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OSFA Award Tutorial

OSFA Award Tutorial. Click your mouse or use your Page Down/Page Up keys to navigate through the Award Tutorial. To view your Award, select “Award” on the Application Status Menu.

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OSFA Award Tutorial

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  1. OSFA Award Tutorial Click your mouse or use your Page Down/Page Up keys to navigate through the Award Tutorial

  2. To view your Award, select “Award” on the Application Status Menu

  3. The Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) is required to provide you with information specific to the types of aid you have been offered. Once you have followed the links and read the information, enter a ‘Y’ in each box and click GO. You will not be able to proceed until you have entered a ‘Y’ for each box.

  4. The “MESSAGES” screen contains important messages specific to the type(s) of aid you have been offered. This screen also indicates if you have been offered any aid which requires you to accept or decline it and if so, the deadline for doing so. If you do not accept or decline the aid offered, OSFA will email you several reminder emails before cancelling the aid. Federal Direct Loans which are cancelled now CAN be reinstated later. Other aid requiring acceptance CANNOT be reinstated due to limited funds.

  5. pre-accepted aid unaccepted aid This is a sample Award screen displaying pre-accepted aid and unaccepted aid that has been offered. Blank lines under the “AMT YOU ACCEPT” column indicate types of aid requiring your confirmation. If you do not have any blank lines on your Award, no action is required.

  6. The “IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS” screen provides information about which types of aid have been pre-accepted and which types of aid require confirmation. If you have aid which requires confirmation (unaccepted aid), you MUST enter an “AMT YOU ACCEPT” for that aid type. The “AMT YOU ACCEPT” cannot exceed the “Total” amount offered but can range from 0 to the “Total” amount offered.

  7. For each type of aid requiring your confirmation, you must enter an “AMT YOU ACCEPT”. Enter 0 if you do not wish to accept this type of aid. You may also read more information about the type of aid being offered.

  8. In this example, the student accepted the full amount of aid offered.

  9. In this example, the student indicated a ‘0' since they did not want the type of aid offered. Remember that Federal Direct Loans which are cancelled now CAN be reinstated later. Other aid requiring acceptance CANNOT be reinstated due to limited funds.

  10. If you pressed GO but failed to enter an “AMT YOU ACCEPT”, you will receive an error message.

  11. This is a sample Award summary screen displaying all aid we pre-accepted and the “AMT YOU ACCEPT” for types of aid requiring your action. If all aid amounts are correct press GO to submit your request to OSFA. Otherwise, press Backward to REVISE your “AMT YOU ACCEPT”.

  12. After you Submit your request a similar screen to the one above will appear. If your request requires a revision, please allow 10 business days for processing. You will receive an email when your Award has been revised. Press GO to Exit or press Backward to review your request.

  13. If you see this screen then you have a request in progress. Please allow 10 business days for processing. You will receive an email when your Award has been revised. If you wish to make changes to your request, you may submit a Change in Aid request form at https://my.osfa.uga.edu/forms/133/. Please allow additional time to process your request if you submit a Change in Aid request.

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