How To . . .

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2020-2021

• Accept Your Financial Aid through Wingspan 

• Complete Entrance Loan Counseling  (first-time loan borrowers)
• Complete Exit Loan Counseling  (students who borrowed loans and are leaving Winthrop)

• Create a FSA User ID (pdf - 2.03 MB)
• Create a FSA User ID: Video

• Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan Application Process (pdf - 317 KB)
• Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan Application Process (pdf - 540 KB)

• IRS Data Retrieval (DRT) - Parent (pdf - 359 KB)
• IRS Data Retrieval (DRT) - Student (pdf - 305 KB)
• IRS Tax Return Transcript Request Online Request (pdf - 409 KB)
• IRS Tax Return Transcript Request Other Methods (pdf - 351 KB)
• IRS Verification of Non-Filing Instructions (pdf - 353 KB)

• Private Loan Application

• Sign Your Master Promissory Note  (first-time borrowers)

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2019-2020

• Accept Your Financial Aid through Wingspan 

• Complete Entrance Loan Counseling  (first-time loan borrowers)
• Complete Exit Loan Counseling  (students who borrowed loans and are leaving Winthrop)

• Create a FSA User ID (pdf - 2.03 MB)
• Create a FSA User ID: Video

• Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan Application Process (pdf - 373 KB)
• Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan Application Process (pdf - 462 KB)

• IRS Data Retrieval (DRT) - Parent (pdf - 360 KB)
• IRS Data Retrieval (DRT) - Student (pdf - 307 KB)
• IRS Tax Return Transcript Request Online Request (pdf - 389 KB)
• IRS Tax Return Transcript Request Other Methods (pdf - 353 KB)
• IRS Verification of Non-Filing Instructions (pdf - 355 KB)

• Private Loan Application

• Sign Your Master Promissory Note  (first-time borrowers)