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Started by Seth Rosenberg
Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:00
Scam
Author: Seth Rosenberg
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:00
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WARNING SCHOLORSHIP SCAM !!! I received a letter from Boston University promoting an "Engineering Scholorship Exam." The top twelve scorers were to receive scholorships. The exam was to be given at 4 locations around the country. There was a $50 charge for the exam. After sending them $50, driving over 8 hours to Boston, missing a day of school, etc. I took the exam. It was a hard exam, but that was to be expected. What was not to be expected was that they were not actualy giving the scholorships out to the top scorers, but only to those that they wished to give the scholorships to !! As a Dyslexic student we were told not to bother to apply as "the school has no way to evaluate disabled students" So, NO MATTER WHAT MY SCORE I was not going to get a scholorship. Also, NO student can find out about his or her scores until MARCH - after many other schools require answers. I don't know why BU is so strapped for cash that it has to scam- $50*1,200 students = $60,000 but what was even worse for us, and many other students and parents was the loss of the time and expenses of the trip. I missed my mother's birthday and LOTS of things that I had to do. My father drove over 17 hours round trip and missed work. etc. etc. -- Seth Rosenberg Http://www.tc.net/~poly/html/seth.html Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Http://www.tc.net/~poly/ Webmaster, Sysadmin, Student Seth@tc.net-
Re: Scam
Author: keith
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 00:00
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Seth Rosenberg <Seth@tc.net> wrote:
>WARNING SCHOLORSHIP SCAM !!!
>I received a letter from Boston University promoting an "Engineering
>Scholorship Exam." The top twelve scorers were to receive
>scholorships. The exam was to be given at 4 locations around the
>country. There was a $50 charge for the exam.
>After sending them $50, driving over 8 hours to Boston, missing a day of
>school, etc. I took the exam. It was a hard exam, but that was to be
>expected. What was not to be expected was that they were not actualy
>giving the scholorships out to the top scorers, but only to those that
>they wished to give the scholorships to !!
>As a Dyslexic student we were told not to bother to apply as "the school
>has no way to evaluate disabled students" So, NO MATTER WHAT MY SCORE I
>was not going to get a scholorship. Also, NO student can find out about
>his or her scores until MARCH - after many other schools require
>answers.
>I don't know why BU is so strapped for cash that it has to scam-
>$50*1,200 students = $60,000 but what was even worse for us, and many
>other students and parents was the loss of the time and expenses of the
>trip. I missed my mother's birthday and LOTS of things that I had to
>do. My father drove over 17 hours round trip and missed work. etc. etc.
>--
>Seth Rosenberg Http://www.tc.net/~poly/html/seth.html
>Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Http://www.tc.net/~poly/
>Webmaster, Sysadmin, Student Seth@tc.net-
is there any part of the ADA that could help you as this appears
to be a clear case of disability discrimination.
inclusive education for all,
keith
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