I'm am a student and am getting screwed by the on line college I go to. I need a lawyer?

Question

I'm a student at Axia college of the University of Phoenix, this past January I told my academic advisor I wanted to change my major from IT to Criminal Justice. I was told by her that I could not do so at that time because the colleges were transferring over from Western International University to the Univ of Phoenix. They claimed that too much time would lapse between the transfers to keep my financial aid and that I had already taken too many IT classes to transfer. 7 weeks into my next IT class I asked again why I could not have switched explaining that it would not have effected my credits, Studdering she realized she had made a mistake and I could have transferred and she didn't know how she could have made that mistake and would get with her supervisor and would get back with me. Her supervisor said she would gladly switch me to CJ but I have to repay $1700 for the 2 classes that I just completed. Now they are claiming that I did not get back to them to switch. I need a lawyer

Does anyone know of a Attorney that would be willing to help me? or can they direct me to one that will help. I live in Nebraska and the University is in Arizona

I feel that I should not be required to pay for the 2 classes that I wont need and was forced to take so I wouldn't lose my aid

Classes have been paid thru financial aid they want the money from classes they have been paid for. I flunked 1 (I knew I would because the class b4 I passed with a B and didn't understand any of it) Prob with small claims is they are in Phoenix, AZ I'm in central Nebraska.

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Answer 1

I'm a lawyer and you don't need one. The fees they would charge you would be far more than you lost, and if you want to continue in the Criminal Justice program, you don't want to turn this into a huge deal. I'm not sure I understand the details, though. When they say you have to repay them, do you mean that they have not yet been paid for the two classes you are currently taking? If not, write them a letter making it clear that you ONLY took these classes because they told you you could not transfer, and since they have since changed their story, the classes are meaningless to you. If you have already paid, and you want your money back, you need to take them to Small Claims court. The amount is small enough that this should be relatively simple. Just make sure you have records of when your phone calls to them occurred, and be very factual about what you said and what they said to you. You can't even use a lawyer in Small Claims court, so you won't be facing a lawyer for the School, but whichever individual from their staff that they send (if they don't decide to settle with you first, which they very well may).

Answer 2

I'm sorry that you got taken by these guys. U. of Phoenix and all the schools like them are legalized scams. And the only thing they want to do is take your money. Personally, I'd check with a traditional college and see what you might get transferred in terms of credit and leave that so-called university. I think you probably need to take the lawyer's advice that answered previously, but you might want to see if there any suits taking place against the U. of Phoenix system. Something tells me there just might be. I am not sure if it would be the same as your case at any rate, but you never know. One thing that I do think will happen is a class action suit at some point against the U. of Phoenix or schools like them, once people really get to know what their "admissions" office is, which is a tele-sales force dedicated to getting you into the program at all costs.

Answer 3

Have you exhausted all other avenues already? I'm sure it's more difficult with an on-line university, but at a brick-and-mortar school you would talk with the department chair, the dean of students, and the registrar to try to get everything straightened out. I don't think a lawyer would help you if you've only talked with your advisor so far. I would think you would be more effective arguing your position without a lawyer, at least at first. Once lawyers get involved, the process becomes much longer and more difficult. Plus you might have to pay the lawyer more than $1700 to get things resolved, especially long distance.

Answer 4

Open up your phone book or do a google search for things like that. I'm being serious...yahoo answers isn't the best place for legal things like this, half the time people are just being dumba**ses when they answer.

Answer 5

huh