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    Default How to Dispute Tuition Debt After Dropping Out

    My question involves collection proceedings in the State of: Texas

    I attended the Art Institute of Austin in 2010. I only attended for 3 weeks. I had federal aid and upon withdrawing from school the federal aid was refunded. I never heard from the school again.
    My reason for withdrawing was because I could not afford out of pocket costs the school wanted. The school is claiming that I owe them $6544.96 which is absolutely absurd. They sent me a ledger showing that they refunded the government the money and charged me instead. They also claim they sent my debt to collections, but there is nothing on my credit report. I want to dispute the charges, but the lady I spoke with in the accounting office wouldn't give me any help. She just kept insisting I owe the money and I need to set up a payment plan. What do I do? I only attended for 3 weeks, I was under the age of 25, and I come from a lower class background. I average $10,000 a year in income. I barely scrape by as it is and now 7 years later they are asking for money. Its not a third party, its the actual school.

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    Default Re: How Do I Dispute Tuition

    Can you draw Tippy?

    Well, anyway, you're out of luck. Betty De Vos says you're screwed if you were suckered into taking out student loans for the scam for-profit institutions she endorses. How much money you could make based on your laughable education was never intended to be a factor.

    $6K for a semester at a private institution isn't unheard of. What makes you think there is any recourse? You shouldn't have voted for Trump.

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    Default Re: How Do I Dispute Tuition

    Quote Quoting flyingron
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    Can you draw Tippy?
    that was cold Ron. Funny but cold.

    Lustikitty,

    why do you belive you don’t actually owe the debt? Was there an allowed withdrawal period that let you out of the contract? If so, were you within any applicable time limits?

    Anyway, unless I’m mistaken the statute of limitations for your debt is 4 years. That means they cannot successfully sue you to collect the debt. Unless you’ve done something to restart the clock on the debt and since it isn’t being reported on your credit report I would ignore them.

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