College within my University is denying me acceptance

[bahooga]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Indiana

I'm a student at a university and originally came to the school to do engineering. My interests changed and so I started the process to change my degree objective towards management. Over a period of 2 semesters, I met with the management advisors probably 2 times each semester, to make sure I was taking the right classes and was on track to be officially accepted into the management college. After going through everything, I do meet all the requirements.

The issue is that one of the requirements can be interpreted in two different ways and the past advisors told me I was just fine. The person who determines if you're accepted or not is saying that I'm not because their interpretation was different.

Problem: I took a year of my life (2 semesters, Spring and Fall) to take the right courses so I could change my degree objective. Now that I meet all the requirements based on the advice given by the advisors in the past, they're telling me I don't because they apparently are interpreting it differently. This places me in a tough situation because if I can't get into this college within the university, then I've wasted a lot of time and a LOT of effort. The tuition was lost as well, but that is a very minor part for me because the value of the classes and effort I was putting in was worth a lot more to me.

Any advice is appreciated. I plan to speak more with the advisors, specifically the ones I met with in the past, and hope that they'll solve it for me.

However, if they don't, what route do I take? Get a lawyer to help fight it? My question then, is that what will the lawyer get me? I'm honestly not interested in the money, I just want to be accepted and move on - I've taken the right classes, I have the right GPA, etc.

 

[stealth2]

Here's your problem - even meeting every requirement does not guarantee your acceptance. If they have, for example, one open slot and two equally qualified applicants - one is going to be turned down. Unless they rejected your application based on illegal discrimination, your acceptance/rejection is at their discretion.

 

[Zigner]

A full YEAR and never once thought to talk to the people who actually make the decision on acceptance?

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Indiana

I'm a student at a university and originally came to the school to do engineering. My interests changed and so I started the process to change my degree objective towards management. Over a period of 2 semesters, I met with the management advisors probably 2 times each semester, to make sure I was taking the right classes and was on track to be officially accepted into the management college. After going through everything, I do meet all the requirements.

The issue is that one of the requirements can be interpreted in two different ways and the past advisors told me I was just fine. The person who determines if you're accepted or not is saying that I'm not because their interpretation was different.

Problem: I took a year of my life (2 semesters, Spring and Fall) to take the right courses so I could change my degree objective. Now that I meet all the requirements based on the advice given by the advisors in the past, they're telling me I don't because they apparently are interpreting it differently. This places me in a tough situation because if I can't get into this college within the university, then I've wasted a lot of time and a LOT of effort. The tuition was lost as well, but that is a very minor part for me because the value of the classes and effort I was putting in was worth a lot more to me.

Any advice is appreciated. I plan to speak more with the advisors, specifically the ones I met with in the past, and hope that they'll solve it for me.

However, if they don't, what route do I take? Get a lawyer to help fight it? My question then, is that what will the lawyer get me? I'm honestly not interested in the money, I just want to be accepted and move on - I've taken the right classes, I have the right GPA, etc.

 

[bahooga]

Here's your problem - even meeting every requirement does not guarantee your acceptance. If they have, for example, one open slot and two equally qualified applicants - one is going to be turned down. Unless they rejected your application based on illegal discrimination, your acceptance/rejection is at their discretion.

If you meet the requirements, it's supposed to be automatic admission. Just so we are clear, I'm trying to change schools within my university.

For the other comment, the person who makes the decision is one of the advisors.

 

[seniorjudge]

...
If you meet the requirements, it's supposed to be automatic admission. Just so we are clear, I'm trying to change schools within my university.
...

Where is this written guarantee to be found?

 

[Zigner]

For the other comment, the person who makes the decision is one of the advisors.

Funny - that's not what you said earlier. I really don't have the desire to deal with a person who modifies their story in order to get the answers they want to hear.

 

[stealth2]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Indiana

I'm a student at a university and originally came to the school to do engineering. My interests changed and so I started the process to change my degree objective towards management. Over a period of 2 semesters, I met with the management advisors probably 2 times each semester, to make sure I was taking the right classes and was on track to be officially accepted into the management college. After going through everything, I do meet all the requirements.

The issue is that one of the requirements can be interpreted in two different ways and the past advisors told me I was just fine. The person who determines if you're accepted or not is saying that I'm not because their interpretation was different.

Problem: I took a year of my life (2 semesters, Spring and Fall) to take the right courses so I could change my degree objective. Now that I meet all the requirements based on the advice given by the advisors in the past, they're telling me I don't because they apparently are interpreting it differently. This places me in a tough situation because if I can't get into this college within the university, then I've wasted a lot of time and a LOT of effort. The tuition was lost as well, but that is a very minor part for me because the value of the classes and effort I was putting in was worth a lot more to me.

Any advice is appreciated. I plan to speak more with the advisors, specifically the ones I met with in the past, and hope that they'll solve it for me.

However, if they don't, what route do I take? Get a lawyer to help fight it? My question then, is that what will the lawyer get me? I'm honestly not interested in the money, I just want to be accepted and move on - I've taken the right classes, I have the right GPA, etc.

Just in case you decide to start changing your story further.

And I seriously doubt that they accept every qualified applicant.

 

[bahooga]

Funny - that's not what you said earlier. I really don't have the desire to deal with a person who modifies their story in order to get the answers they want to hear.

Changing my story to get the answers I want to hear wouldn't really change my situation, and so there's no benefit in that. I did not intend to come here to gain emotional support by lying or something.

Let me be clear - if I sounded like I was changing the story, that's not what I intended.

When I said the following, my intention was to make it clear that I met their requirements for automatic acceptance.

After going through everything, I do meet all the requirements.

 

[bahooga]

Where is this written guarantee to be found?

In the plan of studies and their website as well as any papers discussing the process, it's clearly stated. I don't have something signed by them though if that's the answer you were looking for.

 

[stealth2]

In the plan of studies and their website as well as any papers discussing the process, it's clearly stated. I don't have something signed by them though if that's the answer you were looking for.

How about providing a link?

 

[mmmagique]

What is the issue that may be interpreted two ways, and how are they interpreting it?

 

[Kiawah]

Exactly......What are the details of the issue, and what are the two different ways that it is being interpreted?