Today, I owe about $18,000 for a useless degree. Why? I graduated in 2016 from the ITT Technical Institute, a few months before the school shut down for good. The kicker? They misspelled my name on the diploma. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML
Today, my college charged me for tuition for next semester. I graduated two years ago. I have a degree from a place too stupid to only charge current students. FML
Today, my university is capable of sending me two diplomas in short succession due to a clerical error, but can't recognize that I've graduated and won't be taking classes with them in the fall. FML
Today, I found out that the money I spent on a very specific degree was wasted, because apparently, I don't qualify for a job at the place that told me I had to have that degree. FML
Today, I applied for college graduation. Turns out my advisor screwed me over and now I'm 1 credit hour short of getting my degree. Now I have to wait another semester and pay $3,500 just to take a one hour class on Bowling so that I can graduate. FML
Today, I heard on the news that the average debt one is in when they graduate college is $24,000. I've been in college for one year and my debt is already $20,000. And it turns out that my school's accreditation does not exist like I was told. $20,000 in debt and no college credits to show for it. FML
Today, I checked my university financial account to discover I owed them over $1000. The reason? They had apparently given me too much money when I applied for a loan and now want it back. Oh, and I spent my loan money on books and a laptop for school. FML
Today, a few weeks after moving back to my home country, I found out my diploma isn't recognized here. The only training provider I can find that can upgrade it to something valid wants another 2 years of my life, 500 hours of work experience and $16,000. FML
Today, after wondering why I didn't receive a grade for a summer course I took in 2007, I realized that I gave the professor the wrong student ID number. Someone else received credit. I've been waiting on this grade for 8 months in order to graduate. FML
Today, I learned that the college I'm going to in the fall has been tampering with their ratings on the internet and actually only has a 5% graduation rate. Everything's already been paid for and I can't transfer elsewhere. FML
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Top comments
Piccillo 4
"Students who attended ITT Tech may be able to have their debt forgiven by applying to the US Department of Education for a borrower defense to repayment.[5]" Right from wiki. your welcome.
rufus_t_firefly 9
Legally change the spelling of your name. I don't think it costs that much.
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Comments (28)
RichardPencil 32
Wait! You don’t own the creditors any money. The guy whose name is on the diploma does!
ChakatBlackstar 29
No, the guy who's name is on the paperwork he signed owes that. And even if he did misspell it, I don't think most courts would let that slide on such a minor technicality.
Taihaa Ford 6
There's really not anything you can do to get it fixed? omg that's horrible..seriously I'd be effin pissed..someone needs to fix it..or u could change your name...js
ChakatBlackstar 29
I owe three times that because of them and I didn't even finish my degree AND I got pooped on by a bird(it happened the last day I attended the school). If I'd known that would get an FML I would've submitted it years ago.
aruden 25
Let the person sulk for a minute before you 1-up them.
ChakatBlackstar 29
It's been months since ITT tech was shut down. He's had time.
izzajaneful 24
And you’ve had years.
Tamara Jenkins 7
Shit only that my husband owes enough that it looks like we have a mortgage payment each month.
themouseman1212 16
Here’s the kicker... Betsy Devos just reinstated ACICS as an accrediting body; part of the reason ITT shut down was because ACICS was shut down. But that doesn’t mean your degree is worthless. At least you got one. Do something with it.
Dodge4x4Ram 46
I was supposed to go there, changed my mind & join the military.
ParkerM77 4
lol change your legal name then
m0r0n 9
Same with my husband, he's not eligible for the debt forgiveness because he graduated. Only 10 more years of payments to go!
Jared Owen 2
Literally the exact same thing happened to me :/