American Education Services

My experience with AES has been one of constant attrition. For context, I live in poverty and my monthly payment was unreasonable for my income. It was almost half my rent. My income has always been low, and it was sometimes $0 during some periods of unemployment due to disability. However, AES would not help calculate a different payment based on income, and would not allow me to defer my loan, even on the basis of extreme hardship during COVID-19. I simply had to go without a lot of things I needed to make these payments so my credit would not take a hit, which would make life even harder. I spoke with them and they offered no alternatives.

I took out a 7k loan to pay for a semester of college in 2006. It is now 2023. I’ve made an $85 a month payment every month on time since and somehow I have only paid the balance down to 5k. I’ve paid the loan back 2 1/2 times and still nowhere close. Something seems very off about this as the interest rate is not that much. I think there is enough people who have this same issue to file a class action lawsuit. When I’ve called to inquire about this, I’ve been made to feel like I’m a terrible person for even asking. Like I’m a total inconvenience that they even have to answer the phone and look up my account. People do not use this company and for the people that are in my position. I think we move forward with class action. From the reviews, it looks like I am not the only one.

I called to discuss my personal account, and I was provided -what seemed like- purely ‘scripted’ information spoken ‘at’ me in the most flat, matter-of-fact, robotic, and rude tone and manner. Like a child. I had received correspondence from AES in the mail, and I was calling to get clarity, to better understand the information about my loans. As well as inquiring about the Biden Student Relief program and my particular financial loan circumstances. I was consistently redirected throughout the ‘conversation’ to go online as if AES (and the tone of the customer service agent) is being very inconvenienced by taking care of their customers' questions and concerns…and I should just go online for the information and not call or bother them regarding my loan account with them! I was seeking clarity and confirmation.

Hi, AES is refusing to honor my application for consolidation that I filed online at ** on September 5th, 2022. According to their OWN website, if I file this consolidation application before the end of October 2022 I qualify for direct loan consolidation and cares act benefits and PSFL and IDR count adjustments. I am already in the public service loan forgiveness program and the IDR program. I qualify yet they are refusing to process my consolidation application.

My loans were assumed by AES from Brazos (I had no choice) well over a decade ago. Since I graduated in 2002, I have repaid over $50k. And yet, somehow my principal balance (which began at around $80k) has somehow gone UP (!) since this all began. They have never been able to sufficiently explain HOW this is possible. I even appealed to the ombudsman. There is clearly something "fishy" going on. I can't believe that I'm likely going to die with my student loans and AES will probably then just try to pursue my poor children. And now, to rub salt in the wound, I won't even be able to take advantage of Biden's $10k student loan forgiveness program because my formerly Federal loans are no longer held directly by the government. Who knew consolidating your loans would turn out to be such a grave mistake in the end?

They blatantly lied to an old widow and put her in a position I was forced to take over the note to protect her. These people are scum. I hope you never do business with them. They will lie. They cheat. They are frauds and I hope you stay as far away as you can. God bless. This review is as honest as civility will allow.

They call me at work all the time, when I tell them not to, and they ask for me to call them back, but getting a hold of a person take 5+ minutes. Why do they get to call my direct line, but I get put on hold. They have no payment plans. Just 2-5 months of no payments, but when it starts back up it's more expensive. Much better places to use than this ** company.

Was just told that my balance is 82k on an 80k loan that I have been paying on for well over 10 years. They just informed me that my payment is going up now. What?! Paid almost 60k on an 80k balance and my balance hasn't moved in over 10 years w/ no deferment. Can we get a class action lawsuit together?

Avoid AES at all cost and avoid MEFA loans because they use AES to manage the loan after closing. Two daughters and 5 years of dealing with the mind numbing incompetence, frustration, hours of my life I will never get back. I could literally type for an hour citing dozens of examples, but the truth is every single time I ever had to call or have them do something it was a nightmare. We just refinanced with a different company and can not be happier to be finally free from the worst company I have ever had to deal with and now that my son is going to college, we will not even think of using MEFA or any company that pawns of the loans to AES.

I found in January that my loans were due. I assumed because I finished school that I had grace period. That was not the case. Not only were loans not on hold under the Cares Act, I wasn't given a grace period because you only get one per the life of the loan. So fast forward I re up my IDR. AES said it would take 7-14 business days (it took everyone else 3 days) however the minute I made a payment, the IDR was improved. Not cool.