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Understanding Your Financial Aid Offer
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Financial Aid Award Offers are also available in for you to view. After your aid offer has been generated, an e-mail version of the offer is sent to your USF email. If you are a dependent student for FAFSA filing purposes, an email is sent to the parent listed on the FAFSA informing them that your aid offer is available.
To view your Financial Aid Offer online:
- Log into
- Click ‘Financial Aid’
- Click the Award Offer tab and scroll down to view your aid offer
- Select the appropriate ‘Award Year’ from the drop-down list (ex: 2024-2025 is fall 2024, spring 2025, summer 2025) in top left corner
- For each type of aid you are offered, there will be a link with more information about your awards. Please review it carefully
- If you have loans and/or work study, you must accept the Financial Aid Terms and Conditions
from either the ‘Home’ or ‘Resources’ tab.
- NOTE: Acceptance of the Terms and Conditions does not obligate you to borrow student loans.
- Review your awards and decide if you want to accept, reduce or decline them by using the dropdown in the ‘Take Action’ column
- Once you’ve made your decision(s), click the Submit button and you’re done!
How to read the email version of your Financial Aid Offer
- Retrieve the aid offer from your USF email (Here's a sample)
- Review the Award Offer Guide (PDF)