Money: Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000....

By poor_college_kid - 15/09/2016 12:39 - United States - Tucson

Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML

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By boned - 27/01/2010 05:25 - United States

Today, I checked my university financial account to discover I owed them over $1000. The reason? They had apparently given me too much money when I applied for a loan and now want it back. Oh, and I spent my loan money on books and a laptop for school. FML

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By AlreadyInDebt - 26/01/2011 08:52 - United States

Today, I found out that I've been paying student fees for the wrong account. Apparently I have been paying for some other student's tuition. FML

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By latepayer - 13/10/2009 15:04 - United States

Today, I found out that I owed my school $0.20. They decided to charge me a late fee of $20 for deferring the intial payment. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/03/2018 19:00

Today, I was put on academic suspension only to find out my professor entered my grade wrong. I lost my financial aid and have to explain to my parents why I’m not in college anymore. FML

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By Geezum Crow - 06/12/2018 17:30

Today, I found out my school's financial aid had a "misunderstanding" of my finances, I can no longer afford to pay half of my bills or pay for Christmas. FML

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By graphite01 - 01/11/2016 04:08 - United States - Eugene

Today, I found out that I was never actually enrolled in the class I've been attending all semester. I guess that explains why I only got $400 dollars in student aid, not the 1,200 they said I'd get. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/10/2009 04:46 - United States

Today, I applied for college graduation. Turns out my advisor screwed me over and now I'm 1 credit hour short of getting my degree. Now I have to wait another semester and pay $3,500 just to take a one hour class on Bowling so that I can graduate. FML

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By Whoneedsgradschool - 20/04/2017 20:00

Today, my parents gave me a letter they'd forgotten about since late last year. In it was a $30,000 scholarship to a local master's program with an application due date of two weeks ago. FML

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By Imthatfirstguy1 - 10/04/2018 15:00

Today, I owe about $18,000 for a useless degree. Why? I graduated in 2016 from the ITT Technical Institute, a few months before the school shut down for good. The kicker? They misspelled my name on the diploma. FML

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By effme - 01/06/2010 06:05 - United States

Today, I spent ages applying for a scholarship online. I found out on the very last page that I do not meet the qualifications for it. FML

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candleandflame 19

Monday 3 October 2016 9:07

Was that your mistake or the Colleges? Because if it was theirs they certainly shouldn't penalise you for it!

ewildawe 9

Monday 3 October 2016 9:14

Educate your college. It's unacceptable for them to penalize you for minor errors such as name misspellings.

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heyLaddieHey 18

Monday 3 October 2016 20:45

Fight that shit! I'm sure it'll be awarded as back pay

daydreamer329 8

Monday 3 October 2016 21:54

I just watched something very similar to this on shameless...

worthypegram1 13

Monday 3 October 2016 22:11

That problem should be fixable. You should further discuss that with your school's business office

im_teekay 7

Tuesday 4 October 2016 10:32

People misspell my name all the time - even when I spell it out to them. When my mum was a child she always had teachers telling her that her name (not just the spelling) was wrong and that she actually meant something else. It's frustrating and people are morons who don't pay attention. I expect whoever transcribed OP's data was one such person