Transcripts. Help.

Hey all. I’ll try to make this short. Went to college in 2009/2010 and I didn’t make the best decisions and essentially flunked out. Took some time off and I’m trying to get back into school now. It’s just a tech school. Because of my academic suspension, I’ve had to go through the appeal process. I’m one step away from completing this process and the only thing that I have left to do is get my transcripts.

I took out a loan for what I thought would be a full year. Since I quit going, the loan needed to be paid immediately. It went into default because of my bad decisions. About a two years ago, I was able to get it out of default and away from a collections agency. I’m on a repayment plan where I make monthly payments. It’s a small fee monthly, but they’re working with me based on income.

I now have to request my transcripts from the school. They have unofficial ones that I can access, but I’ve been told the official ones are the way to go. I’ve heard that I would have to pay the full amount of the loan before the official ones are released. I’m wondering how that is possible if the point of a loan is to pay back as you go because you don’t have the full amount right now…I’m also repaying monthly, so does that help?

You’ll need to discuss this with your former school. Since you’re on a repayment plan and up-to-date they may send the transcript.

Thanks for your reply. I was able to contact someone from records/registration and they said there aren’t any holds on my file so I am able to obtain the official copy.

Excellent. Good luck in the new school.