University withholding transcript

[sanantone]

If it were me, I think I would be focusing on paying off my debts to the previous school before trying to get assistance to shell out more funds on another school.

Basically, your plan is to get funds from one, pay off the debt from the previous, and then be in debt again to the new school?

I am not familiar with the U.S. school loan system, but don't they check someones previous outstanding debt before shelling out additional funds?

The point of an education loan is to not be in debt to the school, but to a bank/lender. So they would be getting a loan to pay ALL of their schools, including the one they currently owe money to.

That said, you have a valid point. That's the point of working with the New Mexico schools. They could get a Pell Grant, pay for courses there, and still have money left to use towards the outstanding debt, all without having to borrow.

With the direct loan system, you're in debt to the federal government, which is better than being in debt to a bank. Neither of the student loan debts can be discharged in bankruptcy, but the federal loans come with more protections.

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If it were me, I think I would be focusing on paying off my debts to the previous school before trying to get assistance to shell out more funds on another school.

Basically, your plan is to get funds from one, pay off the debt from the previous, and then be in debt again to the new school?

I am not familiar with the U.S. school loan system, but don't they check someones previous outstanding debt before shelling out additional funds?

I was in debt to WIU when I received financial aid at three different schools. I used my refund check from the Alamo Colleges (or maybe it was Central Texas College) to pay off the debt so that I could graduate from TESC. The federal financial aid system does not check, and probably doesn't have the ability to check, if you're in debt to a school. There's no credit check for Direct Loans.

My debt was smaller, though. I only owed $2,700. To be honest, they wouldn't negotiate like they did with credit card debt.