more about this graduation I was invited to participate in

[simplyn2deep]

heard back from the school. the e-mail is/was legit.

apparently my username is my name plus my original password.

so I log in for more information and get this message:

You are not yet eligible to register for graduation because you have an outstanding balance. To pay this balance, please contact Victoria Goykhman, Tuition Financing Specialist, at (xxx) xxx-xxxx, extension xxx. Once your balance is paid in full, you will be able to register for graduation. If you feel you have received this message in error, please contact Stephanie Perez at (xxx) xxx-xxxx, extension xxx.

Umm whut? As far as I know, the only "outstanding balance" I have are my student loans. And I don't think I would have been able to graduate, as it were, if I owed anything else. So now I have to call back and see what this mess is all about.

But besides that, there are "Graduation Fees"! $39 for graduation fee, includes cap and gown. and get this! $19 per guest that you would like to invite and I have a limit of 5 people I can invite.

Uhh pass on that! But I'm still going to find out about this "outstanding balance" I supposed owe.

eta: so I don't have an outstanding balance and they've made a note of that so I can register for the ceremony...if I was going to attend that is. I think it's ridiculous that I have to pay and then pay for up to 5 guests too. If this would have happened a few weeks or a month after I finished the program and got my certificate in the mail, I would have probably given it more consideration.



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[bergeronprocess.livejournal.com]

I had to pay $50 to apply for graduation (two semesters before expected date and no one tells you of this LOL) and then I can't remember how much for the cap and gown, but I own it outright now, but I was able to invite as many people as I wished for FREE. That's a ripoff what your school is doing! I'm sure they have some sort of facility big enough to hold anyone who wanted to go, so why leech some more money like that?!

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

For this degree I went to one of those colleges they advertise on tv (I don't know if they do there) and you can take classes online, which is what I did.

So, the graduation is going to be at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and that place can hold 2,500-3,000 people. No telling how many graduates there are going to be since they will be a year's worth of students from various subject fields.

With my first degree, I went to an actual JC and could invite however many people I wanted and only had to pay for my cap & gown. and then if I wanted any of the pictures they took after I got my degree folder and shook hands with the official people, that was going to be extra.

[bluedelft.livejournal.com]

That's good about getting things worked out with the balance and crazy regarding the fees!

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

i know right! I only had to pay like $25 for my cap & gown, but I didn't have to pay for my guests!

[dontelltheelf.livejournal.com]

Wow, I guess that they are really hurting for money if they want you to pay for guests to attend your graduation. That's so lame! I'm not surprised there are fees for cap & gown though. As long as you don't have to pay for your diploma.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

I figured I'd have to pay for my cap & gown. I did when I graduated from Cypress College, but I didn't expect to have to pay for guests.

I got my diploma/degree in the mail at the beginning of December

[dontelltheelf.livejournal.com]

I totally forgot haha