financial aid withdrawn after I had been given the money

[parke02]

What is the name of your state? CA

I am a student at University of California at Riverside who is pending graduation. I was given $6500 in financial aid and loans for my last quarter of attendance. However a class I had taken a couple years ago was added into the school computers during this last quarter, putting me over the unit cap and making me inelligible for the aid. The financial aid department withdrew the aid money, and I now owe the school $6500. I was told that had the class units transferred after the quarter, they would not have withdrawn the aid money. I am done with my school requirements to graduate but I will not recieve my diploma until this is payed off in full. I feel like the situation is unfair. There is not way I can come up with $6500 any time soon. I don't understand how they can give me aid money, and after having spent it all, tell me they want it back. Do I have a case?

 

[parke02]

update:

The class that put me over the quarter limit for ellgibility is a class I took over two years ago as an extension student. As an extension student, the class units don't transfer automatically. I had to have an official transcript sent from the extension center to registrar. Two of the three classes transferred without a problem, but the third class did not because I had not recieved a grade for the class. Im not sure why, but I believe the professor failed to turn in my grade. After 3-4 trips to the extension center over the last couple years, they managed to "find" my grade and the units finally transfered during my last quarter.

 

[Ohiogal]

You don't have a case but you have a bill you need to pay.

 

[Snipes5]

Does the university have an Ombudsman? Try that. It sounds like this is something that can be sorted out with an explanation and some kind of waiver, since these credits aren't for a class you took during that time period, but were for a previous time.

Don't be so quick to look for legal action, explore other avenues first.

Snipes