Financial Aid Steps

FAFSA

Go to: www.fafsa.ed.gov

1. Register for a PIN
   This PIN will act as your electronic signature for your online financial aid documents. Please request that the PIN be emailed to you.
2. Complete a 2009-2010 FAFSA using your 2008 federal tax information.
   You can fill this form out online and submit it with your PIN. Please remember to add Herzing University’s school code to your FAFSA form (School Code: 009621).

Entrance Counseling

To begin this session please choose “Next” and continue through the session:
Go to: https://www.dl.ed.gov/borrower/EntrCounselingPage.do?cmd=doStart

1. Be sure to read all of the information carefully, as this is information you will be quizzed on.
• Step One involves reading through some very important information regarding Stafford Loans and answering relevant questions. As you progress through the session, you will be required to enter your personal information as well as provide contact information about personal references. This session will be very helpful in providing you with information about your loans and is required in order to complete the financial aid process.
• Quiz: You must answer 12 out of 15 questions correctly to pass. This may mean you will need to retake the quiz until 12 out of the 15 questions can be answered correctly. Once you pass the quiz, click Proceed.
• If you already have your PIN from the Federal PIN Website (the same PIN used to sign your FAFSA), please click on the “Log On with PIN” link. Enter your information and proceed through the steps. If you do not already have your PIN, please see the instructions under the FAFSA section above. The PIN website is: www.pin.ed.gov
2. Read over the information in Step Two and click “Save and Acknowledge.”
3. To Select Herzing University Online as your school, click on the “Add a School” button in Step Three.

   If you type in Herzing, a number of locations will pull up. The Online Campus OPE ID is 009621 and the associated city is Madison, WI. Please be sure to select the proper school, or it will not appear in our records that the Entrance Counseling has been completed.

Once the proper school is selected, click “Choose Selected School”. You may then click “Proceed”.

4. After you have completed the session, a confirmation page will appear in Step Four.
   You must print this confirmation page for your records. Click on the “Show Form for Printing” button for a printable copy of your confirmation that the Entrance Counseling has been completed. You should save this file on your computer if you don’t have a printer. Just click on File, Save As and click “Save” after selecting the appropriate location on your computer.

Master Promissory Note

After you have completed the Stafford Entrance Counseling session above, please go to: https://dlenote.ed.gov/empn/index.jsp and complete a Master Promissory Note. Click on the “Complete New MPN for Student Loans” link at the bottom of the page. Read and click the “OK” button when the dialogue box appears. For all Undergraduate students (students enrolling in a Bachelor, Associate or Diploma Program) select the “Subsidized / Unsubsidized” option and click “Continue”.

In Step 3, you will be asked for your name and the school location. Please enter your name, select “WISCONSIN” then click “Continue”. On the next screen, please select “HERZING COLLEGE – 5218 EAST TERRACE DRIVE, MADISON, WI 53718426 – G09621” and click “Continue” again.

For a detailed list of instructions on electronically submitting your Master Promissory Note click here.

Additional Documentation

You may be asked to submit supplemental documentation once your file has been submitted to our Financial Services Department. Your FAFSA may be “Selected for Verification” by the Federal Government, which is a normal part of the financial aid process. If you are selected, you will be asked by Financial Aid to supply additional documents to your Financial Aid Officer, including a Verification Worksheet which will be emailed to you at that time. In order to complete the process in a timely manner, we highly recommend having the following documents ready for submission:

• 1040 Tax Form

A signed copy of your 2008 federal tax filings (and your spouse’s if applicable). If you are unable to locate a copy of these documents, you can request free Tax Transcripts from the IRS. Please call the IRS Tax Transcript Request Line at 1-800-829-1040.

• W2’s

Your 2008 W2’s (and your spouse’s if applicable).

• Social Security Benefit documentation

From 2008 for you and/or your spouse.

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