transcripts being held hostage

[cookderosa]

Schools do loan money to students. I've always paid cash for tuition, so I don't know exactly how this is done. I know people who have paid up and other who have not.

Fraud seems like a rather strong word to use for someone who "forgets" to submit a transcript. I know of a case where a person enrolled, was doing okay, then became ill and withdrew passing from all courses. The only thing on that school's transcript is a bunch of W's. This person "forgets" to mention that school. I wouldn't call that fraud.

The woman who owes money is planning on testing out of a BSBA at TESU. I expect her to be able to quickly accumulate credits through testing. Fresh start programs don't eliminate debt. They only eliminate academic course credits.

I totally get it- but I don't think the colleges see it this way. If she literally has a transcript of nothing but "W"s - you could have her EMAIL that question to TESU and see what they say. If they say not to worry about sending it in, then I wouldn't worry about mentioning the 18 grand.

PS of course email vs calling so she has it in writing.