What is the name of your state? Virginia
I was looking at attending Northern Virginia Community College in the fall of last year. I knew I was not considered in state since I had not been in Virginia for a year however I didn’t think it would be too much and since I qualified for financial aid I was sure that would take care of it. I did most of the things necessary to attend but there were still things I needed to show to financial aid like my high school transcripts. Well I went on line in the student center with my log on information to check out the classes I wanted to take. I looked at three classes. Two were 3 credit classes and the other was a 2 credit class. When I saw how much they would be charging me just for the class alone I was bummed. It was going to use pretty much all of the financial aid just for those 3 classes! I decided it wasn't going to work for me right now. So I took them off my schedule by clicking the delete button by the class I want to delete. Then I went on with my life and didn’t think to much about it and was waiting until I became a resident of Virginia.
Out of the blue I got a letter saying that I owe financial aid $408 for a class that I did not attend. I called up the school got transferred a ton of times and was then also told that not only do I owe financial aid $408 but I owe the actual school $900 something! The lady I spoke with told me that I was withdrawn from one of the classes and I didn’t drop it properly I tried to explain that I didn't even know I signed up for it and I was just looking at the classes and how much they would cost me and when I found out I deleted them off my schedule and thought that was all I needed to do (I had never been to college and was not familiar with the procedures of dropping a class or anything). She told me that I was dropped from one and the other one they didn't even show. She told me that there was nothing I could do and I would just have to pay. I was not fond of that response so I ended up going to the campus and speaking with the business department. They informed me that if I want to dispute a charge that I will need to write a letter so a committee can go over it and decide on if my dispute is valid or not. So I did.
I wrote pretty much what happened and that I didn't understand why I was dropped from one and withdrawn from another. I made no attempt to pay or attend and they didn't even have all the paper work they needed from me. I didn’t hear anything back and after a month and receiving a letter from a collection company I called the school and eventually found out that they came to a conclusion that was not in my favor. I have yet to receive a letter to that effect and still have gotten nothing about the $900 charge to the school just the $408 I owe financial aid.
Is there anything I can do to dispute this further? Should I take legal action and would it hold up?
I was looking at attending Northern Virginia Community College in the fall of last year. I knew I was not considered in state since I had not been in Virginia for a year however I didn’t think it would be too much and since I qualified for financial aid I was sure that would take care of it. I did most of the things necessary to attend but there were still things I needed to show to financial aid like my high school transcripts. Well I went on line in the student center with my log on information to check out the classes I wanted to take. I looked at three classes. Two were 3 credit classes and the other was a 2 credit class. When I saw how much they would be charging me just for the class alone I was bummed. It was going to use pretty much all of the financial aid just for those 3 classes! I decided it wasn't going to work for me right now. So I took them off my schedule by clicking the delete button by the class I want to delete. Then I went on with my life and didn’t think to much about it and was waiting until I became a resident of Virginia.
Out of the blue I got a letter saying that I owe financial aid $408 for a class that I did not attend. I called up the school got transferred a ton of times and was then also told that not only do I owe financial aid $408 but I owe the actual school $900 something! The lady I spoke with told me that I was withdrawn from one of the classes and I didn’t drop it properly I tried to explain that I didn't even know I signed up for it and I was just looking at the classes and how much they would cost me and when I found out I deleted them off my schedule and thought that was all I needed to do (I had never been to college and was not familiar with the procedures of dropping a class or anything). She told me that I was dropped from one and the other one they didn't even show. She told me that there was nothing I could do and I would just have to pay. I was not fond of that response so I ended up going to the campus and speaking with the business department. They informed me that if I want to dispute a charge that I will need to write a letter so a committee can go over it and decide on if my dispute is valid or not. So I did.
I wrote pretty much what happened and that I didn't understand why I was dropped from one and withdrawn from another. I made no attempt to pay or attend and they didn't even have all the paper work they needed from me. I didn’t hear anything back and after a month and receiving a letter from a collection company I called the school and eventually found out that they came to a conclusion that was not in my favor. I have yet to receive a letter to that effect and still have gotten nothing about the $900 charge to the school just the $408 I owe financial aid.
Is there anything I can do to dispute this further? Should I take legal action and would it hold up?