Borrowers may be eligible for forgiveness of the federal student loans used to attend a school if that school misled them or engaged in other misconduct in violation of certain laws. 
This type of loan forgiveness is called borrower defense to repayment, sometimes abbreviated to borrower defense. Learn more in the sections below to see whether you may qualify. 

Borrower Defense Application 
who attended Corinthian Colleges Everest, Heald, and WyoTech with a first date of attendance between July 1 , 2010, and Sept. 30 , 2014, and are seeking federal student loan forgiveness through borrower defense Borrowers will complete a Corinthian - specific application. For more information about forgiveness of federal student loan used to attend Corinthian Colleges , go to the Information about Debt Relief for Corinthian Colleges Students page. All other borrowers applying for borrower defense MUST submit their application using one of the U.S. Department of Education ED borrower defense application forms provided in the sections below. Please read the instructions provided within the application before filling out the application form. Please note that the instructions also include information for parent PLUS borrowers. To apply for federal student loan forgiveness based on borrower defense , complete an online application form. Within the online application form , you will be required to provide your signature digitally. It is helpful to include additional documentation as part of your application by uploading additional electronic documents for example, scanned PDF documents. ED recommends you prepare the additional documentation prior to starting the application process. If you choose to submit additional documents as part of your borrower defense application , the following types of documents are among those that may be helpful to your application : to confirm the school for which you are applying for borrower defense, your program of study, and your dates of enrollment

user: I have reason to believe that I could be eligible for loan forgiveness in relation to my school, can you give me more information on this regard?

assistant: This loan forgiveness is known as borrower defense to repayment, or can be known as borrower defense for short. We have extensive information on our website about this

user: If my program earnings exceed those of the comparison earnings that are carried out by the ED, what happens?

assistant: In this case, even if you have filed an approved claim, you will not receive any discharge of your loan until it is associated with Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (CCI)

user: How does the ED calculate the amount of discharge I am due if my claim is approved?

assistant: The ED calculates the amount of discharge by comparing the earnings of those who have completed a similar or same program at a borrower's school median program earnings with the earnings of those who have completed a similar or same program at other schools median comparison earnings

user: Has the COVID-19 pandemic had any impact on forbearance/stopped collections on any loans that are in default and are awaiting judgment on their borrower defense application?

assistant: Yes, this comes under the Automatic Administrative Forbearance and Temporary 0% Interest as a Result of the COVID-19 National Emergency

user: Is there a list of common questions and answers regarding forbearance/stopped collections status on a loan?

assistant: The process involved in applying for borrower defense may place all federal student loans you have into a forbearance status. Any debt collections that may be in force on defaulted loans are stopped pending an ED review of your borrower defense application . Interest will continue to accrue on these loans, regardless of what status they are in