Financial Aid
Advising
Important Accounts
Resources
All Other
100
This is the online application that determines what financial aid you are eligible for.
What is a FAFSA?
100
Courses that will transfer without the need for evaluation, to another MnSCU institution because they already meet certain criteria
What are General Education courses meeting the MN Transfer Curriculum?
100
This is what I use to access all important accounts at MN West.
What is Star ID and Star ID Password?
100
Test proctoring services are available through this department.
What is the LARC - Library and Academic Resource Center?
100
By the end of the 5th day, make a tuition down payment of 15% or $300, set up a payment plan, file an application for financial aid (FAFSA), or provide the college with documentation that a third party will be paying my tuition.
What are tuition payment requirements to avoid being dropped?
200
This is the type of financial aid that you have to pay back once you have stopped attending.
What are loans?
200
The date on which 80% of the instructional days for a course have elapsed.
What is the last date to withdraw from a course?
200
This account is mandatory to use and is used to communicate important information about financial aid, events on campus, dates, and course information.
What is Student Email?
200
This resource allows me to request tutoring services, an appointment with my advisor, and is used to alert me and my advisor of my progress in courses.
What is Grades First?
200
2.5 GPA and 75% Completion Rate
What is the standard I will be held to each semester that I am on Academic Probation?
300
This is the type of financial aid you earn working for a faculty member or department.
What is work study?
300
I can look at this to determine what courses I still need to take to complete my degree. It also shows what courses I have completed, what I am in progress with, who my advisor is, my GPA, and ACT or Accuplacer test scores.
What is Interactive Degree Audit Report?
300
I must log in to this account, several times a week, to complete my online course work. It is often used to supplement on site courses as well.
What is D2L (Desire to Learn)?
300
This is the person I talk to and work with if I am a student with a documented disability and need accommodations.
Who is the student services advisor on my campus?
300
The last day to drop a class and have charges removed.
What is is the 5th day of the semester?
400
This is where you check on the status of your financial aid.
What is my eServices Student Account?
400
This is what happens if my overall GPA (once I have registered for 31+ credits) and/or completion rate fall below 2.0 and 67%.
What is academic warning and financial aid warning?
400
In this account I can search for courses, register for courses, modify my class schedule, view my Interactive Degree Audit, run an unofficial transcript, view my financial aid status and awards, view and pay bills.
What is eServices Student Account?
400
Face to face tutoring services are available through this department.
What is the LARC - Library and Academic Resource Center.
400
Hazing, physical, verbal, or sexual abuse, threats, plagiarism, acts of dishonesty, failure to comply with directions of college officials, theft, damage to property, use of or possession of alcohol or drugs on campus are all examples of violations of this policy.
What is the Student Code of Conduct?
500
This is how often you need to apply for financial aid.
What is every year?
500
These are things I can do to be successful in my courses (Name 3).
What is attending classes, doing the homework, being prepared, pay attention, ask questions, get enough sleep, understand course expectations, be proactive, read instructor feedback, read instructor emails and directions?
500
This is MnWest's online job posting and resume service found at LARC - Career Services.
What is College Central?
500
I can access this for online tutoring services and to submit writing assignments for critique.
What is SmarThinking?
500
This person is responsible for my success in college.
Who is me?