College I attend messed up academic probation.

[AstonMartin39]

In the spring of 2018, the college I attended told me I would be placed on academic probation for dropping a few classes. I told them that this was fine, and at the end of the semester, I didn't register for classes in the fall 2018 term. However, within the last few weeks, it has come to my attention that I was never placed on probation at all. In fact, I could have registered for classes just fine, but didn't due to someone from this establishment telling me that I would indeed be placed on probation. Upon further investigation, I now have in writing that the college was wrong, and they are sorry. However, they don't want to do anything to remedy it. Can I be compensated for lost time at all? This debacle has pushed my graduation back by an entire semester, and as a result, I have also had to start paying off student loan debt earlier than I should have. In addition to that, the entire situation put me under a lot of emotional distress. Is there anything I can gain from this?

 

[HighwayMan]

As far as I know being placed on academic probation does not prevent you from registering for classes.

 

[AstonMartin39]

As far as I know being placed on academic probation does not prevent you from registering for classes.

Why would I register for classes if someone from the school tells me directly "you will be on academic probation"? At that point, it's easy to think "well shoot this is going to happen so it looks like I won't be allowed in school next semester."

 

[HighwayMan]

Why would I register for classes if someone from the school tells me directly "you will be on academic probation"?

So you can make an effort to get off of it.

No one told you that you couldn't register for classes. That was YOUR decision. Now you're trying to blame the school for that?

You should have taken some responsibility and known what the rules were for being placed on probation.

 

[AstonMartin39]

So you can make an effort to get off of it.

No one told you that you couldn't register for classes. That was YOUR decision. Now you're trying to blame the school for that?

Absolutely not. I do, however, blame the institution 100% for giving me false information which led me to make decisions that would have been done much differently had I been given the proper information. I even have an email from them stating "yes, we messed up." They admitted to error.

 

[HighwayMan]

So what? YOU should be familiar with what academic probation is and what it means. YOU should have known whether you were on track for it or not based upon your grades and whatever other factors are involved in your school.

You seem to be blaming the school for YOUR failure to register for classes when you were not prohibited from doing so. How do you get off of academic probation? By getting your GPA up. You don't do that by burying your head in the sand and dropping out of school. That's all on you, not the school.

 

[AstonMartin39]

I don't think you understand some of the things I am saying. If you get thrown out of somewhere and they tell you not to come back, do you go back the next day acting like nothing happened? No. The establishment has made it clear that you are not allowed there. So why would I be registering for classes at an institution that expressed to me that I would NOT be allowed to take classes the following semester? That doesn't make any sense. And according to the academic probation policy at my school, you can't enroll in classes for a semester in which you are on academic probation. You have to wait until the following semester to do so. So if I did want to get my GPA up, I would have to wait a semester regardless. I hope this clears some things up.

 

[Taxing Matters]

In the spring of 2018, the college I attended told me I would be placed on academic probation for dropping a few classes. I told them that this was fine, and at the end of the semester, I didn't register for classes in the fall 2018 term. However, within the last few weeks, it has come to my attention that I was never placed on probation at all.

So you never followed up to see if you were actually put on AP? If so, then that is the problem. You assumed something was going to happen rather than actually verified what happened. I would have registered for classes if I had not verified that the AP had actually been imposed; if the school imposed it later then it simply would have canceled the classes that I registered for.

I'm not seeing any good cause of action against the school here. You've not identified some legal duty the school had to you in this that the school failed to meet.

 

[Mass_Shyster]

In the spring of 1980, my university placed me on academic probation because my GPA fell below 2.0. I was still permitted to take classes, but after completing the spring semester, with my GPA still below 2.0, I was placed on academic suspension, where I could not register for classes.

 

[stealth2]

But..... not taking classes, probation or not, would have pushed your graduation date back anyway. If you do not understand that probation does not equate to being thrown out, perhaps you need to reconsider college.

 

[cbg]

Sounds to me as if it's not the school who messed up the academic probation...

 

[quincy]

In the spring of 2018, the college I attended told me I would be placed on academic probation for dropping a few classes. I told them that this was fine, and at the end of the semester, I didn't register for classes in the fall 2018 term. However, within the last few weeks, it has come to my attention that I was never placed on probation at all. In fact, I could have registered for classes just fine, but didn't due to someone from this establishment telling me that I would indeed be placed on probation. Upon further investigation, I now have in writing that the college was wrong, and they are sorry. However, they don't want to do anything to remedy it. Can I be compensated for lost time at all? This debacle has pushed my graduation back by an entire semester, and as a result, I have also had to start paying off student loan debt earlier than I should have. In addition to that, the entire situation put me under a lot of emotional distress. Is there anything I can gain from this?

What is the name of your state or, if not in the US, what is the name of your country?

The only way to get off academic probation is to bring your grades up. You can only bring your grades up by taking classes and doing well in them.

 

[not2cleverRed]

I don't think you understand some of the things I am saying. If you get thrown out of somewhere and they tell you not to come back, do you go back the next day acting like nothing happened? No. The establishment has made it clear that you are not allowed there. So why would I be registering for classes at an institution that expressed to me that I would NOT be allowed to take classes the following semester? That doesn't make any sense. And according to the academic probation policy at my school, you can't enroll in classes for a semester in which you are on academic probation. You have to wait until the following semester to do so. So if I did want to get my GPA up, I would have to wait a semester regardless. I hope this clears some things up.

You seem to have mistaken academic probation for academic suspension.

The two are very different things.

And either way, the only way you end up in fear of either is by not doing well in your classes. The only one responsible for your academic performance is the person you see in the mirror every morning.

By the way, you could have taken classes part time at another institution and tried transferring the credit if you didn't want to fall behind so much.

 

[AstonMartin39]

So I just realized that I did indeed mix up probation and suspension. I meant to say academic suspension, so hopefully everything makes a lot more sense.

 

[Shadowbunny]

So I just realized that I did indeed mix up probation and suspension. I meant to say academic suspension, so hopefully everything makes a lot more sense.

But you've still not told us what US state you're in.