My college robbed me for my tuition there saying they lost it and i cant go to class can i sue them?

Question

I have a scholarship that pays for my tuition (2100$) at the school i attend (university of phoenix).They acknowledge that they received the check but cant find where the funds are so until then it hasn't posted to my acct and i cant go to class until they straighten it out again no time line to when it will be done. This isnt fair by any means there holding up my education on their mistake i was supposed to start on 8-4 its now 8-6 who hold these people liable and can i sue them?

Answer 1

Contact the Dean's office.

File a complaint.

*I just tried to navigate their website. What a money-making scheme!!

File a complaint. Contact

www.ncahlc.org.

Go to http://www.fraudaid.com

Don't go there next semester. This school is a crock. It's set-up like a bank or a bad TV commercial.

Good luck

Answer 2

If the money came out of your own bank account, the bank would have a record of that.  If it came from an outside source, get a hold of them.  If the check hasn't been cashed(or maybe even if it has) they can cancel it and write them a new one.

Answer 3

Contact the scholarship sponsor and ask them for help.  In the meantime the only thing you can do is find a way to come up with the cash.  These thing usually work out after a while.

I had financial aid problems in my last school from a mistake on their part and it really stressed me out for the whole semester.  

Go to class anyway. Most professors will not make a stink about it, in fact most won't notice you're there. They may count your not going to class as absences if they take attendance.

Answer 4

Talk w/ the Dean of Student Affairs

Answer 5

You need to seek a lawyer. He can answer this for you. How you talk to someone at school other than the office personnel? If not ask to speak to someone that can do something about it. Everyone has a boss over them. You should not have to pay the price.Try asking for the Dean or ask a teacher to help you. If enough h**l is raised they will find someone to fix it.

Answer 6

Heh, I go to Liberty University and they're causing a similar situation for me. I'm a senior. The class registration deadline is Aug. 16th. Classes start Aug. 18th. They said my loan hasn't been processed yet so they dropped my class schedule. My advisor and I worked for like 2 hours to make that schedule. It was so perfect, too.... Ugh.

The only advice I can give you is just to call and bug the c**p out of them. Go in person if you can. And bring a paper trail with you. Hopefully you printed out the screens/pages that said you were awarded that scholarship and also the page of your financial check in that shows that your scholarship was paying for your tuition. And give it a few days.

You can't sue them. Your scholarship foundation can though. Afterall, it's their money. I really hope it all works out for you.  

Answer 7

You can't sue them, it's a scholarship.  Some one else is paying them for your tuition.  If they don't straighten it out, cancel with them and go to another online college course.

Answer 8

If the check you wrote hasn't posted to your account, simply cancel the check and write a new one.  It's that simple.

Answer 9

Talk to the dean...go up the chain within the college first.  I would also advise you to find another school....U.of Phoenix does not have a good reputation.  (college professor)

Answer 10

Do what I did and start stealing their computers and selling them to people on the streets for CHEAP, untill you get all your money back. Dont get caught though. If you do tell the judge the school robbed you first those F*CKERS

Answer 11

Yes, by all means sue them.  They're the single largest college in the world and won't be able to defend themselves in court.  I bet they don't even have a good lawyer.  You can probably get a lawyer to go up against them for about $10,000 - then, once you get your $2000 back you'd only be in the hole about $8000 [sarcasm intended]

Honestly, everyone and his brother wants to sue someone these days.  There is no way you can bring together a legal team that can go against an organization that big without some serious money.  Even if you do sue them, do you really think that will resolve your problem faster?  Think you can get it heard in court next week maybe?

Now, take a deep breath, relax, and call the university bursar's office.  Pay attention to what they tell you - the answer is there.  Nobody says "we got your money but don't know where we put it..."  Nobody.  There's more to this problem than you're hearing (or sharing).

Someone else will post regarding opinions of UoP.  I'll leave that to them.  But as a business (a very large corporation), they haven't "ripped you off", there's something you're not understanding (or sharing here).