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September-December 2006
Conduct a nationwide
scholarship search
__ October-December 2006
Apply for admission to USF
__ November-December 2006
Apply for your federal PIN (parents of
dependent students should also apply) so you can sign your FAFSA
electronically
__ October 2006-January 2007
Financial Aid communicates via e-mail, so once you’re admitted, be sure to
keep your e-mail address current in OASIS
__ January-February 2007
Complete your Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA) by the March 1 Priority Application Date: (Be
sure to include an email address.)
Make sure you include USF in the section
that requests which schools should receive your information electronically.
(USF’s federal school code is 001537.) If you did not include USF, when you
applied, go back online and add it.
__ February-August 2007
At least once a month, check your status in OASIS. If you need help with
OASIS, go to our online tutorials at www.usf.edu/finaid/Publications/tutorials.htm.
To find out if additional information is required of you:
- Login to OASIS;
- Choose “Financial Aid” menu;
- Choose “My Requirements, Bookstore
Authorizations and Deferments;”
- Choose an aid year;
- See if any unsatisfied requirements are
listed for you.
Be sure to quickly provide additional
information that is required of you.
__ March-April 2007
Review your Student Aid Report (SAR). Based on the information you provide
on your FAFSA, the federal processor will mail you a SAR, ensure that all
the information is correct.
__ March-May 2007
New Students: Your Award Provisions accompany your Award Letter and
detail what is required of you to receive and keep your aid; so read them
carefully. You may need to accept some of your awards in OASIS.
__ April-August 2007
All borrowers:
Login to OASIS and accept your loans & work-study, if awarded to you.
New borrowers:
Submit a Federal Stafford Lender Preference form.
Complete an Entrance Interview.
Submit your
Master Promissory Note (MPN)
The Lender Preference & Entrance
Interview will appear in your unsatisfied requirements in OASIS if you need
to submit them.
__ June - July 2007
Sign up for eDeposit: If you sign up for eDeposit in OASIS, any funds due to
you after your USF charges have been paid will be directly deposited into
your own bank account.
__ July - August 2007
Continuing Students: View your awards in OASIS and read your
Award Provisions
carefully. Check OASIS to see if you have deferments, a BAPP (Bookstore
Advance Purchase Program), and to sign up for eDeposit--if you have not
already done so.
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