Need Advice

[wizards1]

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I'm in a health profession school (not medical; posting here to hopefully get better advice/exposure) who's program recently started (less than 2 weeks of actual classes attended). But my dilemma is another school that I want to go to offered me admission. My current school says they will not offer me any tuition refund if I switch programs since I already started their program and signed some documents outlining their terms and conditions which were not very explicitly stated in my opinion.

So my questions is aren't professional/graduate programs required to refund a certain percentage of the tuition if the student withdraws very early on in the semester? For example, during undergrad, there was a prorated amount that you would get back if you withdrew within a certain time frame. Aren't there any State or Federal laws in place to protect the student in such situations? I mean I'm not going to contest or ask them to refund by initial safety deposit nor am I asking for a full refund.

Lastly, in my situation, will lawyering up help me in any way so that I can try and recoup some of the tuition already paid?

 

[goft20]

Dude, just stick with your school unless it is like Harvard versus hick town Alabama. Just get a good gpa, and enough experience to be competitive for the next step..

 

[wizards1]

Dude, just stick with your school unless it is like Harvard versus hick town Alabama. Just get a good gpa, and enough experience to be competitive for the next step..

But my question is do most grad/professional schools have a refund policy similar to undergrad and are there laws in place to protect the student? Also in my case, current school is unranked and the one I want to go to is top 20 or top 10 depending on which list.

 

[Ace-Co-A]

I'm in a health profession school (not medical; posting here to hopefully get better advice/exposure)

Odds are, then, that people in / applying to medical school probably won't be able to help with questions pertaining to a graduate program that is not medical school. Shrug.

 

[goft20]

But my question is do most grad/professional schools have a refund policy similar to undergrad and are there laws in place to protect the student? Also in my case, current school is unranked and the one I want to go to is top 20 or top 10 depending on which list.

I have no idea lol. Maybe ask them??

 

[allantois]

Your school has established policies on tuition refunds; please consult them, not SDN. The level of anonymity in this post is astonishing.