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Accepting Financial Aid Offers

Accepting Financial Aid Offer Basics

The Office of Student Financial Aid sends emails to students via their Â鶹ŮÀÉ email account notifying them that financial aid offers have been posted to the system. To receive a deferment of your tuition and fees, you must accept your financial aid offers online via (accepting an amount which is sufficient to cover your tuition) by the end of the drop/add period.

Students are encouraged to check their Â鶹ŮÀÉ Email account on a regular basis. Email notifications are the primary communication between students and the Â鶹ŮÀÉ Office of Student Financial Aid.

Instructions on Accepting your Financial Aid Offer

In order to receive any financial aid offer, you must accept or deny the offer within Â鶹ŮÀÉ Self-Service. Follow the below for exact steps needed to complete this procedure. Learn more about Financial Aid and MYÂ鶹ŮÀÉ.

Video instructions on how to

STEP 1: Access Financial Aid section of Â鶹ŮÀÉ Self-Service via MYÂ鶹ŮÀÉ

Method 1:

  1. Sign into with your Â鶹ŮÀÉ credentials
  2. Click/tap the "Money Matters!" tile
  3. Click/tap the "Your Financial Aid" tile to go directly to Financial Aid within Â鶹ŮÀÉ Self-Service

Method 2:

  1. Sign into with your Â鶹ŮÀÉ credentials
  2. Click/tap the "Â鶹ŮÀÉ Self-Service" tile to access Â鶹ŮÀÉ Self-Service
  3. Click/tap the "Financial Aid" tab to access Financial Aid within Self-Service

STEP 2: Accepting Offers within Â鶹ŮÀÉ Self-Service

  1. Click/tap the "Financial Aid Status" tile
  2. If prompted, select "Academic Year" from the drop-down list
  3. Click/tap the "here" button at the end of the sentence which reads
    accept offer self-service button
  4. Click/tap on the "Accept Financial Aid Offer" tab and, click on accept or decline for each offer listed.
    Note: Click/tap on the "Fund Name" of each offer to view additional information on that item.
  5. Click/tap on the "Submit Decision" button at the bottom of your Financial Aid Offer.
    Note: When you receive financial aid, you agree to fulfill the Terms & Conditions of Offers.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • If you will not be attending Â鶹ŮÀÉ, please DECLINE all financial aid offers. If you do not decline all financial aid offers, you will be fee liable for the courses in which you are enrolled.
  • You may accept a partial amount of a financial aid offer by entering the amount in the "Accept Partial Amount" field.
  • Once you have made a decision on your financial aid offer, no further updates can be made online. Adjustments to offers will require students to submit a revision form.
  • In some cases, if you will be enrolled for only one term and the offer is for more than one term, then a offer revision request may be required to update the offer (i.e. Seniors graduating in the Fall term).
  • Financial Aid funds are disbursed after the drop/add deadline of each semester. Tuition and other charges posted to your student account will be deducted first. If a credit balance results, the student will receive a refund. Students are encouraged to sign-up for direct deposit.