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By collegedoesntwantme - 07/03/2009 01:48 - United States

Today, I got a letter from my college saying that if my tuition was not paid in the next 24 hours, I will be terminated from classes. Turns out account services has been depositing my tuition money in another student’s account whose social security number was one digit different from mine. FML
I agree, your life sucks 82 415
You deserved it 3 263

yeeesh tells us more.

yeeesh 0

my ssn was correct, but some dumbass work-study in account services was handling payments apparently and somehow put the mailed checks from my parents into someone else's account. my parents came in person to pay by check after i got another letter saying i was to move out of my dorm since the tuition still hasn't been paid. all they could say was, "oh, we're sorry, but here's your money back," after i was humiliated by eviction from my dorm room and already suspended from classes.

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TryToBeKind 0

It looks like something could be fixed then, I'd think. I know they'd want YOU to check and make sure the SS was the same but if some stoned work-study typed it in wrong and you EXPECTED to see your SS when you checked the info . . . it's easy to see that's why you didn't catch the mistake. Of course, the other student ALSO should have checked to see why their account was being paid off so fast, too. Me? I think that student owes the money back or else, the univeristy immediately needs to reactivate your account (read, pay it) and go after THAT other student. Pronto. And, they need to find out exactly who typed in that number wrong and send them to the unemployment line or suspend them from school if they're a student.

I know this comment is almost two years old, but I had to point out the fact you used two semicolons incorrectly. :/

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marris 0

Actually this is in part her fault, who doesn't realize that they're getting tuition notices for making zero payments on their bills? If she hadn't ignored all the warning notices, the problem would have been fixed long before this happened

ohlife 0

Everyone that said that these people should be sued is a little bit extreme. I'm really sorry this happened to you and it absolutely sucks. But really people that everything that goes wrong in their life can be fixed with a lawsuit when it actually speaks volumes about you as a person when you learn to deal with the "humiliation" from your eviction and forgive people.

meddude 0

#24: i don't believe anyone said "everything that goes wrong in their life can be fixed with a lawsuit". this was a huge mistake by the college and having a college work study give a little apology to the student just doesn't cut it. there needs to be retribution. it is unacceptable for a college to cause that much trouble and humiliation and then expect everything to be fine.

that sucks. that is like the ultimate FML

Ouch. you should have gone postal on them.

tomorrowbroadway 0

Sounds like a lawsuit to me...

lolacaust 0

i agree with 28.. when you own the college rename it after yourself lol

This happened to a friend of mine. You're lucky you go to a school that was willing to correct the problem. My friend was going to Community College, and someone in the administration applied her financial aid loans to another student's account. When she confronted them about the problem, they sent her on a wild goose chase through the administration. It wound up that they still gave the money to the other student and my friend is still trying to fight them after over a year. She had to stop going to school because of it. I honestly do not think they'll ever resolve the problem and it's really not enough money to go to Court over, but it's still a lot to her.

OMG. that totally sucks! hope u got it fixed!