Hi everyone,
I am currently trying to transfer to a four-year university and am running into a road block. I am 30 years old and when I graduated from High School I started at a local community college. After my first semester my parents lost their business and I had to work full-time to help them get everything back together, I then moved across the country and was not able to finish my second semester. For the next 10 years or so I have worked in business and done OK, but I decided to go back to school a few years ago, so through my work I could attend Strayer. Well, after multiple issues with Strayers financial aid office (losing my packet that I hand delivered to their office), I was told I could not continue classes unless I paid for them, but since my financial aid information was lost, I wasn’t able to get any. So I had to drop from Strayer only a few weeks into starting and then they sent me a bill for $3500, which I fought them over and eventually had it removed from my credit. So fast forward to Jan 2016 and I am back in a community college, they told me I could start all over as a freshman so all my issues from leaving school when I was younger would not be relevant anymore. I am now at 31 credit hours with them, holding a 4.0 GPA, and qualify to transfer to the local four-year university here.
The problem I am running into is that the four-year university wants my transcripts from my current college, my previous college from 11-12 years ago, and Strayer. Most of the credits from my old college I have retaken at my current college, so I am hoping it won’t mess up my GPA too terribly, but Strayer I am stuck on. They lost my paperwork, then blamed me, charged my $3500, then reported it to my credit which all three agencies removed from my credit when I showed them the email strings that it was their fault. But now I know Strayer will not release anything to the four-year university unless I pay them the $3500. Will explaining the situation to an admissions officer at the four-year university help me avoid having to deal with Strayer all together? Or will I have to take Strayer to court over this? Any suggestions?
Thanks for any advice ahead of time.