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Week of August 20, 2012

Full-tuition Scholarship and Honors Scholars status

Please be aware that all Full Tuition and Honors scholarships for continuing students are initially based on your fall enrollment as of August 16th. All full tuition and honors scholarship awards for continuing students will be adjusted to actual enrollment after the last day to add and drop classes.

Incoming 1L's: Financial Aid Session During Orientation

If you have been awarded federal loans for 2012-2013 academic year, you must attend the Federal Loan Program 101 session in order to receive your financial aid. During this session, we will discuss basic student loan information, repayment options, budget management, and building good credit.  This session will be very informative and it will give you a chance to get answers to all of your student loan questions in person.  

You must attend one of the open sessions or your financial aid will not be released. Days and times for the open counseling sessions are listed below. Each open group session will last approximately 45-60 minutes. Appointments are NOT required and you do not need to R.S.V.P. Please follow your orientation section schedule.

Day Division Students
Monday, August 20, 2012
Location: Auditorium
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. for Sections A2 & C
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. for Sections A1 & B

Evening Division Students
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Location: Rm 520
8:50 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.   

Fall Disbursement Schedule

Fall Loans will be disbursed on August 17th for Chicago-Kent students with completed financial aid files for the 2012-2013 academic year. Funds will be disbursed electronically to the student's tuition account. For refund estimation times please contact the Student Account's Office (formerly Bursar's Office).

Fall Loan Disbursement Process: Step-by-Step

All loan funds, federal, and private, are posted directly to the student’s account according to the scheduled disbursement date.

  1. On the scheduled disbursement date, we must verify that you are eligible to receive the funds. This process can take 1-3 business days.
  2. The funds are then released and credited to your student account.
  3. If a credit balance exists after the funds have been credited, the Student Account's Office (formerly Bursar’s Office) will process your refund. If you have direct deposit set up your refund will be deposited into your personal bank account, if not, it will be mailed (not held for pick up) by the Student Account's Office. The university encourages all students to sign up for direct deposit on the myIIT portal.

If you have any questions regarding the status of your refund check or charges on your account, please contact the Student Account's Office at 312-906-5161 or in room 290.

If you have any questions regarding the financial aid funds that have been credited to your account, please contact the Office of Financial Aid at 312-906-5180 or in suite 230.

Reminder: Direct Deposit Available

Please be aware that the university allows students the option of having their financial aid refunds direct deposited into their checking or savings account. The university encourages all students to sign up for direct deposit. Click here for more information on the new TouchNet service.

Scholarships Posted For Continuing Students

Kent Scholarships have been posted to the accounts of all eligible students. If you received a scholarship it may have changed the amount of your Federal Plus or Stafford Loan. For this reason, please use your myIIT account to view your financial aid award.  

Scholarships for day division students enrolled in less than 12 credits for the fall semester will be posted after the Office of Financial Aid receives approval of your scholarship from the Admissions Office.

Full tuition scholarships are based on 12 credits. Revisions to scholarship amounts for increased/decreased credits will occur after the add/drop period for the fall semester. You will receive a revised award notification email when it is finalized.

If you have question about your scholarship eligibility or if there seems to be a problem with your scholarship award amount please contact the Office of Admissions at 312-906-5020.

Change In Proof of Citizenship Confirmation Policy: Original Copy Required In Person

Due to a federal regulation change, all students that have been selected for citizenship confirmation, or are submitting citizenship documentation to satisfy any other requirement must submit the original document in person for the student's file for the academic year. Continuing students are also required to bring in their documentation even it is already on file from last year. Please note this is only for students that have been selected for citizenship confirmation on their FAFSA.

Graduating In December 2012 or Less Than Half Time Enrollment In Spring 2013? Please Notify Our Office of Your Enrollment Intentions

If you are planning to graduate in the December 2012 semester or will be less than half time in the spring 2013 semester, please notify our office as soon as possible of your enrollment intentions and credit hours, if you have not done so already. Your award will need to be revised for the fall semester only. Please send us an email at finaid@kentlaw.edu.

Don't Forget to Accept Your Awards

If you still have not accepted or declined your loans, please do so as soon as possible.  You must use your myIIT account to accept/decline your loans. If you do not accept your loans, we cannot process them. That is why we urge you to accept them now to avoid delays with disbursement. If you do not wish to wish to receive any of the funds, you may decline the loan(s) using the myIIT portal.

