Accepting Your Award
Accepting Your Award
We do not require that you officially accept your offer of assistance. We will assume that you accept the entire aid package unless you specifically notify us in writing that you wish to decline all or part of the award.
Declining Your Award
Should you decide to decline any part of your award, we ask that you indicate on the offer letter which type(s) of assistance you are reducing or declining by noting your wishes next to the specific type(s) of assistance. Please sign, date, and return the letter to our office. Before mailing the letter, you may wish to make a copy of it for your files. Award components can be declined at any time.
Additional documentation may be required for some types of aid that you have been awarded. Below are the common examples:
Federal Stafford Loans
Students must complete an on-line entrance interview and a master promissory note in order for the loan to be processed. On-line entrance interviews and master promissory notes can be completed at www.studentloans.gov. The Federal Stafford Loan will not be processed until the entrance interview and MPN is complete.
Federal Perkins Loans
Students are required to sign a promissory note, schedule of advances and entrance counseling before any funds can be deposited into your student account. Perkins entrance interviews can be completed at www.mappingyourfuture.org. Perkins promissory notes and schedule of advances will need to be done with the Office of Financial Aid.
Student Employment
For any student that has been offered Federal Work-Study, they must complete both an I-9 and W-4 with the office of student employment in order to work on campus. Required documents must be presented in person.