So I am trying to get opinions on what I can do with the below situation:
I attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online from January 2010 to March of 2011, a horrible decision on my part and one I regret and will pay for, and dropped my classes and curriculum around March 15th. Now I was in the middle of one of their "semesters" and spoke to my Financial Aid Rep about me dropping. He told me I would have a balance of around 600$ due if I dropped when I did, but then came back to me on the same day and told me he had misread my documents and that I would have ZERO balance. I asked him to confirm this which he did with what he told me was his superior.
Now I am getting mail and email telling me I have a balance of almost 2,000$ that needs to be paid off or it will go to collection. I have tried to get in touch with my old advisor, my financial aid planner and even his superior through email and phone and have not been able to get in touch with ANYONE and after trying a dozen times I give up.
What can I do in this situation? I was told there would be no balance, I didn't record my conversation with the guy and they never sent me anything in writing that was signed as I figured it would not be needed for something like this.