because I was disabled.

The school denies ever being nasty towards me and they told me they would help me find a job and only set me up on 4 inteviews. The president is very nasty also and does not care about anything. I feel nothing was used when I went to this school and I am upset I paid $18,000 and Had to buy a new wardrobe beause they told me you must wear a skirt to the school and I am upset about that too. Most office job you can wear pants 99% of them wear nice dressy pants. When I had a complaint against them the just ignored me and told me I am not allowed to have money back.

And when I complained to corporate office the dean and the assistant dean verbally harassed me and said how dare you go over our head. Please help me about this.

I was verbally harassed by the Dean, Assistant Dean and the President of Katharine Gibbs. They called me at my house and did not care if i was disabled or not. I want $25,000 back for pain, suffering and humiliation. The school does not assistant you in finding a job, instead they verbally harass you and I cried everyday when I got home for being harassed by the nasty staff at Katharine Gibbs School in Melville, NY.

I have a few complaints regarding this school. First complaint is that I was told several different times that my loans have changed starting from only paying 900 to now paying 7000. Then they said I wasn't able to get a loan and needed a cosigner or I couldnt graduate without paying the school 4,000 before graduation. They told me this 1 month prior to graduation. When I had threatened to take legal action, the next day they said I was approved for a loan. I was supposed to graduate on December 23, 2004. 3 days before graduation, they had told me they forgot to give me a class, and said I would have to start another semester. In addition, because they only do graduations once a year, I would not be able to graduate until December 2005. I will not be able to receive my certification until Dec 2005 as well. This school is beyond ridiculous and I am just at the point where a good lawyer is needed to proceed with legal action.

This school has too many issues that it cannot all be witten in this little space. I along with many students who do not wish to complain as I am doing are having minor troubles that may soon be major with this school if they keep happening. first many of us don't have computers at home , therefore, we use what the school has to offe us, only to find out that, an award program is being held in our only space to study. even going to use the student lounge is not possible due to staff of gibbs using it to accomidate their guests for lunch. So where do we the stuents go from their. Every one needing to use a computer and none available , with this being the season of finals. This is unfair.

When I adderessed the issue to the chairperson over student affairs, he basically tried to manipulate me, telling me it was only two hours and what do I want him to do . I want the chairperson or whoever in in charge to use to the thousands of money they are recieveing from us, the students, and rent out an appropiate space for such functions. Though there are many other important matters that i will address , this is just the start.

Many students had to settle with unsatisfactory grades, not having access to computers, many of us has been inconvenienced by having to travel back and forth, from one building to the next for things that were not that serious, but because the school is not as organized as they should be, we the students are the ones going through the trouble.

I attended Katharine Gibbs from 9/98-6/99 and graduated from the Computer Technical Support Course with a 3.6 GPA. Upon graduation, I had not learned anything that would have helped me in the computer field. The school guarantees job-placement, they sent me on a total of 2 interviews, neither of which I was even remotely qualified for. I eventually worked for IBM on my own after months of searching, where I finally learned the skills I needed - on the job.

When you apply to the school you are always told to go through the front doors. Once you are a student, you are to enter/exit through the student entrance in the back, and that's when you are hit with reality. Gangster rap blasting in the parking lot, fights in the hallways, people standing in front of the entrance doors and starting fist fights with anyone who accidentally knocks in to them. These people would then fail out at the end of the semester, and like clockwork there is a new group to replace them. The school will take money from anyone who pays, regardles of his/her qualifications.
I had a teacher, Ms. K, who would literally spend every class talking about her personal life, how she removes her engagement ring when she goes out, etc, talking behind other teachers' backs to her students, etc. She would also start fights with her students in front of the class, perhaps the most unprofessional woman I have ever had the displeasure of coming across.

A couple of years later I worked with a student who had just graduated from Gibbs who informed me that this woman was now dating one of her students.

I wanted a career in designing web pages. Upon meeting with a counselor at the Katharine Gibbs School I was very excited about the E-Commerce Program. I wanted to learn how to create web pages, etc. I was also excited when I was told I would be able to receive an Associates Degree in this program. Well as it turns out, I graduated with close to no knowledge on how to create a web page. Also, when it came time to extend into an Associate's program, I was told Sorry, but we do not have an associate's degree available in this course.

So, here I am $20,000 later with a certificate and no knowledge of how to create a web page. The aspects that I learned in this course was the business side of the Web Page industry.

I did not learn any programs associated with creating a web page. I took 1 beginners class of HTML. So tell me, what am I supposed to do when I go for a job interview with none of the skills that the industry demands? I would not recommend this program to anyone!!!

I recently finished my second semester in the Executive Assistant program. When I originally went to my interview at Katharine Gibbs, I wanted to go into the Legal Executive Assistant program. I thought that it was strange that my advisor was trying to push me into the regular Executive Assistant program. I found out later that the Legal Executive Assistant program is not offered at night. So, instead of telling me the truth, he simply just pushed me in a different direction.

The computer equipment provided is absolutely useless. We have about 15 students in our class and we are lucky if 8 out of the 20 computers actually work. All of us are paying $16,000 for this program and half the equipment doesn't even work. Katharine Gibbs will not replace the equipment until we move to the Cranston location in January. So, in the meantime, it is very difficult to get all of our work done if the computers are not working.

Katharine Gibbs is not what I thought it was. The school has a very good reputation, but I think the true colors are showing.

I am currently a student at Gibbs College. I am in my third semester in the visual communications program and am extremely dissappointed with the courses that I have had. Upon starting the program at Gibbs, I was given information about several computer programs that I was to be learning. I have only had combined courses in an eleven week period. For exmaple, my Illustrator class was combined with Photoshop. I do not feel this is ample time to learn programs of this calibur. The instrutors that I have have had, have little or no experience in these programs. Basically I was given a book to do the tutorials from.

At the end of my studies, I will have paid out $27,000.00 to the school.

I have yet to graduate from Gibbs, as I am only in my third course study, but I have apprehensions about continuing in the program. I will be looking elsewhere for my computer-based education because I believe that I can be taught these programs as well as learning them on my own if I am going to be paying for them, rather than paying to learn and sitting in a class doing tutorials from a book.