I signed up for 12 DE hours for the spring. 3 went fine, the fourth the TA F*ed up with my exam and never sent it. He refused to send it after May 9, said I had to wait til the end of Summer I. So, I get an email about unsatisfactory progress thanks to the incomplete on my spring transcript. I email the dude back to fix it. I get my award letter, and I have $400/semester in grants. Previously, I was receiving $4000 in grants because of my awesome GPA. I think the TA cost me $3600, because they probably pulled my grants away between the time they sent me that email and I replied back to fix it. Am I right?

PS, I'm waiting for my financial aid officer to call me back. I'm already maxed on my loans - without these grants, I don't fucking graduate, because I don't have $$.

7/5/2006 10:51:08 AM

Are you kidding me? Thats terrible.

7/5/2006 10:52:52 AM

yep, same thing happened to me, running down to the financial aid office to turn in my forms and my letter to the financial aid officer to grant my appeal, hopefully

7/5/2006 10:57:45 AM

That really sucks. I'd hurt that bastard TA.

7/5/2006 11:44:02 AM

^^ I wonder if it was the same class ....

Are the appeals forms online? I'm going to go look, but if you could post/PM a link if you already know where to find them that'd be awesome.

7/5/2006 11:49:46 AM

Maybe it was an Act of God, just kidding that sucks hope you get everything fixed

7/5/2006 3:00:48 PM

This is one of those items, unless you live more than 5 hours away, that should be taken care of in person. You'll probably need to run around campus collecting signatures from more than just the financial aid office.

7/5/2006 7:28:56 PM

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"I think the TA cost me $3600, because they probably pulled my grants away between the time they sent me that email and I replied back to fix it. Am I right? "

maybe you shouldn't bitch about it til you know you're right

7/5/2006 7:55:13 PM

^ What a tool.

If someone farked you over $3,600 (I mean, deductive reasoning alone leads one to believe the TA's mishandling caused the grant money to vanish, considering it was the only variable that changed compared to all the previous semesters), you'd be rightfully upset too.

7/6/2006 9:28:42 AM

damn, i'd be pissed as hell. Yes, the best thing to do is go to the financial aid office in person. They are indeed much more helpful in person than on the telephone.

7/6/2006 9:42:17 AM

My officer did call my back yesterday - some (like 200) was my fault for checking a wrong box ... but the rest was because my package was delayed. They fixed it and are supposed to send me a new award letter.

FYI, at the time the award letter was sent I lived 450 miles away, so taking care of it in person wasn't an option. I'm back now, but I'd still have to drag my kids with me, so I'm ecstatic it was resolved over the phone.

7/6/2006 9:57:11 AM

nice!

7/6/2006 12:07:20 PM

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"^ What a tool. If someone farked you over $3,600 (I mean, deductive reasoning alone leads one to believe the TA's mishandling caused the grant money to vanish, considering it was the only variable that changed compared to all the previous semesters), you'd be rightfully upset too."

glad she got everything worked out

but there's no sense in jumping to conclusions and blindly accusing people because you're pissed off...

7/6/2006 7:44:56 PM