Entrance Loan Counseling - Financial Aid - Western University of Health Sciences

Financial Aid

Entrance Loan Counseling

Welcome to Western University of Health Sciences. To be in compliance with Federal regulations, all Western University students who are planning on paying for their education through the Federal Stafford Loan program and Grad Plus Loan program must complete the Entrance Loan Counseling online. The purpose of the entrance interview is to provide the student with important information regarding their rights and responsibilities as a student borrower. This requirement also applies to students who have previously borrowed at another institution. Loan funds can not be released until this requirement has been met.

The Entrance Loan counseling may be completed on line by clicking Direct Loan Entrance Counseling, you will then need to follow the steps for completing the Entrance Counseling on-line session. The on-line counseling session will take about 20-30 minutes to complete with a review session and a short quiz at the end. Once you have completed the exam there will be three steps remaining: 1). Enter your personal information 2). Read and accept your borrower rights and responsibilities 3). Select the school (s) that should be notified that you have completed Entrance Counseling. Once you have successfully completed the counseling session please print a confirmation for your records, all exam results will be sent to financial aid electronically. The deadline to complete your Entrance Loan Counseling is June 30, 2009.

For Perkins entrance counseling , please go to Perkins Entrance Counseling , go to "choose my exam" on the left hand menu and select Perkins Exam and then click on "continue".

The mandatory Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) Survey may be completed on BanWeb. From the Ban Web Self Service menu click on Enter Secure Area and then log in. You will need to know your parent's current income (regardless of student's age, independent or marital status). If parents are separated/divorced, the parent's income for whom you spent 51% of your time growing up with is what you will need to indicate on the form. The SDS Survey will take approximately 15 minutes of your time to complete.

All entering students receiving any type of federally funded student aid for the first time at Western University will be required to meet with a Financial Aid Counselor. The time and the date will be announced via your WesternU email .

Students applying for Grad Plus and Alternative Loans should know that lenders will check your credit worthiness each time you apply for a loan. We suggest that you obtain a current copy of your credit report and review it for the following:

Incorrect credit information
Delinquent payments
Accounts sent to collections
Bankruptcy
Liens or Judgments
Repossessions

Below are the web sites for three agencies that compile credit information. You can contact one or all three to request your most recent credit report:

NOTE: Students are required to reapply for financial aid every year if interested in receiving financial aid for each subsequent year.

Last Updated:05/18/2009

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