Stupid school!!!

Dominican University, where I earned my Master's in Library and Information Science in 2004, is claiming that I owe them tuition for classes taken in, get this, 2005.

No, I did not take classes there after I graduated. I have asked them over and over, via email, telephone, and mail, to tell me what classes these are that I supposedly took and did not pay for. Nothing. All they can tell me is their records say I owe them "tuition."

I paid for my tuituion to Dominican entirely with loans. Which I am paying off. (And which I consolidated at a kick-ass low rate, btw.)

So, now they've passed it on to a collection agency who is repeatedly calling my house. When I was finally home to talk to the lady that's calling, she was immediately bitchy. So, I was bitchy back. But then, I tried to explain that I DO NOT owe Dominican money and surely she has some sort of proof of how much I owe them and, more importantly, for what. Nope. She says she just knows I owe them money from 2005. I tried to explain that I payed for all of my tuition via loans and she tried to tell me that loans almost never cover tuition. Huh??? Somehow the fact that her children were older than me pertained to this.

Actually, the phone call ended calmly. I have to fax a written request for a "documentation of charges." And I bet all that's going to be is the same sheet of paper Domincan was sending me before that said "Tuition owed: $XXXX.XX" Yeah, that's helpful. But it's the first step, I guess.

I'm really pissed at Dominican. I love the faculty that teaches there. I really do. But the administration is seriously f*cked up. I know it's not just with me. I've heard lots of goofy stories of records being lost, registrations not working, etc.

ARGHHHHH!