Do I have to pay a tuition debt to a university if I was admitted but never attended classes?
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Do I have to pay a tuition debt to a university if I was admitted but never attended classes?
Last fall I was slated to attend a university. I attended orientation where we registered for classes. I ran into financial issues and couldn’t attend. I called an admissions representative and told them I would need to defer my admission until the next year. They said that was fine and did not inform me of any further steps that I would need to take. Now, I have received a letter from a debt collector saying that I owed $10,000+ to the school. I called the collector and informed him that I never attended the school nor signed any financial forms. He said it didn’t matter since I didn’t officially drop my classes.
Asked on July 14, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, Illinois
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
To answer your question, you first need to read your contract to attend the university that you wer accepted to attend as well as all other documents that the university sent you including a student handbook.
These documents would control whether you owe the $10,000 or not for failing to get a written deferral from the university to start up courses the following year.
If you failed to comply with the "contract" and school rules that you agreed to by enrolling at the university and owe the $10,000, you should meet with one of the deans and admission/tuition personnel to see if the school might try and work out the money you apparently owe it since you did not sign/file documents deferring your enrollment and tutition payment for the following year.
Good luck.
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