Problem at School

[0wn_dem_rune_rocks]

Note: I'm not going to use this advice to pursue my problem. I just want to know if I *MIGHT* have a legal case.

Edit: If this doesn't belong in this section, please close it. I didn't anything explicitly saying it wasn't allowed.

I went into a Private Career College for a Computer Networking course. OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Plan) didn't give me enough money, so I had to sign a promissory note. The Career Services man told me it would be under moral obligation. Lo and behold, it was a legally-binding contract. Cut to near the end of the program. I've failed the program (all due to my lack of self-discipline). Between the promissory note and OSAP I did get, my whole tuition is paid off.

Edit: Even though I've failed my course, I'm still pursuing my certifications.

Here's the problem:

$1,500 of the tuition costs were so I could take certifications (basically licences in different parts of computers), so I went to take one. Then, the VP told me I couldn't because my account was in negative balance. So, I have to pay my promissory note to take the certifications. So, I began paying for some.

My questions:

1) Can they legally make me sign a promissory note, and withhold some of the items that were supposed to be paid with my signing of the note?
2) After I make an adjustment (it was said that if I pay for the certifications out-of-pocket it would be taken off of my promissory not), do they have to adjust it, and do I have to sign it again?


In point form:

1) I applied, and got accepted.
2) I applied to OSAP and only got accepted. The only problem, I only got about 3/4 of my total tuition.
3) I signed a promissory note for the rest.
4) Skip forward - I failed the program (this may the legal part that fucks me over).
5) I go to take a certification exam after I found out I failed (which SHOULD be covered by the promissory note), and I'm told I can't because of the negative balance on my account.
6) I pay for some of the exams out-of-pocket.

Questions:

1) Can they withhold the exams? Since, theoretically, they're paid for with the promissory note.
2) My making my payments, do they have to adjust the promissory note? And, do I have to sign it again?

I live in Ontario, Canada.

 

I don't quite understand fully what you are trying to say.
But if you have signed a contract that is legally binding I suggest reading the lot of it and see what it says.
If what they are saying to you isn't on the contract then you don't have to do anything.

 

[0wn_dem_rune_rocks]

I don't quite understand fully what you are trying to say.
But if you have signed a contract that is legally binding I suggest reading the lot of it and see what it says.
If what they are saying to you isn't on the contract then you don't have to do anything.

Yes, sorry. I'm shit at explaining. In point form:

1) I applied, and got accepted.
2) I applied to OSAP and only got accepted. The only problem, I only got about 3/4 of my total tuition.
3) I signed a promissory note for the rest.
4) Skip forward - I failed the program (this may the legal part that fucks me over).
5) I go to take a certification exam after I found out I failed (which SHOULD be covered by the promissory note), and I'm told I can't because of the negative balance on my account.
6) I pay for some of the exams out-of-pocket.

Questions:

1) Can they withhold the exams? Since, theoretically, they're paid for with the promissory note.
2) My making my payments, do they have to adjust the promissory note? And, do I have to sign it again?