What do I need to do next after I completed my FAFSA online?

Question

I have completed my FAFSA online a week ago. Then I got a email saying that my application has been processed and the data was made available to the school listed on my FAFSA. All I got left to do is print my Student Aid Report. Do I need to go to the Financial Aid office at the school for confirmation or does the school already has my financial aid?

Answer 1

YEs, you should probably go the Financial Aid Office at your school and check if they received it or not.  Fill out a scholarship application and send it in and you will get the letter confirming if you're receiving help or not....Hope it helps ..!

Answer 2

Within the next two weeks, you school should get your fafsa information, depending on how often the school downloads the information. You can just send your Finaid office an email making sure that they did get your information and such.

Your next step varies. Do you want to get student loans? If so, step one is to get your student pin number that you used when filling out the FAFSA, next you want to fill out your promissory note. This is done at dlenote.ed.gov. This will ensure that you speed the process up.

Step two is to do the Loan Entrance Counseling. This is done at www.dl.ed.gov and pretty much all you do is read information and take a quiz to make sure you understand everything about having a loan. Pretty simple.

You do not need to send you school a copy of your SAR because they will retrieve the info on their own as long as you put down their school code. If you have already taken out loans, then you are not required to do another loan counseling or promissory note because they are only required the first time you take out student direct loans. And you do not need to fill it out if you want to reject the loans! Good luck.

Answer 3

I've found it easiest to call the school's financial aid office, and ask them what to do next.

They are usually very helpful...