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Billed for a college class she never took
UMass Boston plays hardball with a student who signed up for an online course but never attended
By Sean P. Murphy Globe Staff,Updated March 14, 2021, 3:58 p.m.
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Christina Carpino s daughter, Maya Hazarikas, was billed $1,527 for a summer course she thought she had canceled. Above, Carpino displays the bill from UMass Boston.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
Like thousands of other students at American University in Washington, Maya Hazarika was abruptly ordered to evacuate campus last year when the pandemic first hit.
She wound up back with her parents in Newton. And like so many of her peers, she felt disappointed and somewhat disoriented as she completed her freshman year remotely.