Paying past due balance?

GoldenMindset
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 02:22:41 +0000

I screwed myself over so badly…

So I finished college in December but my ceremony is May. In order to participate in the ceremony, get my transcripts, and actually “graduate” I have to pay $17,000 for the hold to be released. I have tried literally everything. I’ve reached out to financial aid and they said there’s nothing they can do, tried to start a gofundme but there’s 0 donations, unable to qualify for a private loan that high, parents won’t do parent plus loan, parents do not wanna co-sign for a private loan, don’t have any savings, not enough on my credit cards to pay the bill, searched all over the internet and can’t find any scholarships or grants for past due balances, I am at the end of my ropes here.

What else can I do? If I don’t pay this balance I won’t be in my ceremony and it’ll be sent to collections.

**and before anyone says it: YES, I am aware that this was a very poor financial decision on my end. When I was like 19 or 20 transferring into this school I was not thinking about the financials at all. I was thinking oh I get to go to my dream school and I’ll get money to go there…I couldn’t have been anymore wrong. I got a 3.93 and didn’t receive a dime from this school.