- Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid during January and February for the next academic year.
- Complete required income taxes before completing the FAFSA.
- Apply for a Personal Identification Number (PIN) for yourself (and one of your parents if you are a dependent student) at www.pin.ed.gov.
- If the answer is 0, put in a 0. Don’t leave any blanks on the application.
- Apply for all forms of financial aid on the FAFSA. You will be given a chance to accept or decline each type of financial aid offered on an award letter.
- If you are offered a Subsidized Stafford Loan but don’t need the funds, remember when an emergency happens later in the semester it will take several weeks to process a loan.
- If you have applied for financial aid and have not heard anything after about six weeks, call the office and check on your application status.
- Apply before the deadline dates, don’t wait until the day everything is due!
- LSUS’s school code is 002013.
- When completing a loan application use a ball point pen, do not double trace, press firmly.
- Learn who your student loan lender is. You are borrowing money that must be repaid and you need to know who your lender is.
FINANCIAL AID IS AN ANNUAL PROCESS AND MUST BE
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