University withholding transcript

[davewill]

Wow- I've been lurking for a week now and did not know any of this. I still owe thousands for undergrad. And I was thinking of just getting another one bc might be cheaper in order to do a wgu mba. Looks like I'll need to rethink the strategy. That's okay. Goals are good for me. Challenge accepted.

Do you owe money to the school or money for student loans? If you owe for student loans, then you aren't in debt to the school, and they will release your transcript.

Yes, this is getting a bit conflated in this thread. The OP is in debt to the school, that's why they won't release their transcripts. As Sanantone stated above, that can happen when aid is revoked. It can also happen when the student has ancillary fees like parking tickets or library fines that they haven't paid. In normal cases, you can't get in debt to the school for tuition as the school will drop the student (either before or very shortly after the term starts) if they aren't paid up front.

Owing on student loans, or even defaulting on them, doesn't create a problem with transcripts, as the money is owed to the lender, not the school.