Returning Students
Please have your award offer in front of you as you review this page.
DISCLAIMER: The Office of Student Financial Aid reserves the right to reduce or cancel awards based on funding levels, change in enrollment, reduction of costs, or other events that may affect funding level and/or student eligibility.
Your Next Steps:
1. Review all information on the award offer.
You should have received a handout entitled "How to Read Your Award Offer" with your offer letter. You will want to review this handout and your award offer to help you determine how much financial assistance you will need for the coming year.
2. Decide which aid you would like to ACCept, and which aid you would like to REJect. Check the appropriate box next to each aid amount.
The above referenced handout will also help you determine which aid amounts you should ACCept first.
- Grants/scholarships are "free money" and do not need to be repaid.
- You would then want to ACCept the lowest interest rate loan listed first, and continue ACCepting aid amounts until you have taken out how much you think you will need for the coming year.
- If you would like to borrow less in any specific loan program than the amount indicated, simply put a line through the amount listed and write in the new amount.
- Please contact our office if you would like to borrow more assistance than is listed on your award offer.
- Students wishing to pay some/all of their quarterly charges should review the Rush University payment policy and billing procedures.
3. Complete all necessary loan paperwork based upon the aid you ACCept. Please note that MOST of the requirements below are only for NEW borrowers through that loan program, but read each requirement below to be sure. Those in red are required of all program participants.
All loan programs require new borrowers to complete additional paperwork:
Type of Assistance |
First Required Document |
Second Required Document |
| Federal Stafford Loan (Subsidized & Unsubsidized) |
Entrance Counseling Session
(Click "Stafford entrance" link) |
- Choose the lender you would like to use and complete Stafford Master Promissory Note on that lender's website.
- Also must indicate your lender choice on the enclosed "Lender Selection" form and return it with your award offer.
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| Graduate PLUS Loan |
Entrance Counseling Session
(Click "Grad PLUS entrance" link) |
Choose the lender you would like to use and complete Grad PLUS Master Promissory Note on that lender's website - recommended to use same lender as you choose for Stafford loans for ease of repayment |
| Federal Perkins Loan |
Complete all four steps on Campus Partners website |
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Federal Nursing Loan
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| Named Institutional Loan |
Master Promissory Note can be completed in Office of Student Financial Aid |
Some awards require the student to write a thank-you letter. More information will be provided to those students toward the end of fall quarter. |
| Named Institutional Grant |
Some awards require the student to write a thank-you letter. More information will be provided to those students toward the end of fall quarter. |
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| Other Grant/Scholarship |
No additional information is required |
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| Student Employment |
NEW APPLICATION REQUIRED EACH ACADEMIC YEAR. Application to participate can be picked up during the first week of classes - more information can be found here. |
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4. Sign and date the award offer, and return the top copy AND the "Lender Selection" form to our office. Keep the bottom copy of award offer for your records.
University Billing
- The Registrar's Office sends out the university billing and registration statement (SDS) approximately three weeks prior to the beginning of the next quarter. Click HERE to view the academic calendar.
- Incoming students will receive the billing statement during Orientation/Registration (except graduate nursing students who will have billing statements mailed).
- The university requires that all students have medical insurance coverage. Click HERE to learn more. The medical insurance policy information will be mailed out prior to the start of your program.
- You are responsible for submitting appropriate loan applications and forms to the Financial Aid Office as soon as possible. Loan proceeds will be scheduled to arrive approximately one week prior to the beginning of each quarter. Overpayments are available from the Office of Student Financial Affairs once a week on Tuesdays. You will be notified via your Rush email account when overpayments are ready for you.
Payment Policy
- Full payment for tuition, fees, and on-campus housing, or satisfactory arrangements for payment must be made with Financial Affairs by the end of the first week of classes in any quarter by one of the three steps below:
- Make complete payment of all charges at the beginning of the quarter.
- Complete a Deferred Payment Plan Contract for payment of charges over the quarter (usually in one-third installments), so that the entire obligation is paid by the end of the quarter. Forms are available from Financial Affairs.
- Submit the necessary forms and applications for financial aid. Any University charges not payed for through financial aid for the quarter is to be met through either step 1 or 2 listed above.
- A full description of the payment policy can be found by clicking HERE, and in the Rush University Bulletin found by clicking HERE.
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updated 2/15/2008 |
