Receiving Your Aid
Once your financial aid award has been determined, you will be sent an Award Letter reviewing the aid you are being offered. You will then be required to complete the process outlined below.
Disclaimer: The Office of Financial Aid reserves the right to reduce or cancel awards based on funding levels, changes in enrollment, reduction of costs, or other events that may affect a student's funding level and/or eligibility.
Your Next Steps
Step 1
Review all awards sent to you on your Award
Letter. Included with the Award Letter is financial aid
information about your program of study (tuition waiver and
half-time criteria).
Step 2
Decide which aid you would like
to accept, and which you would like
to decline or reduce a
loan amount. If you accept all aid as
listed, do not return the Award Letter. However, if
you decline or reduce a
loan amount, note the changes on one Award Letter copy and return
it to the Office of Financial Aid.
- Grants/scholarships are "free money" and do not need to be repaid.
- You would then want to accept the lowest interest rate loan listed first, and continue accepting aid amounts until you have taken out how much you think you will need for the period of time showing on your Award Letter.
- If you would like to borrow less in any specific loan program than the amount indicated, make the change on the copy you send back.
- Sign, date and return the Award Letter copy with any changes to the Office of Financial Aid.
Step 3
Complete all required loan paperwork based upon the aid
you accept as indicated below:
|
Type of Assistance |
Steps to Complete |
|
Federal Direct Loan |
1. Entrance Counseling - For all first-time borrowers at NUHS. (Review documents in your Student Portal to confirm status.) |
|
Parent PLUS Loan |
1. Master Promissory Note (Complete Parent PLUS Loan application located on the Forms tab.) |
Billing
Initial bills for registered courses are mailed out approximately two weeks prior to the start of a trimester. These are labeled UNOFFICIAL as course modifications are still possible.
You are responsible for submitting appropriate loan applications and forms to the Office of Financial Aid as soon as possible. Loan proceeds are scheduled to arrive at the beginning of each trimester. Refunds are available from Office of Student Accounts the second week of the trimester.
Payment Policy
Full payment for tuition, fees and on-campus housing or satisfactory arrangements for payment must be made with Office of Student Accounts by the first day of classes in any trimester.
Student Accounts
View the Office of Student Accounts for more information on billing and payments.
