r/BorrowerDefense↗
Welcome to r/BorrowerDefense! If you feel that you were scammed by your college, trade school, or training program, you should consider filing for a federal program called Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDTR) that could help you get the federal student loans associated with your scam school DISCHARGED (and maybe even get a refund). Please see our Wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/BorrowerDefense/wiki/index
22k subscribers30 posts / mo in Sep 202624 authors / mosince 2022
r/BorrowerDefense has 22k members (+35% over the last 12 months). It gets about 30 posts a month from 24 people. Top topics: Forgiven Loans, Student Loan Forgiveness and MOHELA Navigation.
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How r/BorrowerDefense has grown
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Topics and brands on r/BorrowerDefense
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Forgiven Loans2.4%
- Student Loan Forgiveness1.5%
- MOHELA Navigation1.5%
- Refunds & Aid1.2%
- Student Loan Forbearance & Forgiveness1.2%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Project on Predatory Student Lending
- Replit
- CourtListener
- Squarespace
- insidehighered.com
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