Entrance Counseling
If you are a first-time student loan borrower, you are required to complete entrance counseling.
Your school will conduct entrance counseling either:
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In-person (individually or as a group) or
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Online
Be sure to check with your school’s financial aid office to determine the specific entrance counseling process you need to complete.
During entrance counseling, you will learn the following:
- The importance of your loan repayment options.
- That loan repayment is required, regardless of educational outcome or subsequent employability.
- The use of the Master Promissory Note.
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How interest and capitalization affect your loan.
- Your estimated monthly loan repayment amount.
- How to retrieve your loan information through the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS).
- The importance of notifying the school and loan servicer of withdrawal or other changes in your school status.
Because you have decided to borrow a federal student loan to help pay for your educational expenses, it is important that you are aware of your Rights and Responsibilities as a borrower.