Undergraduate
• Fall/Spring 2005-2006
Graduate
• Fall/Spring 2005-2006
 |
 |
Step 1: Submit - Applications
Step 2: Confirm - that your application was received
Step 3: Finalize - Award Notification/Loan Processes
Step 4: Receive - Student Aid Funds
|
| Step 1: Submit - Applications
|
Top of page
|
The Office of Admissions and Scholarships is
responsible for admitting students and processing scholarships including the Sumners Scholarship.
Federal Student Aid (Grants, Work, and Loans, Including Parent PLUS)
- Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
You may submit the FAFSA to the federal processor by filing a paper FAFSA
or by filing electronically through the Internet by using FAFSA on the Web.
We recommend that you file your FAFSA over the web. The FAFSA for the 2005-2006 school year cannot be filed until January 1, 2005.
Click here for information about filing the FAFSA.
- If interested in a student loan and/or work-study be sure to check these boxes on the FAFSA.
- If interested in a Parent PLUS Loan, in addition to the FAFSA, the parent borrower must complete the PLUS pre-approval process with
his/her lender. See Step III- Below.
- Complete the FAFSA or Renewal FAFSA process each year as soon as possible after January 1st for the upcoming school year.
- MSU's Federal School Code is 002423.
Note: Approximately 30% of all applications each year will be selected by the federal processor for a process
of review called verification. If your application is selected you will be notified and you must submit the following
documents to the Department of Student Financial Aid at MSU:
- Signed copy of your (and your spouses', if married) 2004 Federal Income Tax Return
- Signed copy of your parents' 2004 Federal Income Tax Return (if you were required to apply as a dependent student)
- Completed 2005-2006 Federal Verification Worksheet(Coming Soon)
In addition, the processor will perform database matches by comparing your application data with the Social Security
Administration, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Selective Service, National Student Loan Data System, and
others. Depending on the outcome of these database matches, you may be required to submit additional documentation to MSU.
Private Alternative Student Loans
Click here for application information and links to private alternative loan lenders.
State Student Financial Aid (for residents of Mississippi only)
Several student financial aid programs are offered by the state of Mississippi through the Mississippi Office of
Student Financial Aid in Jackson, MS. Some of these programs are offered specifically for teacher education majors,
nursing majors, medical students and dental students. Two of the larger programs offered are the Mississippi Tuition
Assistance Grant/Mississippi Eminent Scholars Grant (MTAG/MESG). These programs do not require a specific academic
major, and are available to all resident students who meet the eligibility criteria.
Completed state aid applications including MTAG/MESG Applications must be submitted directly to the Mississippi Office
of Student Financial Aid in Jackson, MS.
Students should contact the Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid in Jackson for further information or an application.
Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid
3824 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, MS 39211
Phone Number: 1-800-327-2980
E-mail: sfa@ihl.state.ms.us
Web Site: http://www.mississippiuniversities.com
|
|
| Step 2: Confirm - that your application was received
|
Top of page
|
Federal student aid applicants will receive a Student Aid Report (SAR) as a result of filing the FAFSA. Review the information
on the SAR for accuracy and to be sure Mississippi State University is listed as a college to receive your FAFSA results. Submit additional
documents if required.
The Mississippi Office of Student financial Aid in Jackson will notify you of state aid awards. If you are unsure call 1-800-327-2980 for updates.
Application status updates for MSU Entering Student Scholarship and Federal Student Aid applicants can be viewed on-line by using your MSU
NetPassword and Bannerweb at https://mybanner.msstate.edu.
(this on-line status update capability will not be available until late February or early March).
|
|
| Step 3: Finalize - Award Notification/Loan Processes
|
Top of page
|
As soon as each student is awarded federal student aid funds the Department of Student
Financial Aid will notify the applicant of the award as follows:
- Currently enrolled students or new students who have been issued an official MSU E-mail Address and a MSU
NetPassword will receive an electronic notification that will direct them to Bannerweb. By using the MSU NetPassword students
can then accept or decline awards and complete the Supplemental Information Form on line.
- Students who have not yet been issued an official MSU E-mail Address or MSU NetPassword will receive a paper Award
Notification and Supplemental Information Form through the U. S. Postal Service. (A Supplemental Information Form
is required of all federal student aid recipients.) These documents must be completed and returned to MSU before
the award process can be finalized.
- Click below for loan award finalization procedures.
- Perkins Loan
- Stafford Loan
- Parent PLUS Loan
- Private Alternative Loans
|
|
| Step 4: Receive - Student Aid Funds
|
Top of page
|
Federal Grant, Federal Perkins Loan and MSU Scholarship funds that have been finalized
will be disbursed into your MSU Student Account during the final registration process (two days prior to the
beginning of classes each semester).
Click below for information about loan disbursement processes
- Stafford Loan
- Parent PLUS Loan
- Private Alternative Loans
Federal Work-Study funds will not be available at the beginning of the semester for payment of fees.
Students will be paid twice per month for the hours actually worked during the previous work period. All
students awarded FWS must come to the Student Employment Office in Garner Hall to receive an interview
form at the beginning of each semester. This form must be presented by the student to potential employers.
If hired, the form must be filled out completely by the student and employer and returned to the Student Employment
Office before actual work begins.
Click here for information about locating FWS jobs.
State aid funds may or may not be available at registration, depending on your application and award status
at the Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid in Jackson, MS.
No student aid funds can be disbursed into the MSU Student Account until the student has registered for the
required number of classes/credit hours.
All student aid funds (except Federal Work-Study) that are disbursed into the student's MSU Student Account
will first be applied to the amount owed to MSU by the student. If the disbursed student aid funds exceed the amount
owed to MSU, then a refund/disbursement check will be issued to the student upon request at the Account Services
Office in Garner Hall no sooner than the first day of final registration (approximately two days before classes begin
each semester). Click here to view student account status.
|
|
|
|
