Miscellaneous
Financial Aid Terms
Student Loans
Financial
Aid Package
Financial Aid
Timeline
100

This a required loan document. It explains the differences between loan types, how interest is assessed and the general terms of a federal loan.

What is loan entrance counseling?

100

The name of the financial aid application.

What is a FAFSA?

100

Direct Subsidized Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Loans, Direct PLUS Loans.

What is student loan program?

100

This notification is sent to students once their FAFSA has been received and processed by their financial aid office.

What is Financial Aid Notification Letter ?

100

The FAFSA for the upcoming school year becomes available on this date.

What is October 1st every year?

200

These are reasons a student would contact the Financial Aid Office.

What is a change in a student's household (divorce, separation, death, loss of employment, etc), request additional aid, or enrollment status (reducing the number of classes you take)?

200

Federal regulations require that students applying for funding through the Title IV Student Aid Programs must meet and maintain minimum academic progression requirements.

What is Satisfactory Academic Progression (SAP)?

200

The legal document in which you promise to repay your loan(s) and any accrued interest and fees to the U.S. Department of Education.

What is Master Promissory Note (MPN)?

200

Estimates for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and housing are used to create this figure.

What is Cost of Attendance?

200

The day that tuition and fees are due.

What is the first day of classes?

300

The digital platform is used by students to set up and select a refund preference.

What is Bank Mobile?

300

Scholarships, grants and waivers are known as this type of financial assistance.

What is Gift Aid?

300

The length of time after completing your degree program to start paying back your student loans.

What are 6 months?

300

True or False: You can reduce the amount of Federal Aid offered to you.

What is True?

300

This is available to students whose disbursed aid exceeds their term expenses.

What is a credit balance?

400

This is a repayment option for your federal student loans that uses your income to determine your monthly payment.

What is an Income-Driven Repayment Plan?

400

This is something you and parent(s)/Guardian(s) will use to sign into studentaid.gov and complete your FAFSA.

What is the Federal Student Aid (FSA) ID?

400

The interest rates for Direct Unsubsidized Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2021 and before July 1, 2022. 

What is 5.28%?

400

Financial Aid that covers items after tuition and expenses can be considered this.

What is Taxable Income?

400

True or False: Your financial aid is packaged immediately after all of your financial aid documents have been submitted.

What is False?

500

The difference between grants and loans.

What is loans need to be paid back, grants do not?

500

You received this document once you have successfully submitted your FAFSA application.

What is SAR (Student Aid Report)?

500

The aggregate loan limit for graduate or professional students.

What is $138,500?

500

These items are used to determine a student's financial aid package.

What is EFC, Program of Study, and Enrollment status?

500

This document is issued to students at the end of each tax year by the Bursar office.

What is a 1098-T Tax Form?

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