March 26th, 2009
college . delta college
Financial aid meeting…
So I received an email from the Director of Financial aid at Delta College. He said he would like to have a meeting with me. I assume during this meeting he will justify the attempt to bill me for the classes that I’m currently taking. I tried to call him to schedule this meeting but only got voicemail. He ended up calling me back and we discussed over the phone the basics of the issue:
They emailed me because they sent me my degree already, midway through the semester.
This leaves me with no degree that I’m currently working towards, which the federal auditors would not like to see.
He talked with Jolene in the registrars office who told him that I “Wanted my degree pushed through as fast as possible”. This is not the case, I asked her to push through my course waiver request, which would allow me to graduate. At no time did I ever ask for a degree to be sent to me via mail, hence my surprise when it arrived. We even discussed graduation, as in the ceremony.
I’m going to talk to him at 3:00 tomorrow in his office with the academic advisor that I had been working with. He mentioned that I had not been in to see him previously, and inferred that we probably could have had it taken care of if I had.
Except, of course, for the fact that the one time I tried to go back to the financial aid office I stood at the desk for 20 minutes without an acknowledgment from the working staff. This was during the middle of the day, and yes, they saw me standing there. With that kind of service, why would I object myself to more?
I’ll be sure to update this with more information.