| $17,000 tuition debt now in collections
January of 2006 I attended a private university in Minneapolis, MN before I enrolled I called the financial aid desk to inquire what sort of funding I could recieve, since I was entering a program within the school for recovering alcoholics and my parents had a large debt load from my going to treatment, halfway house, legal fees, etc. I was told that I would qualify for independent status even though I was only 22. I was assured that I would have sufficient loans and grants to cover my tuition. I went to the school and went the entire semester without notification of any of the loans I had gotten, I went in to the financial aid office 3 times a week and was told everything was fine. 3 days before the semester ended on a Friday I was called and told that I had not qualified for independent status since that is reserved for people who have been abused and I had gotten a 2000.00 loan leaving me with a balance of 12000.00 which if I did not pay by Monday I would not be able to return to school and would be sent to collections. I had no options to pay this amount of money so I moved out of the dorms and waited for a bill from the school, I have not recieved a single bill from the college and now I have been sent to collections with a 17000 debt instead of 12000.00 I recieved the collection letter and called to figure out a way to work it out, I was verbally accosted and told that if I did not pay in full it showed an unwillingness to pay and my wages would be garnished ... is there any legal recourse I have against the school???
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