Shoutbox topic

[The Skarzs]

I can't pay for my tuition for college because of techinical difficulties, and my teacher said they're trying to remove people who haven't payed tuition, so how am I responsible for not paying if their site won't let me pay! I swear, if I get kicked out of the class. . .

[Tester]

 

@James Gryphon

[The Skarzs]

Hopefully I can get there in time to figure it out. . .

[Rosie Willowwater]

Hope it all works out Skarzs

[Banya]

Skarzs, that sound frustrating. Is the college close enough to you that you can deliver a check in person? (That's how I paid my tuition at community.) If not, try another day or even another computer, one on a network that you can trust. Like, for example, my laptop's security settings are too high for some web pages or transactions, so I use my boss' computer when I'm stuck. Security's still good but not a stick-in-the-mud.
Though colleges say that students who haven't paid will get kicked out, my first (or third? it was fall, idk) semester my check ended up getting lost in the paperwork; I wondered why it had never been withdrawn but was never notified that I hadn't paid so I figured that it was taking a long time, and I ignored it, figuring I'd just say something later on when I really needed to balance my checkbook. I was never kicked out of class, thankfully, but I had to pay it the next semester on top of that semester's tuition and that hurt me inside.

[Grond]

I can't pay for my tuition for college because of techinical difficulties, and my teacher said they're trying to remove people who haven't payed tuition, so how am I responsible for not paying if their site won't let me pay! I swear, if I get kicked out of the class. . .

Colleges, universities etc... are not terribly strict when it comes to paying your tuition late. Unless you paid your tuition super late they won't kick you out immediately. I've never actually heard of anyone getting dropped from their courses or a year because of late tuition payment. However with that being said I wouldn't recommend pushing your luck either. However the fact that you can't pay due to technical difficulties with their website shows why you probably shouldn't wait until the last minute. Better to try and do it a bit earlier precisely because of this reason...

Furthermore when it comes to say paying your phone, cable, internet etc... or credit card bill they are quite serious about paying on time. If you're even a day late it can have a serious negative impact on your credit record/history.

[The Skarzs]

Found out what I did wrong. The PIN I needed to use was my birthday, and I misunderstood what it said by "omit preceeding zeros", which refered only to months. So my pin would be xx06xx, but I was putting xx6xx.



I'm a fool.

[James Gryphon]

Expanded the heroes/villains/neutrals gallery a few days ago. Anybody have any suggestions for it?

[Banya]

Found out what I did wrong. The PIN I needed to use was my birthday, and I misunderstood what it said by "omit preceeding zeros", which refered only to months. So my pin would be xx06xx, but I was putting xx6xx.



I'm a fool.

haha that is confusing; glad you figured that out in time. Wait, did you start college this fall?

[The Skarzs]

Yeah, but just one class, since it's the only thing that'll actually get me where I plan on going. I don't need to study biology or trigonometry or any of those advanced college classes which rack up thousands of dollars of debt for stuff I won't use. Just one class: WELDING.

[Banya]

I believe you'd talked about starting college, but it slipped my mind. What you're doing is what my brother's doing, too. He's taking welding classes at the community college while working full-time in a shop, not as a temp worker but as a hire-in because of his experience. He hopes to become an apprentice. I don't know if he's going to take more basic classes and get his Associate's degree or not, he's only mentioned the possibility, but either way, I'm pretty excited for him; it must be reassuring to know where you're going and how to get there.

[The Skarzs]

Yes indeed.

[James Gryphon]

Sorry about the interruption of service; I thought I'd re-uploaded the backup non-testing file, but didn't.

[Søren]

[James Gryphon]

I'm tinkering with the index.template file, to try to add a link to the private messages next to the "Hello (username)". I typically re-upload the old file immediately after I try out the new one, so that nobody's service is interrupted if the file chokes. Unfortunately, I forgot to do it this time, so the forum was "down" while I watched "Cookie World".