exotickiss87
May 21, 2009, 08:32 PM
Ok my boyfriend seems to think DeVry is ripping me off and I'm beginning to think so too.
I've been attending classes online since March 2008.
In my second semester, I was sent a refund check, which 2 weeks later I was told I had to send back (after spending most of it) because online students are eligible to get refunds from NY TAP grants.
I never paid this back so I got cut back to part time. Everything was going good up until this past semester.
I received an email stating I needed to reapply for a fellowship that I never applied for in the first place. I called the school and I found out I was receiving another girls' fellowship award (same name) for the past 2 semesters.
I spoke with the first guy and they said they would write it off as their mistake.
Within a few weeks I'm receiving a phone call stating I owe just about $7000 because of their mistake. They got me 2 loans to cover this but I don't understand why I have to pay back something that I had no control over. Then I got sent a check for $1600 and same thing as before, got told to send it back.
After I get it cashed and go to pay it they say I only owe $456.. so I pay it and spend the rest to fix my car. This last week I received an email that I'd be receiving a check for $2500.. this time I actually called the school and found out that I do have to send it back.
NOW...
I've got the check and today there was another $1200 charged to my account for the rest of the check I didn't send back a few weeks ago.
I'm up to $12,000 just in loans (I have 2 grants as well) and I'm even half way done with my degree.
I'm still currently enrolled into a class, which by the looks of it will be my last because there's no way for me to come up with $1200 by July 3rd.
Any suggestions or help with this would appreciated. I'm not speaking with anyone from the college until next week and I'd really like some insight to what I should do.
I've been attending classes online since March 2008.
In my second semester, I was sent a refund check, which 2 weeks later I was told I had to send back (after spending most of it) because online students are eligible to get refunds from NY TAP grants.
I never paid this back so I got cut back to part time. Everything was going good up until this past semester.
I received an email stating I needed to reapply for a fellowship that I never applied for in the first place. I called the school and I found out I was receiving another girls' fellowship award (same name) for the past 2 semesters.
I spoke with the first guy and they said they would write it off as their mistake.
Within a few weeks I'm receiving a phone call stating I owe just about $7000 because of their mistake. They got me 2 loans to cover this but I don't understand why I have to pay back something that I had no control over. Then I got sent a check for $1600 and same thing as before, got told to send it back.
After I get it cashed and go to pay it they say I only owe $456.. so I pay it and spend the rest to fix my car. This last week I received an email that I'd be receiving a check for $2500.. this time I actually called the school and found out that I do have to send it back.
NOW...
I've got the check and today there was another $1200 charged to my account for the rest of the check I didn't send back a few weeks ago.
I'm up to $12,000 just in loans (I have 2 grants as well) and I'm even half way done with my degree.
I'm still currently enrolled into a class, which by the looks of it will be my last because there's no way for me to come up with $1200 by July 3rd.
Any suggestions or help with this would appreciated. I'm not speaking with anyone from the college until next week and I'd really like some insight to what I should do.