<p>I just got a new job as a teacher, even though I had all of my courses transferred to my new university that I transferred to the HR office is requesting the transcripts from my previous university...now I am terrified because they said I have had a hold for 7 years and I had no clue, when I transferred my balance was zero...?</p>
<p>Will I be able to get my transcript...? Can the creditor they have sent my account to work something out so that I can get my transcript and still pay them off...?</p>
<p>How can I get my transcripts in the interim of all of this...? Do anyone know how I can be helped...? I can't lose this job because of this if I do I will be homeless!?</p>
<p>1) Call the university and verify what you owe them. Verify that the bill is correct to a reasonable threshold. Perhaps it was a library fine (I once had a $100 bill for some unreturned university library books–ugh–long lost–but was enough to freeze my ability to get transcripts until resolved.) Hopefully it is a small amount. </p>
<p>Did you leave or graduate on good terms? Did you leave mid-term? Did some FA get canceled because of not meeting some fulltime enrollment requirements? Time to puzzle out the real problem–and start with talking to the bursar’s office.</p>
<p>2) It went to collections. Woops. Not a good thing because they will put on some huge fines. See if there is a way to pay off the university directly.</p>
<p>3) I doubt there is any “payment” plan with the collections agency that a partial payment would resolve the issue with the university. Think of it this way… if so, folks would make ONE payment, get their transcripts and then “forget” to keep paying the bill. </p>
<p>I don’t wish homelessness on you, but you need to resolve this–and if not, then also have a Plan B in terms of a job and a place to crash in the meantime. No easy solution here, one can hope the bill is small.</p>
<p>^Agree, you have to find out what it is and go from there. Since your balance was zero when you transferred, it sounds like it could be a loan that’s past due. If it was a Perkins loan you may be able to do a consolidation rather quickly - a teacher friend of mine did this when she recently found out that her transcripts/portfolio were being held over a relatively small Perkins loan that she forgot about (and swears she was never billed for). Talk with your school and your HR department.</p>