Step 1
Log in to CampS to review your financial aid award.
Step 2
Make sure to review and understand each portion of your financial aid award. Your award may consist of a combination of various types of loans, grants, and work-study. Make sure you review and understand the terms of any loans being offered before accepting or declining those loans. If you have any questions, please contact Blugold Central.
There are different types of loans you may be offered, and it is important to review the terms of each of the loans. You also may have received grant funds on your financial aid package. Grant funds are gift assistance and do not have to be repaid. Because these are gift assistance, we accept them for you.
Work-study is a little more complicated. If you received a work-study award in your financial aid package, these funds will not be directly applied to your university account balance. Under work-study, you will earn a paycheck based on the hours you work and your paycheck will be directly deposited into your bank account if you choose to find an on campus job. A work-study award allows you to apply for work-study jobs and you may earn up to the amount indicated on your award. Student employment positions are posted on Handshake, and you may apply for any student employment position. It is your choice whether or not you earn your work-study allocation.
Find out more about work-study
Step 3
Within CampS, you will choose to accept or decline any loans offered.
If you are on a mobile device:
To accept or decline any loans that are offered to you, click on Outstanding Offers.
- Click on the aid type, then you may select Accept or Decline from the drop-down. If you want to reduce the loan amount, select Accept, then check the Reduce box and enter in your desired lesser amount. NOTE: If you reduce the amount of the Subsidized Direct Loan being offered to you, the Unsubsidized Direct Loan will automatically become unavailable to you. This is because you want to maximize your subsidized eligibility before borrowing unsubsidized funds.
- When you are done with your selection, click Submit.
- Once you have clicked the Submit button, you may continue to reduce or decline your loans until they have been processed by going to Manage Accepted Awards. After that, any reductions, increases, or declines will require you to contact Blugold Central to have your eligibility reassessed.
If you are on a desktop computer:
To accept or decline any loans that are offered to you, click on Accept/Decline.
- Click on the Accept/Decline Awards button, then you may select Accept or Decline from the drop-down for each offer. If you want to reduce the loan amount, select Accept, then check the Reduce box and enter in your desired lesser amount. NOTE: If you reduce the amount of the Subsidized Direct Loan being offered to you, the Unsubsidized Direct Loan will automatically become unavailable to you. This is because you want to maximize your subsidized eligibility before borrowing unsubsidized funds.
- When you are done with your selection, click Submit.
- Once you have clicked the Submit button, you may continue to reduce or decline your loans here until they have been processed. After that, any reductions, increases, or declines will require you to contact Blugold Central to have your eligibility reassessed.
NOTE: Financial aid disburses to student accounts beginning the first week of each semester in most cases.
Step 4
If you elect to accept any Direct Loan on your financial aid package, you will need to sign an electronic Master Promissory Note and complete Loan Entrance Counseling before you will receive those funds. Blugold Central will email you with instructions to complete these steps.
Step 5
Reporting Outside Scholarships
You must report outside scholarships and other financial aid resources because those resources may affect the federal and state aid for which you are eligible.
To let us know about any other resources you are going to receive:
- Go to the Financial Aid tile in CampS. Make sure the Academic Year at the top is the one you want to view. If you need to change the year, click the Change button.
- Click on Outside Aid.
- Click on the green Report Outside Aid button.
- Use the drop-down arrow to select whether the scholarship/aid will be split between fall and spring semesters, or all for fall or spring. Use Other only if the award you are receiving is NOT a scholarship.
- In the Award Description field, type the name of the award you will receive.
- In the Amount field, type in the amount of the award you will receive.
- Click Submit at the top.
- If you have more outside sources of aid to report, click the plus sign button and repeat the steps above.
- The financial aid team will process this information.
Step 6
If the aid you received does not cover your costs, make sure you take a look at the following options for additional funding:
If you have any questions about this information above, please contact Blugold Central.
