How Do You Access Your Financial Aid Package?

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We know that D17 has been accepted and has been offered a scholarship. I’m assuming that the financial aid package is available through her portal, but she says she can’t find anything – and she’s so private that she won’t let me look.

I know I’ve seen something about this before, but I searched and couldn’t find it. Can someone give me instructions to pass along to Miss Independent on how to view her UMD financial aid package?

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Here’s the instructions that UMD provided me in an email (copied and pasted):
Review Your Financial Aid Award

  1. Please visit our website at www.financialaid.umd.edu and click on “Check Your Financial Aid Status Online” using your Directory ID and Directory password on this secure site.
  2. Newly admitted students will need to create a University Directory ID and password, by visiting https://it.umd.edu/new. NOTE: If you create your University Directory ID and password the same day that you receive this email, you must wait 48 hours before you can successfully access your financial aid status online.
  3. Click on “Show me my Financial Aid Status” tab and select the “Awards” link.

Accept Your Financial Aid Award

  1. Under the “Awards” link, accept your financial aid by entering the amount of aid you would like to accept for each award in the “Total Accepted” column and complete question 2 and 3. Grants and Scholarships are automatically accepted for you.
  2. Review the information you have entered, submit your data electronically by clicking on the “Submit” button at the bottom of the page. You will be given an opportunity to print a copy of your submitted award letter for your records.
  3. Students who are borrowing a loan for the first time are required to complete a Master Promissory Note and Entrance Counseling. Follow instructions on your “Documents” tab. To receive your loan funds, you will need to complete this process.
  4. For additional resources in financing options, select “Resources” tab.
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Thank you! I’ll bet she didn’t see this email.

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No problem! I forgot to mention that you/your daughter should keep in mind that you can only log into the portals at a certain time (since the servers are older and tend to have maintenance times at night or in the early morning), so don’t get worried if you can’t view the info right now! (If you’re OOS, keep in mind that the times listed on the site for the available hours are in EST too)

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If you haven’t been accepted yet but applied for aid by the priority deadline do you get a package ?

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@a20171 I’m pretty sure you have to be accepted for them to do a financial aid package for you.

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That makes sense… on the UMD finaid site they only list one notification date which is why I was confused