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Rights and Responsibilities of Students Receiving Financial Aid
You have the right to:
- Seek financial aid counseling.
- Information about how your aid award was calculated.
- Have your financial need reviewed through an appeal process if you or your family's financial circumstances change.
- Know how much aid you will receive each semester and when it will be disbursed or applied to your account.
- Know the terms of any work study award offered.
- Know the interest rate, as well as the amount, method, and starting dates of repayment, for any loan offered.
- Access your financial aid file.
- Know that the information you give to the Financial Aid Office will be treated confidentially. Information from a student's file will not be released to anyone without a signed release from the student, except to University staff and financial aid donors.
You have the responsibility to:
- Provide accurate and factual information on all financial aid forms.
- Provide any additional information requested during the application process, which may include copies of income tax returns, verification worksheets, or other required information.
- Be aware of financial aid deadlines.
- Notify the Financial Aid Office of any change in name, address, marital status, or cedit load (including withdrawing from all registered courses, please review the Unofficial Withdrawal Policy).
- Use financial aid for educational expenses only.
- Make Satisfactory Academic Progress to maintain eligibility for aid.
- Report any additional financial aid you receive such as scholarships, outside grants or other tuition assistance.
- Repay all loans or prior overaward of financial aid according to your truth-in-lending and promissory notes. If you are in default on a loan, you are not eligible for additional financial aid. For information on repaying your student loans, visit Student Aid on the Web.
- Notify the Financial Aid Office if you are in default on an education loan or owe financial aid repayments.
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