You just received your award letter, now what?

Review Your Personal Information

The first thing you should do is make sure that your personal information is correct. Is your student ID correct? Do you need to change your last name due to a marriage? If you need to make any changes, contact the financial office with your updated information.

If you do not have your letter handy, click on the Sample Award Letter provided for you on the right. The sample letter will give an idea of where to look.

Understand Your Award Amounts

Next, look at your award amounts. The amounts you see are typically for the entire award year (see sample award letter), not per semester. If you see a $1000 award, typically expect to see half of the award disbursed in the fall and the remaining half disbursed in the spring. See our financial aid disbursement schedule for more information.

Additionally, the amounts you see do not necessarily indicate what you are actually going to receive. Rather, they indicate what you may be eligible for should you meet and maintain required qualifications (see the sample award letter for general qualifications).

If you are enrolled in the CE Police or Fire Academy your amounts will change. Please contact us if you are in one of these programs.

Accepting Your Grant Award

If you've submitted your completed or corrected FAFSA and have been awarded a grant, you generally need only register for your classes to be eligible to accept your grant funds. Once you are registered, your grant award will post to your account if you are enrolled in the required number of hours for eligibility. Contact us to be sure you know how many hours a particular grant requires.

Accepting Your Loan Award

See Accepting Stafford Loans

Sample 2006-2007 Award Letter

Bailey Galloway
899 Mt Zion Rd
Midlothian, TX 76065

Dear Bailey:
Click here to view a sample award letter with award descriptions.

$1000.00 Pell Grant
$2625.00 Subsidized
$4000.00 Unsubsidized

Financial Aid Office
Navarro College

What Else?

• SAP Standards fact sheet

Do you know what an ACG Grant or Subsidized Loan is? Visit www.studentaid.ed.gov to find out. You will find studentaid.gov to contain quite a bit of useful information with regard to federal student aid.