Thank you so much . I need it printed and kept ready when the call comes.
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Please read this comment in the kind tone I wish could come across in writing. I 100% hope that your daughter gets to attend Purdue in the fall. But Summer Start and Early Start are not the same and not interchangeable. I think the glitch they may be referring to is that the system enabled your daughter to accept a spot she wasnât offered. The e-check issue is simply that the system for the deposit isnât linked to verify if you accepted a spot that you were offered. The fact that summer was an option was confusing and unfortunately your daughter assuming that she could accept it isnât the way Purdue works. It would be like if someone was offered Fall admission and accepted Spring or vice versa-they are separate admissions/yield, etc⊠They accept you for the term on the acceptance letter. There is a separate process for Fall kids to start in the summer. I think the best argument you have (as stated by others) isnât a glitch but the fact that your daughter called and was told not to worry. THAT is Purdueâs fault. If the person answering the phone didnât think to ask your daughter about Early Start vs. Summer Start, how is your daughter supposed to know there is a difference? Maybe if she accepted earlier it would have been caught before the deadline, but thatâs not fair to your daughter.
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Thank you. I am adding this to the the information that I will keep ready when the call comes.
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Good luck. I hope you know Iâm just trying to help you get your daughter her spot in the Fall and give you points to argue.
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I would write out your points and stick to them.
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Daughter was offered and accepted a summer start. She paid by echeck. All this was done by the deadline. She wants to start in the summer.
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If sheâs not allowed to start in the summer, as offered, sheâs willing to start in the fall.
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She not only accepted and paid by the May 1 deadline, she called to confirm and was told to just wait, that she didnât have to do anything else.
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On May 3, she was told sorry, she was not enrolled because of a computer glitch. What happened to the April 29 acceptance and confirmation? What exactly is the computer glitch?
And thatâs it. When they start to offer other excuses like She didnât sign up for the fall and wasnât supposed to sign up for the summer, do not follow that trail. Stick to âShe was offered summer, she picked summer, she wants summer.â If she couldnât sign up for summer, why was it on her form? Your mistake, fix it.
Do not mention the check didnât clear until May 3 because that is not an issue. They have not said that she was unenrolled because the deposit wasnât received. Thatâs not an issue so donât make it one. She paid on April 29. Period. No different than if sheâd mailed a check on April 15 and they received it on April 29 but didnât deposit it - the deposit was made timely so donât make it an issue.
Write it down and stick to the script. Lots of âhe saidâ and âI was toldâ, etc. so write it down and get the exact reasons they are saying they canât âreinstateâ.
Also, Purdue is where your daughter wants to go. It is nice to see a familiar face on campus. My daughter went OOS and actually knew 2 kids from Kindergarten, one in her dorm and one in her same sorority. My daughter had dozens of friends within a week, but those early days it was nice to feel ânot so alone.â
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Coming from a family of lawyers, this is not one of those times. The minute you go and hire a lawyer and try to sue a big name school like Purdue, you and your daughterâs name will forever be linked to that lawsuit and in the cloud forever. Any employer searching her name will find that lawsuit on the internet and itâs not something she can take back. You wonât get her a spot for the fall by filing a lawsuit, it will cost you a lot more money than them, if the issue was purely that your daughter clicked the summer term but paid for a different term then unfortunately the fault lies with your daughter. Whether itâs right or wrong of Purdue, thatâs a different story. But itâs not illegal or fraud or anything like that which is worthy of suing. It will also only cost you thousands of dollars which it sounds like is not money you really want to be spending.
As Iâve said previously, this is a lesson for all of us and especially our kids in how important it is to read everything before we/they click submit and pay. Also, a note to make sure we/they do it as soon as they know they are committing or have enough advanced notice and not on a weekend or last minute so that all these issues can be avoided.
Also, while Iâm not a PR person, this also doesnât seem all that newsworthy. As many posts as there are on here, there are just no people coming forward to say itâs happened to them. This is essentially an anonymous forum and plenty of people have kids here going to Purdue. Itâs also easy to create new handles so no reason for someone not to come forward. LIkewise, there are so many Purdue and other college FB groups and nothing mentioned in any of those, and Iâve asked my friends with kids going to Purdue. This seems like a unique situation and hopefully it will get sorted out, but not a legal issue.
