<p>well this is a long story. after the spring semester of 2011 i transfered to a different university for the upcoming fall semester but after about 3 weeks i am not happy here and other reasons and decided to go back to my old university in the spring semester. i talked to the financial counselers and if i drop out of all my classes i will owe the school about $4500 for about 3 weeks of school. this was because the last day to drop classes and get 100% was september 11 and i dropped my classes september 15 so that its a 50% refund so they cut it in half. i wanted to know if there is any way to get out of this payment because i think it is ridicilous to pay that much for 3 weeks of school. i know i screwed up i shouldve known the date but the past is the past i cant do anything about it but i just want some advice on what i can do.</p>
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^ This. You can plead with the school for some consideration but you’ll probably end up owing them the $.</p>
<p>ya i mean i think i will end up paying them but i really hope i dont have to or it can get significantly reduced. i have an appoinment with my advisor monday they told me i can appeal it with him</p>
<p>Would you sign a contract to work for 3 weeks for someone who told you they would pay you $1500 per week, and then take less from them because they decided they didn’t like your work after the 3 weeks were up? This is basically the same thing. They gave you a date up to which you could withdraw without financial penalty. The fact that you weren’t organized enough isn’t their fault. Their policy was not hidden. You wouldn’t like it if it were reversed, and the policy said 100% refund by such a date, and then they only refunded 50% even though you met the date, right? So, you do owe them the money in all fairness, and they have a right to expect it…</p>
<p>ya I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to pay but I was wondering if there was any way to get out of it</p>
<p>Ask the school. The odds of random strangers on the Internet being able to get your school to waive a debt that you owe them are really low.</p>
<p>I’m not telling random strangers on the Internet to waive the debt I’m basically asking if anyone has been in this situation I’m asking for advice</p>
<p>Will your old university require a transcript or letter of good standing in order to transfer out? Did you ever even formally withdraw, or did you just not register for classes? What I’m getting at is that if you don’t need anything from the school you owe $4500 to, then it all comes down to their aggressiveness in collecting. If you need anything from them, then you’ll just have to pay up.</p>
<p>no my old university doesn’t need anything. I didn’t formally withdraw. I just didn’t register for classes so all they know is I just took a semester off and they have no idea I went to a different university. I also talked to an academic advisor from my old university and they just said I can register once spring semester begins.</p>
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Go back and tell them that you decided to stay, then you’ll get full value.</p>
<p>Score +1 for a random guy on the internet!</p>
<p>LOL I guess that’s a good plan.</p>
<p>There really is no way to trick them or get them to let you off.</p>
<p>Agree with MisterK…just do the fall semester as planned. It can’t be that terrible, you will get the full value of your money, and you can switch back at the spring semester without penalty.</p>
<p>Just make sure the class you are taking at the new school is tranferablle to the old school. Otherwise, you may like the new school afterall. Three weeks is not enough to make a concerned assessement.</p>