Financial Aid Team Looks Forward To Seeing You On Campus!!

As the countdown to the fall semester proceeds, the Financial Aid Office wants to share ‘next steps’ with you after viewing award information on NEIUport in the ‘Financial Aid Awards’ channel.

• View the ‘Financial Aid Requirements’ channel for any outstanding requirements (red flags) such as entrance loan counseling or Title IV Authorization.

• View authorized aid against your University balance in either the ‘My Account’ or ‘My Statement’ channel to determine whether you have a 'credit balance' or surplus amount of financial aid after tuition and fees are covered.

• If you have a ‘credit balance’ you are eligible to purchase books and supplies (including technology items) from the University Bookstore (Follett) through the book voucher program beginning August 14. Purchases can be made online ('Registration Tools' channel) or in person.

• If you wish to update your Federal Work Study or Federal Direct Loan offer statuses to ‘accept’, ‘reduce’ or ‘decline’ visit the Student Employment Office prior to the start of fall classes.

• If you signed a lease with The Nest subtract the amount of your credit balance or surplus from the fall portion of your lease – the fall portion will either be $4,212 or $5,298 – to determine whether you need to enter a payment plan, borrow through the Federal Direct Loan Program, Parent PLUS Program or private loans.

• If you applied for August graduation be sure to complete your online exit loan counseling session at https://studentloans.gov so that there is no delay in receiving your academic transcript or diploma.

Are you ready now for Fall to begin? If you have questions or need additional information call the Financial Aid Office Telephone Center at 773-442-5016 or visit the Financial Aid Office at D-200.

NEIU’s Financial Aid team looks forward to seeing you on campus soon! Remember, if you have not completed your FAFSA for the upcoming Fall semester, do so today at www.fafsa.gov.