<prompt> Human: Im not sure if this is even the right sub, but I am seriously struggling for some answers and you guys may be able to help. I apologize for formatting and spelling errors. Im on mobile and so mad that Im seeing red.So, right when I graduated high school, I decided to attend a university. None of my family went to college and I received most of the help I needed figuring out how it worked from a boyfriend I had at the time. I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do. I enrolled in 15 credit hours while still working full time. It didnt take long in to the semester for me to realize I was not cut out for higher education at this time. I decided to be done. I dont know why I assumed the school would know that I had decided to not go, or I may have thought if I just didnt attend they would just drop me from the class. Nevertheless, I was a dumb 18 year old who should have withdrawn from the classes, but at that time I wasnt even sure if I knew how to do that or even that there are academic counselors for those things. The semester ends, I continue working, and as I see more and more of my high school peers attending universities, I feel bad and enroll again. Same story. Stupid mistake. If I wasnt cut out for it last semester, I wasnt for this one as well.So I gave up on the college idea and decided to just work. Five years go by, I buy a house, have a fairly successful career and am much more stable than I was at 18. So I decide that Ive grown up enough to attend school and actually do it. I enroll at the local community college, work my ass off, graduate with an associates in 1 and a half years with a 3.85 GPA. I contact the same university I had previously attended they have a specialized program for my specific major that is top rated in the nation, I really wanted to be in that program. I meet with a counselor who tells me that since it had been over 4 years since I had attended the university, those other 2 previous semesters would be wiped and not accounted for. I was thrilled. I apply for the college, get approved, get my financial aid squared away since paying cash for the significantly more expensive university, like I had at community college, wasnt an option and started my first semester. I take 13 credit hours Id been taking 16 every semester, summer included, at community college and thought Id give myself a little break and get my final grades back 2 days ago saying I have a GPA of 3.77 and passed all of my classes. My program sends me a congratulatory e-mail saying that since I did so well, I am accepted in to the program and can begin my specialized courses.Not even an hour later I receive an e-mail from the university financial aid office. It states that due to my academic standing, all of my financial aid has been revoked and I have a tuiton bill of 8,900 due by January 11th. If I do not pay it, they will unenroll me from all 6 of my enrolled classes for next semster. All of which are completely full and have waiting lists for. So once Im dropped, that spot will be taken immediately. I call the office, am greated with a message saying they will be closed from December 25th til January 2nd and to try after that date. Its the 23rd...even their own recording says they should be open.I decide to email the aid office with the email I received attached asking if there has been some kind of mistake.They respond back saying there is no mistake at all, that I have not completed at least 67 of my classes Ive enrolled in at the university therefore Im no longer elligible for aid. I respond back that upon admission, I was assured that my previous semesters from over 4 years ago would not be accounted for and that I completed all 4 classes i had enrolled in this semester. The response I recieved said that it didnt matter how long ago the semesters were, it still counts and because I was unable to get that percentage to 67 this semester, Im no longer elligible...I would have had to enrolled in and passed 48 credit hours 16 three credit hour courses all in one semester to still be elligible. It is almost comical to think about that. The university is telling me I should have taken 16 classes in one semester. So this university ropes me in, tells me that my previous semesters are scrubbed, allows me to take out loans and pay them a huge amount of money for my first semester, all while knowing that it would be completely impossible for me to be elligible for aid after this semester. I know I screwed up at 18 years old. I tried so insanely hard over the last 2 years to do good and accomplished a lot and was so excited to be able to be in this program, and now Im being swindled by the school. I dont even know how to begin to handle this. Its like one small person up against an entire university, but Im feeling so slighted by the whole situation.Merry Christmas to me right?  <response>: You need to get a deans office involved. Highest level of university possible. Head of your program? Undergraduate Dean? Someone who oversees both academics and finances. 