| How to apply:
Students
must complete a FAFSA
application. After satisfying all of
your requirements, a Financial Award Offer will be
sent to you. If
your
Financial Award Offer includes a Grad Plus Loan,
please go to your UH Portal and indicate the loan
amounts for each loan that you are accepting.
You may accept or decline the entire or a portion of
the amount offered. Once you have accepted
your loan(s), please complete the following steps:
- Complete
Your Entrance Interview:
If
you have NOT completed an Entrance
Interview with the
University
of
Hawaii
at Manoa as your home campus, you must do so
before your loan can be processed. Please
click here
to complete your Entrance Interview on-line or go to
https://gradguideentrance.usafunds.org/login.aspx?schoolId=00161000
- Choose
a Lender:
If
you have not done so already, please read the
following carefully to choose a lender
.
The
University
of
Hawaii
at Manoa does not recommend any lender(s).
Students may select any lender that participates in
the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program.
We
encourage you to go to the websites of several
lenders that you may be interested in and compare
their loan benefits which include fees and repayment
incentives; and customer service, which include loan
servicer, life-of-loan servicing, hours of
availability, electronic processing, etc. before
making your decision.
Please
note that because of the recent credit crisis, many
lenders have decided to stop participating in the
Federal Educational Loan Program. As part of
your research, please verify that your selected
lender is still participating.
If
you would like to see a list of lenders that were
utilized by our students and parents in the
2008-2009 school year, please click here
or go to
http://www.hawaii.edu/fas/lenderOptions.html
Please
note that you may choose to use any lender, provided
that they are participating in the Federal Family
Education Loan Program. If
your Lender is NOT listed, please confirm with them
that they are a participant. If they are,
please work with them to sign their Master
Promissory Note. We will also need a Loan
Certification Request from your lender, which can be
faxed or mailed to us.
- Complete
and Sign your Master Promissory Note:
A
signed Master Promissory Note (MPN) is required by a
lender before they can disburse your loan funds. For
your convenience, we have placed hyperlinks on each
of the lenders listed that will either allow you to
either electronically sign their MPN, or get more
information (some lenders do not have MPNs that you
can electronically sign).
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