IUSB and FA for Master student fiasco

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<p>I am a social work major at another college.I am glad I found this site. My husband is a grad student at IUSB. He received his BA in Applied Mathematics from his home country. We have two kids. My husband was told to take 20 extra classes. Some were English writing classes for ESL students as well some CIS pre-reqs. </p>

<p>He asked several times about the scholarships he saw posted on the IU website for grad students and was told that he was not eligible or that the scholarship was not available. He took out loans instead. Now with two semesters left, he received a letter stating that his FA was denied because he will not be able to graduated within the 150% credit limit. His appeal was denied. All his hard work and tremendous amount of debt later and nothing to show for it. We don’t know what to do. He has a 3.5 GPA and has taught several classes there. His students have done very well and he is well-liked by professors and students alike. I feel that IU owes him his last 5 classes since they demanded he take all these classes. Has anyone else had to go through this?</p>

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<p>If his professors like him so much, and he’s been a good teaching assistant, then they are the ones who should go to bat for him with the university and/or scrape up some departmental money. It is nonsense for them to say that their hands are tied. At the very least, they ought to be able to help him locate a paying job so he can work full-time on or off campus and complete his degree part-time.</p>

<p>Good luck to both of you!</p>

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<p>thank you. I had told my husband the same thing…its good to have the confirmation. He is going to go to the campus on Monday. I will post how things turn out.</p>

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<p>oh and see I should have written 20 extra credits…not classes…</p>