When Burlington College closed last month, students got the impression that the transition to another college would be smooth, and their tuition might be the same. They’re now finding it's more complicated than that.

Students have received mixed signals from Burlington College about the ease — and expense — of attending one of the schools that the college had approached to accept its students.

On May 16, the day that Burlington College officials announced the school's closing, the assistant dean of student services sent an email to students assuring them, “...you will be able to choose from a list of area schools, you'll be automatically accepted, you're [sic] credits will all transfer and you will pay the same tuition...”

A second email on May 17 said basically the same thing, but didn’t include the tuition promise, and didn’t offer any explanation for the omission.

Since then, students have been trying to figure out what to do.

“They really have no idea about what they’re going to do going forward,” says Andrew Tarwerdi, who was president of Burlington College’s student government. Tarwerdi says there’s a lot of concern among students about finding a new school and getting transcripts from the now-defunct institution.