Key Document Completion
To ensure that your funds are available as soon as distribution starts for the term, be sure that the following processes are complete:

Note: It is important to check your FSU email frequently (at least 3 times a week) as the university will send notices to you via email of any information that may effect your enrollment, your account, or your financial aid eligibility.

___     Account Refund Setup
To complete - go to campus.fsu.edu > sign in to Blackboard, and click on Account Refund Setup in your menu.  This document must be completed before you can have any funds applied to your FSU Student Financial Services account.

___     Lender on file (If you will borrow through the Stafford Loan program we must know which lender to use).
To choose a lender, go to campus.fsu.edu > sign in to Blackboard, click on Financial Aid Student toolkit, go to the Lender Tab, and enter your lender selection.

___     Federal Stafford Loan Entrance Counseling  
(required before first disbursement of a Stafford Loan)
To complete Loan Entrance Counseling, go to: http://mapping-your-future.org/oslc/index.cfm?act=Intro&OslcTypeID=14

 ___    Master Promissory Note 
(required before a Stafford Loan disbursed. May also be required if you change lenders).
To complete a Federal Stafford Master Promissory note online go to http://financialaid.fsu.edu/aid/loans/sig.html and click on your lender if it is shown. If you lender is not shown contact your lender directly for instructions on how to complete your Master Promissory Note.  No funds can come in for your loan until your Master Promissory Note comes in.

last updated May 9, 2008