University threatens to withhold student\u2019s diploma over unpaid bill of 1 cent TIKTOK: lantieA student left viewers stunned on TikTok after revealing that her university threatened to withhold her diploma because she didn\u2019t pay her balance of 1 cent. In a viral video, a college student explained that she received an email from Washington State University\u2019s bursar\u2019s office about an outstanding balance on her account. \u201cNonpayment of this balance may result in late payment fees as well as registration and\/or diploma holds,\u201d the email warned. The student, Lantie, expressed her horror in the video, saying: \u201cThat\u2019s terrifying! I\u2019m panicking! What charge is this? How much is this? I have like $90 in my bank account, how am I going to pay this?\u201d However, the situation quickly turned out to be comical, as she revealed that the outstanding balance was just $0.01. \u201cDo you not think you could just let this one go?\u201d Lantie said sarcastically. \u201cI mean, I guess I\u2019ll enroll in a payment plan. I have a penny just laying around. I\u2019ll walk in person and give it to them.\u201d The email shocked some TikTok users in the comments, but many shared their own stories of being threatened over small amounts of money. \u201cI had a $2 fee and was panicking because they said my classes would be dropped,\u201d one user shared. \u201cThey charged me $25 because I had an \u2018unpaid balance\u2019 it was 0.28 cents,\u201d another wrote. \u201cAnd I thought the email I got for 30 cents was bad,\u201d a third added. Others made light of the situation, with one user jokingly suggesting that Lantie should ask for a receipt after paying the balance, writing, \u201cMake sure to ask them to mail you a receipt.\u201d Another user said, \u201cJust show up with a 100 dollar bill and watch them struggle to count the change.\u201d Previously, a TikToker went viral after sharing a similar experience where his university kept emailing him about a $1.96 unpaid bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
University threatens to withhold student\u2019s diploma over unpaid bill of 1 cent TIKTOK: lantieA student left viewers stunned on TikTok after revealing that her university threatened to withhold her diploma because she didn\u2019t pay her balance of 1 cent. In a viral video, a college student explained that she received an email from Washington State […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}