Consumer complaint received 2015-03-25
Product: Student loan — Non-federal student loan
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer — Received bad information about my loan
Company: Genesis Lending (NY)

I was recruited by XXXX College in 2010 to attend XXXX in XXXX XXXX, FLa. I spoke to XXXX in the college offices and he said that getting federal loans and student aid was n't enough to cover tuition and said that I needed to apply for a private loan. He gave me the website/phone to go to and said that I needed to use this lending company because this is the XXXX the school goes through. They also said that I when I get approved, I would get a loan disbursement of $ 700 monthly for housing and had to pay 20 $ per month for interest to the lender. After applying and being approved for this loan I started school and as promised they gave me a check of 700 $ each month but I had to pay the {$20.00} each month or did n't get my check. Then when the second half of school started they made me apply again to genesis lending services, telling me that the XXXX time I applied it was only for the first half of school year. Not only did I have to re-apply but they charged me XXXX the interest on the XXXX part of the loan and increased my loan interest payment to {$100.00} per month. When I asked why the interest payment went up they said that this is because my loan amount increased. I said but you told me that interest payment through school was {$20.00} per month and now you tell me that I get 800 $ per month for living expenses but I have to pay {$100.00} of it back every month. I was not working and trying to support myself and my family while in school. They also promised help getting work while in school which consisted of them handing me a pre-printed listing of employers in the area that could be, could be hiring. The school also guaranteed to help find and obtain employment at time of graduation. This did not happen. I had to find places that were hiring and obtain all information about those places and apply, they just called to say that I did graduate and that I would be a good employee. They never said that this school has a very bad reputation with the XXXX and employers wont even look at you when you say that you went to that school. Every place that I put an application in in Florida, was immediately rejected because of the school I attended. 
I do n't think that this is a legal practice and until now I did n't know that I could fight this without having to pay a lot of money and obtain a lawyer. Before I agreed to attend XXXX, I was told that with my school loans and such payment would be approx. {$180.00} per month ... Ha! My school loan payment was over 800 $ month ... I can not afford that. I only make {$13.00} per hour for XXXX hrs a week. I have a family of XXXX and take care of my in laws as well.. When I call Genesis lending they tell me that they can reduce my payments for a short period but will add interest and charges, etc to the back of my loan. They still want XXXX $ per month plus I have had to put XXXX XXXX on hold because of this. I know that XXXX College had put a significant amount of money to help with past and present students because of this loan scam. I thought I signed up for that and thought I was part of that suit, but when I investigated I was not ... So this is why I am doing this ...