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Can I start a petition?...

jaled
edited February 2009 in General
I don't know why that I got a penalty of $100 for this semester..... from what I remember I did drop courses... but to switch to another course.... I don't remember my overall net load has decreased as it was always this amount of courses.... i only swapped....

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  • Student0667
    edited January 2009
    ^Well you should not be penalized, talk to the Registrars.

    Edit: When did you drop this course? If you dropped it like on Friday night, it will take the system a few days to update your status. For example, I dropped a course last semester, and then added a course, then swapped it with another course. It took GoSFU about three days to update itself.
  • Kevin M.Kevin M.
    edited January 2009
    If you only swapped and didn't drop your net course load then you should

    a) double check that your right about that
    b) go talk to someone in the finance dept. or academic services

    if you're right and it's a mistake they would probably be willing to fix the error
  • randomuser
    edited January 2009
    If you dropped and added a class you didn't swap properly.

    You need to use the actual swap function which does both at the same time, which would be what Kevin means with his a) point.
  • Student0667
    edited January 2009
    randomuser;45775 said:
    If you dropped and added a class you didn't swap properly.
    Hang on a minute Randomuser, like I said in my post, last semester I dropped a course, and then added a course, then swapped it with another course. I didn't get penalized at all.
  • collegestudent
    edited January 2009
    last semester, i dropped a course and then added another one (i didn't use the swap function) and i didn't get penalized. i remember after i did it my friend told me i would get penalized b/c i didn't swap and i was worried so i called and they said it doesn't matter as long as you add a class within the particular time frame you are on (ie: if you drop while the charge is still $50, you must add while the charge is still $50 [before it ups to $100]).

    i would just call and they should fix it.
  • Student0667
    edited January 2009
    ^Me and collegestudent summed up nicely, regardless of rather you use the drop then add method or swap method, you will not get penalized as long as your net course load did not decrease.
  • jaled
    edited January 2009
    ya... i did these all the time in the past semesters..
  • schmoey
    edited January 2009
    Well, since it's been over a week now, have you went to talk to the peeps at Student Services?
  • jaled
    edited February 2009
    Hey you know what. They asked me to write an appeal and I did. I got half of the money back because I only asked for $50 ( I wasn't completely sure if there was one time I dropped one extra course)... now looking at it again, it seems I can ask for full refund.. Should I do that again?
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    ^Explain to them clearly of your situation and ask for the remaining $50 back. If they refused, tell them you will contact the Canadian Council of Better Business Bureau if they don't give you that remaining $50.

    Here is the CCBBB's contact information...

    http://www.ccbbb.ca/search_bc.cfm
  • JayDub
    edited February 2009
    You are forgetting a minor detail, SFU is not a business.

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