Please mail the original of all forms. Due to our new process of document imaging, we request that no documents are faxed because of potential resolution problems. All deadlines are postmark deadlines. Thank you! 

  

2012-13 Applications for Need-based and Merit-based Financial Aid:

 

Authorization for the Release of Information

 

Federal Direct Loan

Step 1:

Complete the 2012-13 Federal Direct Loan Request Form

This form lets us know how much you'd like to borrow.

Mail it to the Office of Student Financial Aid.

(New students may download this form or use the form provided in their booklet.)

Step 2:

New students and first-time returning student Direct Loan borrowers should complete the Federal Direct Loan Master Promissory Note (MPN) online at the link below. You may electronically sign the MPN using your Federal PIN number.  If you have previously borrowed a Federal Direct Loan you do not need to complete the Master Promissory Note again.

Federal Direct Loan Master Promissory Note Online    Customer Service 800-848-0979

If you cannot complete your Master Promissory Note online, print the MPN at the link below, complete it, and send it to us along with the Federal Direct Loan Request Form.

Federal Direct Loan Master Promissory Note

 

Federal Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS):

Step 1:

**A FAFSA must be completed before a PLUS Loan can be certified.**

FAFSA on the WEB (Dept. of Education) Grinnell Code: 001868

Step 2:

Complete the 2012-13 Federal PLUS Loan Request Form

This form lets us know how much you'd like to borrow.

Mail it to the Office of Student Financial Aid.

Step 3:

Parents borrowing for new students and first-time parent borrowers of returning students should complete the Federal Direct Parent Loan Master Promissory Note (MPN) online at the link below. You may electronically sign the MPN using your Federal PIN number. If you have previously borrowed a Federal Direct PLUS Loan you do not need to complete the Master Promissory Note again. 

Federal Direct PLUS Loan Master Promissory Note Online  Customer Service 800-848-0979

If you cannot complete your Master Promissory Note online, print the MPN below, complete it, and send it to us along with the Federal Direct PLUS Loan Request Form.

Federal Direct PLUS Loan MPN

 

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