Office of Financial Aid
Applying for Your Loan Just Got Easier
ATTENTION
STUDENTS — How
to Complete Your Master Promissory Note (MPN) for Federal Stafford Loans
(Students Only)
(Subsidized and Unsubsidized)
If
a Federal Stafford Loan is part of your financial
aid package, your Federal Stafford Loan proceeds cannot
be credited to your student account until
you follow the instructions below.
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Click
on "Stafford Loans," then
"Apply Now" under
"Find Aid For School"
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Read loan (MPN) welcome information
and click continue
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Click "Create an Account" to create
a username and password. Please
keep your username and password
in a safe place!
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Verify information and submit
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Upon successful completion click "Continue"
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Choose school location (Pennsylvania) and
school name (Lincoln University)
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Select your lender from the drop down menu
of Lincoln University's preferred lenders
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Enter personal information and click
"Continue"
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Enter
reference information and click "Continue"
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Select how you would like to sign your MPN
and click "Continue" (PIN signature
is highly recommended!)
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Follow instructions based on your signature
option
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Read and follow instructions for final submission
and/or mailing
STUDENTS: If you do not have access to complete your
MPN on-line, we will gladly mail you an
application or we will assist you in completing
the MPN when you report to campus. Please
see your Financial Aid Counselor in Lincoln
Hall, Room 101.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are a freshman
and/or this is your first time borrowing,
you must complete your student loan entrance
counseling on-line after you sign your
MPN.
How to Complete Your Entrance Counseling / Exit Review
Federal
Regulations require Lincoln University to
administer entrance loan counseling to all
student loan borrowers before they receive
their loan proceeds. Exit loan counseling
must be completed by all student loan borrowers
who leave school, drop below half-time status,
or graduate. Even if you plan to return to
school at a later date you must still complete
exit counseling. Please follow the instructions
below to complete both Federal Stafford and Perkins
Loan entrance and exit counseling.
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Under "Find Aid for School" click on Entrance and
Exit Counseling.
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Read the instructions and select your counseling
session under "Online Student Loan
Counseling" section.
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Choose Pennsylvania for school state and
select Lincoln University for school and click "Continue."
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Again
choose Pennsylvania for the "U.S.
State or territory" and click
"Continue."
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Also choose Lincoln
University for "Now, select your
school" and click
"Continue."
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Mapping Your Future: Online Student Loan
Counseling Instructions. Click "I
Agree" to start test.
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When the test is finished, complete the
Borrower Information Form and click "Continue".
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Complete the personal reference information
and click "Submit."
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Print your counseling confirmation page
for your records.
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An electronic message will be sent to the
Financial Aid Office once you've completed
your counseling.
You
have 10 days from the receipt of this notice
to go online and complete entrance or exit
counseling.
If you do not have access to
the Internet, please call the Office of
Financial Aid at 800-561-2606.
ATTENTION
PARENTS
Before applying for the Federal PLUS Loan you
must complete the Federal
PLUS
Loan Pre-Qualification Request Form (provided by the Office of Financial Aid)
to determine if you will be approved or denied.
How to Complete Your Approved Federal Plus Master Promissory Note (MPN) for Federal Plus Loan
(For Parent Only)
If a Federal PLUS Loan is part of your
child's financial
aid package, your Federal PLUS Loan proceeds
cannot be credited to the student's account
until you follow the instructions below to
complete the Federal PLUS Loan Master
Promissory Note.
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Log onto
www.pin.ed.gov and apply for your PIN number as a parent
(refer to PIN postcard for instructions).
A PIN number is mandatory. It will be required
to sign your Federal PLUS MPN
electronically.
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You
must retrieve your pin number from your e-mail
within five days of applying.
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Once PIN is retrieved, log on to www.aessuccess.org
to complete Federal PLUS Loan MPN.
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Click "Parent PLUS Loans" under
"Find Aid for School" then click
"Apply Now."
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Follow the instructions on how to complete
your Federal
PLUS MPN online, and click
"Continue".
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Click
"Create an Account," to create
username and password.
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Verify your information and click
"Submit".
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Upon successful completion, click "Continue".
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Enter your dependent student's Social
Security Number, click "Continue".
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Choose school location (Pennsylvania), school name (Lincoln
University), and click "Continue".
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Enter
loan period (8/2008 - 4/2009), and click "Continue".
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Select the lender from the drop down menu and click
"Continue".
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Once you have completed the requested
information in its
entirety, click "Submit."
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Your signature options will appear (PIN signature
is highly recommended)
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Follow remaining signature requirements.
INSTRUCTIONS
ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
We request that you follow-up with AES/PHEAA
(1-800-692-7392) shortly after you have completed
the online application to ensure it has been
received.
