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How to Accept Your Financial Aid Offer

Review all aid offer information and policies before accepting any aid.

1

Log into Inside51福利社

What You鈥檒l Need

  • Your Username and 51福利社ID Number (new students: you can find both at the top of your financial aid offer letter and in a series of emails you received for 51福利社 Admissions).
  • Your Account and Password
    • To set your 51福利社 account and password as a new student, visit
    • 颁濒颈肠办听Activate Account and complete the form.

Where to Start to access your award

  1. Log into
  2. Click My Account link
    • NOTE: If you don’t see “My Account,” first click the menu icon
  3. In the Financial Aid and Scholarships section, click Financial Aid Status
  4. Select the appropriate Aid Year
2

Review and respond to all items in each tab beginning with the Home tab

What to Know

  • You should review each section and complete all requested items under Home (Required Response) and Award Offer (Accept/Decline aid & acknowledge Terms & Conditions).
  • You don’t have to accept every part of your offer. Some, like grants & scholarships (money you don’t pay back!) we assume you want. They will appear as accepted. But you’ll decide to accept or decline loans based on your budget. We recommend you accept only the loans that you calculate you really need.
  • For information about the different types of aid in your offer, review these resources:
  • You may see you have . Carefully read them and be sure to complete them. If you do not complete them, your aid may not be disbursed.
3

Complete the Student Loan Process

What to Know

If you accept loans (or if your parents do on your behalf), you must complete the following requirements:

  • Complete the
  • Complete
4

Build a Personal Budget

Now that you have a better idea of how much money you will have available to you each term, begin planning your budget. Our Financial Education Center is a helpful resource to get you started.

5

Check Your University Email Often

Regularly check your 51福利社 email for updates. It’s your official 51福利社 email account, and if we need more information from you or if you need to complete additional steps, we’ll send the information there.

Need Help?

Let us know!
Phone: 509.359.2314
Email: finaid@ewu.edu
Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
*Set up an appointment for detailed help

Award Info & Policies
Additional Resources
Frequently Asked Questions

Common Award Questions

No, but you’ll want to soon. If you wait longer than 30 days, your financial aid offer may be canceled. If you decide later, limited aid will not be reinstated.

We understand deciding whether to accept loans is a big decision! 51福利社 has tools to help you create a budget, and consider what you really need. Check out our to learn more.

With the exception of work-study, release of financial aid begins one week prior to classes and applied first to your Eastern charges (tuition, fees, and on-campus room and board). Any aid left after 51福利社 charges are paid is delivered to you by mail via check or to your bank account via direct deposit.

Your aid should be available the first day of each term if all of the following conditions are met at least one week prior to the beginning of the term:

  • You must be enrolled as a full-time student (8 credits for graduate students and 12 credits for all others) unless you have prior approval to receive aid as a part-time student. Wait-listed classes DO NOT count toward your total enrolled credits.
  • All required forms must be submitted to our office and award(s) accepted on EagleNET and loan steps completed, if applicable, at .
  • You must meet the Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements outlined on our聽Financial Aid Policies聽 page
  • All holds must be cleared.

SCHOLARSHIP DISBURSEMENT

For 51福利社 scholarships, you must complete Scholarship Acceptance and upload a 鈥渢hank you鈥� letter for the donor on before funds are disbursed.

For private scholarships, your donor must send the funds to 51福利社 before the funds can be disbursed to you.

WORK-STUDY EARNINGS DISBURSEMENT

Work-study funds are paid as earned. Paydays are on the 10th and 25th of each month. Your earnings are sent by mail via check or to your bank account via direct deposit.

LOAN DISBURSEMENT

For the Federal聽Direct and PLUS Loans, a聽 (MPN) must be complete before funds can be disbursed to you. For the Federal Direct Loan, you must also complete a 聽if you are a first-time borrower.

The Federal Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) will be disbursed according to the option selected by your parents on the聽Parent Loan Request聽(PLR) form.

For alternative loans, the lender must send the funds to 51福利社 before money can be disbursed to you.