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    Default Grounds For Disputing Student Debt

    My question involves collection proceedings in the State of: Pennsylvania

    I'm not sure where this belongs in the forums, but this area seems to be the closest match.

    I was lately a student at Drexel University's College of Engineering. I transferred two years' worth of credits from community and received a $11,000 a year scholarship. (50% of tuition, basically)

    My academic career at Drexel consisted of three classes, owing to a problem synchronizing their curriculum with the classes I already had. The next semester there was a problem registering due to the fact that I wasn't "officially" a student of the CoE, again owing to the transfer and a bureaucratic SNAFU. By the time this was cleared up I was unable to get into any necessary classes. I then announced that I'd had enough and decided to transfer to UPenn.

    I mention this only because the bones of my dispute come from being billed $11,000 (full tuition minus scholarship) when it was literally impossible for me to take advantage of the program. My counter offer is to pay the "a-la-carte" per credit hour cost for the classes I was able to attend.

    My question then, is this: If it comes to an actual court appearance, does my claim have any merit? I'm fairly certain I can demonstrate that it was impossible for me to take a full course load, and that after transferring I did so at UPenn. I don't think it will go that far, but if it does I would like to have some idea where I stand.

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    Default Re: Grounds For Disputing Student Debt

    This is a student loan collection action, or an action by the college to collect unpaid tuition?

    If the former, is this a federally guaranteed student loan? If not, describe the nature of the loan.

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    Default Re: Grounds For Disputing Student Debt

    My apologies, that's why this post doesn't really belong here. It's not a loan, just straight debt. Wasn't sure where else to put it.

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