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No Praise for EMU

July 28, 2005

I received a letter in the mail a few weeks back confirming that I only have four more classes to complete before I can graduate. Having been in school for so long, I’ve used up all my Stafford loans. Yeah, I know. That was a bad thing. But since I only had to pay for my Spring class and my four Fall classes, I figured getting one more loan wouldn’t be too much trouble. Getting the loan wasn’t any trouble. Getting the amount I need to graduate, however, has been unsuccessful. My school decided I needed $1200 less than what I asked for.

My loan was supposed to cover Spring and Fall. My school will not consider Spring. My loan was supposed to cover books and art supplies. My school will not consider anything but tuition. The best part? My school HAS NOT SET TUITION RATES FOR FALL 2005 YET.

IF tuition and fees remain the same, and IF only six of my twelve credit hours charges program fees, and IF my books and supplies only cost me $123, THEN they would have estimated my loan correctly FOR FALL.

In my next life, I’m doing college better than I did in this life.

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2 Responses to “No Praise for EMU”

  1. Ozzilyn Bean Says:
    August 1st, 2005 at 4:35 pm

    I am so, so, so glad to be done with college loans. No, I’m not done with college, but I’m done with loans as I will pay my way from this point on (only two more classes). It was such a hassle, from being allowed to be considered “independent” of my parents (I was 26 for god’s sake and had lived on my own for five years!) to getting the right packages, to dealing with “late fees.”

    I loved getting the late fees notice where they would direct me to the student loan office in case I was having trouble paying my bill. Uh, yeah, I’m in with the student loan office, WHY ARE YOU CHARGING ME LATE FEES BEFORE THE LOANS ARE IN?! Every semester, I would send an email to my loan officer and direct her to remove the $100-$150 in late fees that the university would try to charge me. I wonder how much money they make from people who either don’t care or don’t pay attention to that sort of stuff?

  2. Whimsy Chick Says:
    August 2nd, 2005 at 2:58 pm

    My school’s good about taking off the late fees when they see I have a loan in progress. They did sorta tick me off the other day when they sent me a postcard telling me that it would be better to get a student loan instead of using my credit card to pay tuition. Um, I only used my credit card to pay tuition because my loan was taking so long.

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