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Week of May 14, 2007

Accepting Summer Awards

You have been offered a financial aid award for the summer but you have yet to accept the offered amounts. You must accept the offered Estimated Federal Stafford, Federal Graduate Plus and/or Private (Alternative) loans on your Web for Students if you wish to receive the funds for summer.

If this is your first year borrowing funds at Illinois Institute of Technology Downtown Campus you will have to complete the Federal Master Promissory Note for each loan type you choose to accept. Please visit our website at the following link if you need to complete this requirement: https://www.kentlaw.edu/depts/finaid. Also, please be aware that while you may be eligible for a higher Grad Plus or Private loan amount, you cannot increase the Federal Stafford loan amounts.

Summer Award Information

The summer term is the first term of the 2007-2008academic year. Summer financial aid, however, is processed separately from the regular academic year.

Students must complete the 2007-2008 FAFSA in order to receive federal loans for the summer term. The Office of Financial Aid cannot process federal loans for a student until his or her FAFSA information is received.

In order to receive federal financial aid for the summer term, students must be enrolled at least half-time. Half-time status is defined as the following: Chicago-Kent College of Law (JD & LLM) students must enroll for at least 6 credits; Stuart School of Business students must enroll for at least 7.2 credits; Master of Public Administration students must enroll for at least 5 credits.

The Office of Financial Aid will automatically process summer federal loans for students who are enrolled at least half-time during the summer term. Law and MPA students will receive 1/3 of their federal loan eligibility during the summer term and business students will receive 1/4 of their federal loan eligibility. Students may choose to borrow alternative loan funds in addition to their federal loan funds for the summer term. To do so, they must apply for a loan directly with the lender of their choice.

Students who are not enrolled at least half-time may choose to borrow alternative loan funds for the summer term. To do so, they must apply for a loan directly with the lender of their choice.

Spring 2007 Financial Aid Deadlines:

Law and MPA Student

If you are applying aid for Spring 2007, your file must be complete with the Office of Financial Aid by 4/27/2007.

Stuart Student

If you are applying aid for Spring 2007, your file must be complete with the Office of Financial Aid by 5/4/2007.

 

 

Free Credit Report

Did you know that you are now able to receive a free credit report once every 12 months? We encourage students to review their credit reports annually to check for inaccuracies and identify any suspicious activity.

To receive your free credit report, please visit the following link: www.annualcreditreport.com. This central site allows you to request a free credit file disclosure, commonly called a credit report, once every 12 months from each of the nationwide consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.

Please be aware that other sites may advertise free credit reports, but this is the only site that is sponsored by the federal government and the three nationwide credit reporting agencies. Other sites may charge fees.

2007-2008FAFSA

In order to qualify for federal financial aid for 2007-2008, you must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Renewal FAFSA for 2007-2008. In order to complete the 2007-2008 FAFSA you will need to provide 2006 income and tax information, so we recommend that you complete your 2006 tax returns before filing your FAFSA.

You can complete your FAFSA or Renewal FAFSA online at www.fafsa.ed.gov

REFUND CHECKS

Refund checks are generated by the Bursar's Office and are available to be picked up at their office (Room 290) approximately 5-7 business days after a credit has resulted in a student's account. At this point in the term, most financial aid funds have been credited to students' accounts.

The Bursar's Office will send the student an email when a refund check is available.

Office Hours - Suite #230

Monday-Thursday ~ 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Friday ~ 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m

Phone: (312) 906-5180 - Fax: (312) 906-5274

 

 


 

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