I'm seeking advice on whether I should pursue submitting a tuition appeal to my university. Any advice one might have would be greatly appreciated. I've tried to find advice from a pro bono lawyer in my area but that doesn't seem to be happening.
Has anyone else dealt with a similar issue? Apparently by KY state law you have to give your university tax return transcripts DIRECTLY from the IRS, they won't take one from your tax provider, even though it's just as legitimate. I was officially de-registered from my classes last fall, as I could not meet the school's deadline to get the required document to them. The de-registration occurred because without the transcript from the IRS, they could not allow my financial aid to be activated. Essentially, I was backed into a corner. I tried everything I could. I called the IRS, I tried to order my transcript from their website, I faxed them from Staples, I called a physical office in downtown Cincinnati which told me they DO NOT hand them out to people like that. Now the university has charged me half of the tuition owed for the semester all because of this. I don't have 2,000 to blow away on the school, that financial aid should have covered in the first place.
Basically, they are demanding that money to be paid, just to activate the aid that was supposed to cover that amount. How does that make any sense?? Very frustrated with the situation and I know that it's not right what they're doing--even though on paper this is what they're legally allowed to do.
Do I even have a chance of appealing this when the school is putting the fault completely on me? If not, is there any sort of agency out there that could help me to lower the amount owed?
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