Owe an outrageous amount of money to community college

MU Nursingstudent · Apr 7, 2011

ahhhhhh i'm intrigued

caliotter3 · Apr 7, 2011

Whatever it was, hope it was resolved favorably. Wondering how that could have come about since cc's cancel a person's registration if payment is not received.

AddisonLawrence03 · Apr 7, 2011

if you exceed your loan limit, is it typical for a community college to revoke you pell grant and make you owe a lot of money?

caliotter3 · Apr 7, 2011

Wasn't that their mistake? They should not allow a student to exceed their loan limit. It is their responsibility to see that they disburse loan money according to the rules. I would certainly fight them on this one. Or, if nothing else, appeal for a payment plan. Unreasonable to do this to the student who did nothing wrong intentionally.

AddisonLawrence03 · Apr 7, 2011

The amount is outrageous. I have been crying over this. How do I appeal for a payment plan? Who do I go to? This school is of NO help at all. I have been going through this for a month now. I called the head of financial aid, and she never picks up her phone; once she picked up and then hung up on me. I left countless messages and she never calls me back. Other times I get a financial aid representative who promises to call me back and have someone investigate this but they never do. I have called the Dean and they just direct me to financial aid. I even called State Legislator.

caliotter3 · Apr 7, 2011

Go to the local news media, the TV station and/or the helpline advocate at the newspaper. Get the media involved and I bet you will get a response. Or, see an attorney. It will cost you money, but will be worth it in the long run. The attorney will see to it that your rights are not violated.

coast2coast · Apr 7, 2011

If the dispute is purely about pell grants and/or federal student loans - maybe try a federal gov't financial aid contact ?

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/fpg/contacts.html

(I think Pell grants are federally regulated ... ?)

AddisonLawrence03 · Apr 7, 2011

I actually called the federal government and they informed me that they have absolutely nothing ot do with this. That the dispute will have to be handled with the community college I attended. And I finally spoke with someone in Financial Aid today who told me that it doesn't matter if they did not detect that I exceeded my financial loans at that school, I will still have to pay them the money which I think is unfair. I will never ever be able to pay them this money, it's almost 10 grand. I emailed them asking if I can do an appeal because I really would like to have my transcripts. My future is pretty much ruined.

elkpark · Apr 7, 2011

And I finally spoke with someone in Financial Aid today who told me that it doesn't matter if they did not detect that I exceeded my financial loans at that school, I will still have to pay them the money which I think is unfair.

Your posts sound like you don't think you have any responsibility in this situation at all. Even if the school made a mistake, isn't it ultimately your responsibility to keep track of your student loans and applicable limits?

I hope you're able to work something out with the school. Best wishes.

classicdame, MSN, EdD · Apr 7, 2011

do you know a lawyer?