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Q: Can I sue my university if they accepted me into a program, but later ask me to discontinue?

I was required to discontinue from master's so applied for diploma, undergraduate level in same field and got accepted. The university later asked me to discontinue since, I was later asked to discontinue because I demanded more transfer credits from my previous degree. I was told that I cannot continue in diploma, undergraduate level, but one of my friend who is in similar situation is doing is diploma undergraduate level and has received fewer transfer credits. I suspect that university is only doing this to me since i asked for more transfer credits( which i am eligible by their rules). Can I sue my university in this case? please help!

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Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
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  • Little Neck, NY

A: You could repost this in the Education Law, Contract Law, and Civil Litigation sections. There's no guarantee that all posts are picked up - if you don't receive a response, you could reach out to attorneys in those sections under the Find-a-Lawyer tab or search for attorneys independently. It's possible an attorney could find it difficult to advise based on these brief facts, and that they could ask to see school policy, transcripts, nature of credits attempted to be transferred, what the university originally told you, and other details. Good luck

Tim Akpinar

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