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Hello,
I’m having an issue with a scholarship and need to know my options. I graduated from Ohio State in 2005. I was awarded a scholarship in 2004 from the company my dad works. I sent my scholarship in right away for 2004. Ohio State took it off of my account as being paid. I graduated and ordered transcripts which verified I owed nothing. I applied for a PhD program in November 2009, but my order wasn’t processed because of a “hold” on my account. I contacted them. They informed me that they never received a payment from the scholarship and placed it on my account and sent a collection agency after it. They put it back on my account September 2009, five years after the scholarship was issued and never once contacted me before going to a collection agency. My permanent address was the same throughout this process. We were able to get a hold of the company that was paying for the scholarship and they said they never received the bill. They said they would be willing to pay the remainder. I got the information and sent it to Ohio State to bill them. On my first try, the company has been very organized and sent the payment to OSU. I tend to believe this company that they were never billed. OSU said that they had been trying to collect the payment on numerous occasions, but I don’t believe them. They had lost three of my scholarships when I was a student back in 2001-2004. Even more, when I tried to get a hold of the staff at OSU, the ones I needed to talk to would not return my call to solve the problem. My questions are as follows: If they sent it into a collection agency, does that go against my credit score? B, If it is proven that GM paid it and OSU never billed them, can it be cleared? C) what legal options can I take in this situation? D) how can they confirm that all payments were made in 2004, but come back in 2009 and add it back to my account?