goldfish1881
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? illinois
I am currently buried in student loan debt, with $20,000.00 of it for classes that I never attended. I signed up for these classes but tried to drop them before attending because I could not come up with the money to pay for them. My university placed an account hold on my student account due to the unpaid classes, so I could not drop the classes before the assigned drop date. They have no record of me attending these classes, but still charged me $20,000.00 for them. Their reasoning is that I did not drop them before the stated last day to withdraw without charges, but I could not drop the classes at that time due to the hold on my account that was placed because I had yet to pay for the classes. They would not let me drop the classes I could not pay for because I had not paid for them! I am frustrated because I am now paying interest on the $20,000.00 loan I had to take out to get these charges covered so I could continue school. I do not think I should have to pay for classes I never took because the school placed a hold on my account that prevented me from dropping the classes (and thus the charges) in a timely fashion. Can I sue this school for the money back? It is a private school
I am currently buried in student loan debt, with $20,000.00 of it for classes that I never attended. I signed up for these classes but tried to drop them before attending because I could not come up with the money to pay for them. My university placed an account hold on my student account due to the unpaid classes, so I could not drop the classes before the assigned drop date. They have no record of me attending these classes, but still charged me $20,000.00 for them. Their reasoning is that I did not drop them before the stated last day to withdraw without charges, but I could not drop the classes at that time due to the hold on my account that was placed because I had yet to pay for the classes. They would not let me drop the classes I could not pay for because I had not paid for them! I am frustrated because I am now paying interest on the $20,000.00 loan I had to take out to get these charges covered so I could continue school. I do not think I should have to pay for classes I never took because the school placed a hold on my account that prevented me from dropping the classes (and thus the charges) in a timely fashion. Can I sue this school for the money back? It is a private school