<prompt> Human: I recently received a letter from a collection agency demanding 850 for a debt from my university. I graduated a year ago, and did not receive any email, letter or phone call from the university notifying me that there was any outstanding debt. However when I logged into my student account on the university website, there are 700 of unpaid fees listed there.Should I call the university to sort this out, or just pay the collection agency? Is there any point in trying to reduce the amount owed by negotiating with the collection agency?Im pretty annoyed that the first I hear of this outstanding debt is in the form of a collection notice, when the university does have my current contact information!  <response>: This sounds VERY fishy.I would call the university and get a thorough description of why you still owe them money.I cant see why they would give you a diploma if you owed them anything. 