I went to a university in my state for one semester before withdrawing due to a LOT of issues with them. In order to fully withdraw I had to get a paper signed off from the financial office showing that I did not have an outstanding balance with the school. I even triple checked with the financial office lady to confirm because I had withdrawn from a class which could have affected my scholarship. (I don't qualify for financial aid.) She assured me that I didn't owe anything and signed off on the form to let me go.
Over a year after withdrawing, I decided to apply to different colleges to finish my degree. Once I started requesting transcripts from the college they said that they would not release anything because I owe them $8,000 and I've been getting calls from debt collectors about 3x per week. It took them over a year to realize that I dropped a class that would have voided my scholarship despite me telling them multiple times. They told me to pay online, but the online portal showed that they actually owed me money and that they were trying to bill me for a semester that I never attended. Thankfully they undid the charges for the extra semester, but I still owe $8,000.
I know that I have to pay them the money that I owe, but I honestly have no idea how to proceed. I'm only 22 and I don't make enough to pay them everything to get my transcripts in time for the upcoming semester. I will say that I do take some responsibility for not hounding the college enough so they fully updated my account but I feel like they also really dropped the ball...
Do I go straight through the debt collectors to pay off a little at a time and put off school for a while or am I able to take out a student loan to cover everything? Like my username suggests, I am mega confused about what to do and any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Submitted March 17, 2019 at 08:11PM by megaconfusedstudent https://ift.tt/2Htbs5j