I see theyâre offering your daughter summer/fall 22. That is better than no option. I would take it and have her start elsewhere. It may be the best you get at this point, considering itâs a week past the deadline and kids are already getting ready to pick dorms and itâs way past the deadline for picking a roommates and as someone else said, they donât really have enough housing so thatâs something you wouldnât want to deal with anyway. Purdue admins have been great on their FB page, I wouldnât be surprised if theyâre here too. There are other schools that hang out here and are responsive. Just because they havenât commented donât assume theyâre not reading this. Threatening to sue isnât going to help her cause.
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Done. I canât tell you how thankful I am for all the support and helpful advise.
I havenât sued anyone so far in my life so everything you wrote here has helped me understand the risks. Thank you so much.
she picked summer, paid for summer.
The first thing the Purdue rep is going to ask is: did her acceptance letter extend an offer of admission for Summer Start?
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If Purdue admins are here, then I wonder why the college has not been more proactive to resolve this issue. I hope that they follow up and fix the glitch on their website and ensure no other family has to go through this.
I can only state that I have ensured that I state the situation as truthfully as I can. I may have kept some things to ensure I donât give names of people we have talked to at Purdue to avoid unnecessary negative exposure to anyone.
If Purdue admins are here, they need to speak up openly. They owe it to their universityâs reputation to get this resolved.
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So is the issue that she picked and paid for summer but it wasnât the right summer (ie she was offered a choice she shouldnât have been, like the remedial start)? What exactly is the glitch- did it delete that she accepted her spot and paid altogether? I read in another response that the site directs them to pay for fall and then later add summer, so Iâm confused why summer is an initial option at all. This is one of the most confusing situations Iâve read about on this site.
Sorry if I misunderstood this aspect.
Can she not then attend the summer session she picked and paid for?
Although on TV and in movies lawyers are always battling cases out in the courtroom, in fact most lawyers are negotiating to see if there can be an amicable early resolution and most civil cases are never tried. Frankly it seems like the OP could benefit from some advice from a skilled Indiana attorney and that advice may or may not be that she does not have a cognizable claim.
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I went back and read the letter, it does not talk about summer start.
I checked Purdueâs FAQ on Summer start and this is what it says -
Who can be in Summer Start?
Students receive an invitation to start during summer as part of the admissions process. Students who are admitted for Fall 2021 may opt to participate in a similar program called Early Start. If you have questions, please contact us at thinksummer@purdue.edu.
Ok, so was she admitted to summer start or was she trying to do early start? It seems early start is the one they go back and add after accepting for fall. But if she wasnât offered summer start why in the world was it even an option to pick? What a convoluted system they have.
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Unfortunately, I canât see the section of website where she accepted so it is tough to figure out myself.
Did she fill out the separate form for Early Start?
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Itâs a really confusing site setup. Accepted students see all available term options in the list, not just the term they were accepted to. The admissions site page does say that you need to make sure to select the term mentioned in your acceptance letter when accepting/depositing (so they are placing responsibility on the student).
If the wrong term (i.e., not the one named in your acceptance letter) is chosen and paid for, the acceptance isnât registered properly.
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Donât assume anyone from Purdue is here. If they were they would of pmd you. Also donât take my comments harshly. They are not meant that way and I only wish the best for your family. But a glitch doesnât effect just one person. This would be all over Purdue and other social media. Itâs not. A human mistake will affect 1 person. If it was a âbugâ, âglitchâ or whatever term out of 8,000 accepted (not sure the real number), at the very least several hundred to close to a thousand would be effected. Not my profession but I have done software beta testing for medical software companies such as Nuance. Trust me, one small thing goes wrong and they will hear about it especially in the forums.
Saying that, they gave you some options. Many kids do take a gap year and start anew⊠Maybe thatâs your best option here? Maybe she can find some work close to her field this year. Maybe Purdue can help set her up with an Alumni for research or something.
I would try to work âwithâ them then against them. I know my view is not popular here. But your options are limited. If you talk to the head provost or whomever fall kids do drop out early. Let them know she will take that spot but if they are over enrolled then that wonât matter plus she will have to figure out living arrangements.
If this problem happened to several hundred people then you would have a case. To only one⊠Then no. You being a software programmer, I would expect you to understand this. Again, I really hope everything works out great for your daughter. Sometimes opportunities are staring us right in the face but we donât see them. Make this an opportunity for your daughter. This will be just one set back of many in her lifetime.
Good Luck.
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