Fall Financial Aid
聽Fall aid applies to the bill the week before your session starts.
  1. Log in to
  2. Navigate to the Financial Aid card.
  3. Select the appropriate aid year from the year drop-down near the top of the card
  4. Click View Financial Aid. At the bottom of the card, click Accept or Decline Aid.

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Accepting or Declining Aid

  • Grants, work-study and admissions-based scholarships are automatically accepted.
  • Loans (except Parent loans) will need to be accepted if you wish to receive them.
  • Students offered other CU 麻豆影院 Scholarship(s) may need to accept them to receive them. Recipients will be emailed with specific instructions.

Calculate How Much You Need

Before accepting any loans, figure out how much you will need for the academic year.

聽Estimated Cost
+ Estimated Indirect Costs
Grants & Scholarships
= Remaining Amount

  • Calculate your
  • Add your estimated indirect costs from the budget examples
  • Subtract grant & scholarship amounts (available in your portal)
  • The remaining amount is what you will need to cover with loans, personal savings or payments throughout the year

Only Accept What You Need

You may choose to accept all, part or none of the loans offered to you.* We strongly encourage you to only accept the amount of loan that you need. The less you borrow now, the less you will owe after graduation.

Reducing or Cancelling a Loan Amount

* Be sure to include loan origination fees in the amount you choose to borrow if you accept less.

How to View Estimated Expenses

To see a list of your estimated expenses (also known as 鈥渃ost of attendance鈥):

  • Log in to
  • Navigate to the Financial Aid card.
  • Select the appropriate aid year from the year drop-down near the top of the card.
  • Click the card menu, then click聽View estimated expenses聽(opens new browser tab).