Admission blues

dyak83
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:03:47 +0000

Hi all, I am wondering if anyone has some advice on this. I applied for CSU Fullerton last year. I was laid off in September and haven’t been able to find work, so this Spring semester I signed up for all 15 units I needed in order to transfer.

During the spring semester they asked for some grade progress in May. I hand delivered my unofficial transcripts and a few weeks later I was offered admission. After the offer of admission, there were two more “deadlines”.

One deadline said final grades for spring by June 25th. The second deadline said all final transcripts by October, if not already in. I ordered my officials + IGETC from Golden West College on June 9th I believe. They got to CSUF on July 10th because GWC is real slow to get out grades and I needed the IGETC Cert.

I am given a registration date of July 20th. I am enroll blocked all the way to July 21st, so I call to ask why I am still blocked. They said that since I did not submit my grades by the 25th, I don’t get in. I told them the grades weren’t even released until the 15’th or so and I placed my order on the 9th. They said a bunch of people are in the same boat, and basically oh well.

I e-mailed them and basically they said the same thing. They told me I should have sent them unofficial grades instead. I have already been accepted at this point and also sent them a transcript in May showing all 15 units of classes I am taking. I have already accepted the offer of admission at this point, applied and receiving financial aid and have all my classes lined up perfectly ( and they are still open! ).

Basically they are trying to screw me out of college because of one little technicality. Does anyone have any experience with any of this? I know the people on the phone and those who answer the email pretty much have no power at the college anyway. Is this something I can fight, and how?

Thanks for the long read, if you made it.