tuition charge

[eiric]

What is the name of your state? new york

hello all!!! my case is about a 2-year college trying to charge me money for withdrawal...

I graduate from high school last year and didnt think about going to college... so i decide to try a 2 year college first in August. The full tuition per semester is $3600 and they told me that i can pay the first month first to see how i like the school so i pay $900 for the month. After that month i figure it was better for me to go to a 4 year college so i decide to withdraw, i spoke to the college office and they come with the sorprise that i have to pay the full semester tuition for me to withdraw...

Now my question is if this legal cuz i told them i just wanted to try out and they said it was ok and they are saying tthat i had to withdraw within the first 2 weeks and they show me a student manual that they first gave me about the refund policys but the onlu problem is that im not asking for refund.... and i pay them with cash...
they said they are going to charge for the next semester too if i don't withdraw. The funny thing is that i asked them if that means that i can go to class without paying them and they said they never said that....

I don't have the money to pay them, my mom is not workiing and i gotta take care of my 2 little sisters, im working on 2 job to cover all the expenses and i don't want to just hang them the money.

And they call my house almost every day... my family is really annoy with all this, i don't know what to do , please help!!!!

 

[TinkerBelleLuvr]

Did you get any promise in writing? Did you read the policy about withdrawing in the first two weeks PRIOR to signing up?

 

[eiric]

no, i didnt get any writing promise and i did read the student manual before singning up but its the refund policy, i though it wont apply to my case since i did not pay the full tuition

 

[VeronicaLodge]

typically when you enroll for the semester you owe the entire amount for that semester even if they let you make payments, so if you withdraw you cant just not pay the next payments you have to get a refund of that amount if its allowed. so it is considered a refund even though you didnt pay it yet.

last year my ex husband (who was my husband at the time) started the semester, i paid half the tuition and had two more payments of 1/4 and 1/4, he withdrew in the first 2 weeks or so, i still owed some money, not the whole amount but i didnt get the 1/2 i already paid back and i owed about 300 more to "settle up"

 

[eiric]

thanks veronica for your info

anyone know what could happen if i don't pay them??? can they take me to court and make me pay?? and how would it affect my academic standar cuz im planning to apply to 4 year college for next year

 

[Silverplum]

thanks veronica for your info

anyone know what could happen if i don't pay them??? can they take me to court and make me pay?? and how would it affect my academic standar cuz im planning to apply to 4 year college for next year

Given the quality of your writing, I'm surprised you graduated from elementary school.

If you want grownups to take you seriously, write like a grownup.

 

[VeronicaLodge]

what usually happens is that in order to go to another school you have to get transcripts from any school you attempted to attend and any school you owe money to will not release your transcript until you pay.

years ago my ex husband attended junior college and finished one semester and then withdrew the second semester, we owed money (about 500 dollars) and didnt pay it, they never came after us, but almost 10 years later when he wanted to re-enroll at another school, we had to pay that off to get the transcript sent to the new school.