You have completed your application(s) for financial aid and have been given notice of the aid you have been awarded. Now you will need to make final decisions about how much aid to accept, then follow the required steps to make your decision official. Contact the Office of Financial Aid with any questions.

Financial Aid Award Notice

Once the student has reviewed their financial aid award notice and made any required updates to the loan amounts, they must submit the signed award notice through the secure box portal below. The award notice must be signed prior to submitting it. Written or electronic signatures will be accepted but typed or font signatures will not be permitted. Post-graduate students are required to submit their completed loan disbursement worksheets (LDW), also through the portal.

Award Notice Instructions

If the award notice was received via email, print out the email, initial any changes, sign it with written (inked) signature, scan it, and return to the Financial Aid Office by uploading it to the secure portal link below. If a printer or scanner is not accessible, open the email window containing the award letter, go to “File”, “Print”, select “Print to PDF,” and then select “Print”. A prompt will follow to identify a document name and where PDF should be saved. Once document has been named (see below for proper naming configuration), click Save. The email is then saved as a PDF document to which any appropriate adjustments (initial any changes) can be added along with an electronic signature. Upload the saved document using the secure portal link below.

LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, PROGRAM, AND YEAR OF GRADUATION Award Notice

For instance, a D27 student should name their document: Last Name, First Name D27 Award Notice. A first-year Endodontics student should name their document: Last Name, First Name EN25 Award Notice. Loan Disbursement Worksheets (Post-Graduates only) can be submitted using a similar configuration with LDW at the end. This helps the Financial Aid Office direct your award notice to the appropriate staff member for processing.

Submit through the secure Box portal to Submit your Award Letter electronically to the Financial Aid Office.

You should evaluate your student loan borrowing needs in light of personal financial resources available to you. Completing the Loan Disbursement Worksheet will help you determine exactly what you might need to borrow. It is suggested that DMD/DIS students complete the Loan Disbursement Worksheet. Note that post-graduate students applying for Federal Direct Grad PLUS or a Private Education Loan are REQUIRED to complete the Loan Disbursement Worksheet and return it to the Financial Aid Office. After you’ve been awarded and have accepted per your Award Notification Letter, you are able to complete your loan application requirements.