TenderMoni Wrote:I went to the school on a full tuition scholarship, not going to go retell the full story, but they pulled the scholarship at the end of my junior year because I refused to do something I felt was humiliating, but technically required by the rules of my scholarship - leaving me to pay the full balance of the year, $18k.

CarpeDiem8 Wrote:That really sucks, I'm sorry to hear that happened.

Synicaal Wrote:Thank you!! This make a lot more sense to me now. I was so confused on how these balances came about but know I understand, thank you for the clarification.

Also in case it was taken in such way I wasn't making negative comments about people who came into this situation I just didn't understand how it happened.

dfrecore Wrote:I totally get your predicament. I think that you're right, and you have 2 options. 1) You can find a school that won't ask for all of your transcripts, and start from scratch. 2) You can start accumulating credits for a degree at one of the Big 3, and save up while you're at it to pay off your debt, so that when you want to actually enroll at a school, you're free to send that other transcript. Since you'll be bringing in your credits from the previous school, you should know what courses you took and what level they were at (LL or UL) and then work those into whatever plan you will do.

I personally would do the latter, even though it's a bigger pain in the butt, because I think the money you save going through TESU or one of the Big 3 kind of offsets the money you have to pay to the school. Not entirely, but it certainly helps. And also, because it will get that monkey off your back. I'm sure it's been a weight on your shoulders for a long time.

If you post your credits here, we can help to make sure that they fit as well as possible into your degree plan, so you don't waste a dime on courses that you don't need.

Good luck!

Brownie82 Wrote:Years ago, I applied to UMD College Park. I sent in everything and just had to send in the application fee. Things happened and I changed my mind and eventually forgot about it. Years later, I think they were able to offset my taxes or something to get their money. On the flip side, I sent money to Bowie State and sent everything but my transcripts. I ended up moving to AZ afterwards.


Also, now I'm curious. How do you find out if you owe anything to any schools. Like in the above example, I didn't realize that I was on the hook for that fee until it was taken out of my tax refund. I know I have a private loan in default and my others can be tracked on the .gov student loan site. Anything outside of that I'm clueless about.

Brownie82 Wrote:Years ago, I applied to UMD College Park. I sent in everything and just had to send in the application fee. Things happened and I changed my mind and eventually forgot about it. Years later, I think they were able to offset my taxes or something to get their money. On the flip side, I sent money to Bowie State and sent everything but my transcripts. I ended up moving to AZ afterwards.


Also, now I'm curious. How do you find out if you owe anything to any schools. Like in the above example, I didn't realize that I was on the hook for that fee until it was taken out of my tax refund. I know I have a private loan in default and my others can be tracked on the .gov student loan site. Anything outside of that I'm clueless about.

ladysoleil Wrote:Okay, now I'm worried. I did a year at a private college about 25 years ago. I did fine, was on the Dean's List, in fact, but the credits were so old when I restarted college that I wanted to retake the courses anyway so I didn't bother to get a transcript or mention it to TESU. Actually, I do think I vaguely mentioned it to my CC and they told me I should get it to see if I could skip Freshman Comp, but they didn't say it was required and I put it out of my head again.

I think I do owe a library fine that if I remember right, wasn't even mine and I was irritated when I left the school for various reasons and didn't close it out. Is this something that could bite me in the rear later? I wasn't trying to be deceptive, I just genuinely wasn't even thinking about it since I wanted to start from scratch because my major (Comm) is in my field so I wanted the skills refresher. Ugh. I guess I should go clear my name now.

davewill Wrote:It could. It is probably easiest to just order the transcript. If they send it, you must be all right.