Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid

OFFICE OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID

119 Student Union 405-744-6604 (Phone) | 405-744-6438 (Fax) financialaid.okstate.edu | finaid@okstate.edu

File the FAFSA: studentaid.gov OSU School Code: 003170

Checking your Financial Aid Online:

• Log in to my.okstate.edu. (OSU email and O-Key password) • Click on the Self Service icon.

• Click on Financial Aid tab.

Financial Aid Status: You will see a summary of your current status with links to additional information. This is a good place to check each time you log into the system, as it gives you a quick overview of your status.

Eligibility: The Student Requirements tab on this page will display the status of all requirements with links to complete any that are unsatisfied.

Award Offer: You will see all the awards you’ve been offered displayed in an annual total and broken down by semester. For Federal Work Study and loans, you will need to accept or decline them. Grant awards are already accepted for you when they are awarded. You’ll need to acknowledge the terms and conditions before being able to accept your awards. You can find specific instructions for accepting/declining awards at okla.st/ accept-aid.

Resources/Additional Information: If you know

of an award from a non-OSU source (scholarship agency, tribal scholarship, etc.), add the information to the Resources/Additional Information tab of the Award section. If you've been notified of an award from an OSU office and it isn't showing on your Award page, contact the awarding office.

Answer the Authorization to Use Title IV Aid questions on this same tab. Look over the instructions at okla.st/finaid-authorization for more information.

COMMUNICATING WITH THE OFFICE OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID

To protect your privacy, official emails are sent to your OSU email address once you activate your OSU O-Key account. You can use the myOKSTATE portal to upload documents needed for financial aid and scholarships.

FINANCIAL PLANNING COACHES

In addition to the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, financial planning coaches with the Office of First Year Success meet with freshman students to provide financial literacy education and resources for financial success.

HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPTS

Before any aid can be disbursed, your official high school transcript, showing graduation, must be on file with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE FIRST DISBURSEMENT OF STUDENT OR PARENT LOANS

If you accept a student loan or your parents apply for a Parent PLUS loan, you’ll need to complete a few additional steps before the first disbursement of your loan(s) can be credited to your bursar account. You will log in at studentaid.gov by using your FSA ID (which you used to complete the FAFSA). We will be notified when you have completed these steps as long as you indicated OSU-Stillwater.

• Loan Entrance Counseling (Students) • Loan Promissory Note (Students) • Loan Promissory Note (students) to say: Annual Student

Loan Acknowledgment (Students & Parents) • Parent PLUS Loan Application and Promissory Note (the parent will use their FSA ID from the FAFSA)

HAS THERE BEEN A CHANGE IN YOUR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES?

Please contact our office and we can discuss your circumstances and see about possible adjustments.