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So.... my student loan STILL isn't in!
All semester it's been one thing after another.. I call them, ask if everything is a-ok on my file, they say "yes it is, should be processed soon" and I go "whoopie! My loan will be in soon!" only to receive another letter in the mail or in my email telling me I have to send in some new form or a letter or a transcript or this or that.. so each time, I send in the new thing asap and follow up with a phone call once again asking if everything is a-ok on my file.. to again be told yes, all is good.. loan should be in soon.
WELL... finally (apparently) everything IS good now. There is NOTHING I still need to send in.. I made sure I called a number of times to confirm this with a number of different people.
So anyways... it's been over a month since I sent in the last batch of crap they asked for.... was told that once it was all in, should take about 4 - 6 weeks for processing.... so I called today to check on the status of it.....
I was told that no one has even LOOKED at my damn file yet!!!!
IT IS THE END OF FUCKING NOVEMBER FOR CHRISTS SAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I asked the girl how long it should take and she tells me anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks yet......
I explain my situation to her. I tell her that I am literally OUT OF MONEY... as in.. I have no money..... I have rent due in less than a week, and bills that are 2 months overdue. I haven't gone grocery shopping in about 2 weeks and my fridge and cupboards are getting pretty bare. I don't even have enough left on my credit line to pay one more months rent.. and I don't have a credit card right now because I had to cancel it.
So.. I explain all this to her.. telling her that I genuinely CAN NOT wait 4 to 6 weeks for my loan. I need it immediately. I further explain to her that the only reason I am in this situation in the first place is because they are so bloody disorganized on their end of things that every time I asked if they needed anything else they gave an answer that turned out not to be true. That if they had done their jobs correctly in the first place I would have had my loan months ago.
So I ask her kindly to please put my file on some kind of priority status. She tells me they don't do that kind of thing, and there is nothing she can do to help me. She said that someone will get to my file in due time and my funding will be released once it is processed. I explain to her again how important it is that my money comes in asap and again she tells me there is nothing she can do. I tell her that I understand that as a bureaucrat she doesn't understand the concept of a situation that does not fit well with standard procedure, I get that.. but that all I am asking her to do is grab a post-it, write a note on it saying HIGH PRIORITY THIS GIRL IS LITERALLY OUT OF MONEY, stick it to my file, and place my file on the top of the pile. She again tells me that she can't do that.
WHAT THE FUCK?!
So... yeah... I get to borrow more money from my parents now, who really can't afford to be throwing thousands of dollars at me right now....
I am beyond livid.
All semester it's been one thing after another.. I call them, ask if everything is a-ok on my file, they say "yes it is, should be processed soon" and I go "whoopie! My loan will be in soon!" only to receive another letter in the mail or in my email telling me I have to send in some new form or a letter or a transcript or this or that.. so each time, I send in the new thing asap and follow up with a phone call once again asking if everything is a-ok on my file.. to again be told yes, all is good.. loan should be in soon.
WELL... finally (apparently) everything IS good now. There is NOTHING I still need to send in.. I made sure I called a number of times to confirm this with a number of different people.
So anyways... it's been over a month since I sent in the last batch of crap they asked for.... was told that once it was all in, should take about 4 - 6 weeks for processing.... so I called today to check on the status of it.....
I was told that no one has even LOOKED at my damn file yet!!!!
IT IS THE END OF FUCKING NOVEMBER FOR CHRISTS SAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I asked the girl how long it should take and she tells me anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks yet......
I explain my situation to her. I tell her that I am literally OUT OF MONEY... as in.. I have no money..... I have rent due in less than a week, and bills that are 2 months overdue. I haven't gone grocery shopping in about 2 weeks and my fridge and cupboards are getting pretty bare. I don't even have enough left on my credit line to pay one more months rent.. and I don't have a credit card right now because I had to cancel it.
So.. I explain all this to her.. telling her that I genuinely CAN NOT wait 4 to 6 weeks for my loan. I need it immediately. I further explain to her that the only reason I am in this situation in the first place is because they are so bloody disorganized on their end of things that every time I asked if they needed anything else they gave an answer that turned out not to be true. That if they had done their jobs correctly in the first place I would have had my loan months ago.
So I ask her kindly to please put my file on some kind of priority status. She tells me they don't do that kind of thing, and there is nothing she can do to help me. She said that someone will get to my file in due time and my funding will be released once it is processed. I explain to her again how important it is that my money comes in asap and again she tells me there is nothing she can do. I tell her that I understand that as a bureaucrat she doesn't understand the concept of a situation that does not fit well with standard procedure, I get that.. but that all I am asking her to do is grab a post-it, write a note on it saying HIGH PRIORITY THIS GIRL IS LITERALLY OUT OF MONEY, stick it to my file, and place my file on the top of the pile. She again tells me that she can't do that.
WHAT THE FUCK?!
So... yeah... I get to borrow more money from my parents now, who really can't afford to be throwing thousands of dollars at me right now....
I am beyond livid.
When did you apply for funding and what is the normal turnaround time?
If it is way beyond what it should be another suggestion would be to call your local government official (I don't know if your student funding is federal or provincial based), explain your situation and ask them if there is anything they could do to intercede on your behalf to speed things up.
Here some officials will do that for their constituents. Sometimes all it takes is one phone call.
Good luck, hon.
My mom is actually planning to head down to the constituency office today or Monday. (I can't do so myself as I live on the opposite side of the country..) Hopefully our MLA will prove herself useful. I have also sent emails to the premier, the minister of education, my local MLA, and OSAP head office outlining my frustrations in a polite but firm manner. We shall see if it pays off.....
So here's an idea for you, get that stick out of your ass and move the fuck on. That shit is stupid. I bet u love to piss in ppls cheerios just cuz u can.
If you have a problem with ppl venting their problems, GET YOUR DUMB BITCH ASS OFF THIS SITE and leave the rest of us to try and come up with a solution to whatever issue we may have.
Why did you even bother coming here? Since you obviously don't get the point of what were trying to do.