Please select one of the options below on the myIIT portal at:https://my.iit.edu/cp/home/displaylogin.

Accept: If you wish to receive any portion of the loans still listed as offered, you must accept the funds. Also, please be aware that you may be required to complete a Promissory Note and Loan Entrance Counseling with Direct Loans atwww.studentloans.gov before the funds can be disbursed. Please refer to your 'Requirements' section on the myIIT portal.

Decline: If you do not wish to receive any of the funds still listed as offered please decline the loan(s) using your myIIT portal.

Still haven't received your 2012-2013 Financial Aid Award?

Has it been 3 weeks since you completed your FAFSA and you have not received a financial aid award for the 201-2013 academic year? If so, follow these instructions to make sure your FAFSA information is sent to the DTC Office of Financial Aid.

  1. Go to www.fafsa.ed.gov and view your Student Aid Report (SAR).Make sure the Downtown Campus school code is listed on your FAFSA. The DTC school code is E00773 (Listed as Chicago Kent). Once you correct the school code it will take 1 to 2 weeks to receive a Financial Aid award notification.

  2. If you have the correct school code listed on your FAFSA, check your SAR comments. Your SAR comments will let you know if the data that you entered on your FAFSA has caused an error that prevents your FAFSA information from being transmitted to the school. If there is a problem with the data that you entered on your FAFSA, please update the data elements requested. Once you update the information, it will take 1 to 2 weeks to receive a Financial Aid award notification.

  3. If your comment codes are showing no problems and you have E00773 listed as your school code please contact the Office of Financial Aid so that we can find out why you have not received an award.

FAFSA 2012-2013 Reminder

In order to qualify for financial aid for the 2012-2013 academic year, you must complete the 2012-2013 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

You can complete your FAFSA online at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov. In order to apply you will need your Personal Identification Number (PIN). Please remember to include our school code, E00773, when completing your FAFSA and keep in mind that the school name will be listed as Chicago-Kent College of Law.

If you will not be attending Illinois Institute of Technology Downtown Campus for the 2012-2013 academic year, or you are not interested in applying for federal financial aid, please disregard this reminder.

If you have any questions please call the Office of Financial Aid at (312) 906-5180, or send an email to finaid@kentlaw.edu.

Missing Required Documentation

To avoid delays, please submit any requested documentation as soon as possible.
Please follow the steps below to see if you still have missing requirements:

  1. Log into the Illinois Institute of Technology's myIIT portal at the following link: https://my.iit.edu/.
  2. Select the 'Finances' tab from the menu.
  3. Required documents are listed in the Financial Aid Requirements channel.

Please note that completing the Financial Aid Awareness Couseling does not satisfy the Loan Entrance Counseling Requirement. It is an optional couseling session that covers the basics of financial literacy. The required counseling session is called Loan Entrance Counseling. Please see our website for more information: Financial Aid Required Documents

Once you complete your Master Promissory Notes (not loan application) and Loan Entrance Counseling via the Department of Education's website, it may take up to 2 weeks for your required document status on the myIIT portal to reflect this. If it has been over 2 weeks since your completion of a Promissory Note or Loan Entrance Counseling and your documents status on myIIT is still showing not received, please contact our office.

If you were awarded the Perkins Loan this academic year 2012-2013, please check your Kent email (or your IIT e-mail address on the welcome screen of your myIIT portal, as communications could be sent there), for information from the IIT Perkins Loan servicer, ECSI, on completing the Promissory Note and Entrance Counseling. Students that competed this requirement last academic year (2011-2012) are not required to complete this requirement again. This maybe marked as spam in your mailbox, but it is not. You will not be able to complete the promissory note online if ECSI does not have your information on file that is why we ask that you wait until you receive an email notification. However, if mid-August has passed and you have not completed this requirement, please contact ECSI directly at 1-888-549-3274 and state that you are attending the IIT Downtown Campus. Also, for more information see the Student Account's (formerly Bursar's Office) website at:

http://www.iit.edu/bursar/institutional_and_perkins_loans.shtml

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: http://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.

Office Hours - Suite #230

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 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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