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Welcome
to Stafford Entrance Counseling
Before you get your
Federal Stafford student loan, you are required by federal regulations
to complete an entrance counseling session. It shows you how
to manage your student loans, both during and after college.
You can now do the
counseling online, at your own convenience, in about 25 minutes if your
college participates in Mapping your Future Online Student Loan
Counseling. You can easily find out if your school participates
by following the below easy steps.
Before
You Start
Gather
the following information, if you don't have it already:
- Your Social Security
number
- Your driver's
license number
- Name, address
and phone number of your closest relatives
- Name address and
phone for two references at different addresses
(so we can contact the references if we lose touch with you.)
What
to Do
- Click on the following
link http://www.mapping-your-future.org
- From the site
menu on the left side of the page, select "Student Loan Counseling
Interview - Stafford Entrance"
- Follow the prompts:
- From the menu,
select the state where your school is located.
- Select the
name of your school. Follow the prompt and answer any additional
questions there may be regarding your school.
- Read all the
text and answer the questions. You will need to answer all the questions
correctly. If you do not answer a question correctly, you can try
again. You will receive a message letting you know which question(s)
was answered incorrectly. You may review the content on the left-hand
side of the screen before turning to answer the question(s)again.
If you are unable to answer a question correctly, online help is
available or you can contact your Financial Aid Administrator to
complete your entrance counseling session.
- Fill out the
student information form.
- Keep a record
of your confirmation page, which appears after you fill out the
student information form. Your school will be notified that you
took the session.
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