By Anonymous - 21/01/2011 00:10 - United States

Today, I called the college of my dreams to check the status of my application. Turns out they "never received" copies of my transcripts. They did however cash the $70 application fee that was mailed with them. FML
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pwincessa23 1

have someone look into it. I'm sure They can track down who cashed the check.

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DarkHelmet 10

That's the college education system for you!! Your lucky you got to use a check, most colleges want money orders now for app fees. Those sneaky *******...MOs are harder to trace than checks so you should actually feel good about this cause if it were the other way around you'd be SOL

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underguarded 20

I'd get a refund if you can? who wants to go to a college like that?

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princessjasmine2_fml 0

the same thing happened to me! it was a college in Europe so the application fees altogether cost over two hundred dollars.

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hghiPigh 0

that's easy to fix. now shut yer trap and move aside so my fml can get published.

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zargon 1

Why is your check with the transcripts? This sounds like a potential answer to this mystery. In particular, this implies that either your school is paying for your application fees (highly unlikely), or your were sending your transcript yourself. Colleges don't often accept transcripts except from whatever institution the transcript is for.

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TheUnknown_fml 9

doesn't make sense. maybe this is just for the UC but people usually send in and pay the application around November. after you get accepted, you have to mail your transcript to verify your grades in the application. application and the transcript is totally separate process. I gusss Washington do things differently?

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guckylynn 19

You should not be sending your transcripts. They are something you request from your previous schools you've attended. You would have sent in an application, and with that application, you would have sent in the, in this case, 70 dollar fee. Regardless of if you complete that application or not, that money now belongs to that college or university, except under the most extreme conditions. Welcome to the real world.

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jayellef 3

I agree unknown... I did the same thing when applying to CSULB. you apply by November 1st. wait to hear if you got into the school. then give them admission fee, op got off easy mine was $250. then send in transcripts. I called to ask them if they received mine and they said not yet but a's long as it's postmarked before the date then I'd be fine. op just needs to wait. but I guess Washington does it differently then CA.

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boatkicker 4

It depends on whether or not you're still in high school when you apply, and what college you're applying to. If you're still in high school, you send in your application, and an unofficial transcript, or sometimes they just let you enter in your own grades. At the end of the school year, (which yes, is after you're accepted) and they verify your grades, and that you've graduated. If you've already graduated when you apply, or if you're applying as a transfer student, you send ALL your paperwork in at the same time. Transcripts (from high school and any college you may have attended), application, and anything else they ask for. EITHER WAY if you don't send in an official transcript you are not accepted, or your acceptance goes away.

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savvy_suzy 0

This sort of thing is normal. I was in uni for 13 years and the only advice I have is: stay on top of it/them. This sort of thing happens all the time. Departments don't talk to one another, etc. It is up to you to make sure the wheels are still rolling. Welcome to being an adult existing in a bureaucracy. Read some Kafka, it'll make you feel better.

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Luke1717 0

yeah I would go through so much trouble to get that money back just because they did something like this, I mean they don't deserve it and FYL

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jellyfishdelight 0

welcome to college/adult life. Everyone wants your money and makes sure you pass out from exhaustion trying to earn it.

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42billybob 5

I wouldn't go there. It's either got a corrupt head office which will milk you for money you don't have (it's easy for them to do that... most students don't know dick all about money yet), or they have an incompetent head office with a really bad filing system so you'll see this shit happen all year.

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LilaBear 1

or, there was just one corrupt person who happened to open that application and it has nothing to do with the rest of the office. Be realistic.

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tiggeruno 2

most colleges and universities only take official transcripts. that means they don't take yours, they take the ones you have ordered from your previous school to their registrar. think you need glasses or remedial reading since it says that on the application...

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