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Financial Aid Award (and Required Additional Documents) Notification for Fall/Winter Terms
VIEW/PRINT YOUR AWARD NOTICE (AND REQUIRED ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS) ON WOLVERINE ACCESS:
- Entering/Admitted Students (Friend Account ID): This information is also available in PDF.
Beginning in March the U-M Office of Financial Aid will notify admitted students, on a rolling basis, by EMAIL, when a financial aid award notice and/or additional required documents are available to view and print on Wolverine Access (https://wolverineaccess.umich.edu). Wolverine Access is a U-M website that allows students to access their personal University information.
If you do not have a University of Michigan uniqname and password, you will need to sign up for a University of Michigan "Friend" Account (guest) ID to view/print your award notice (and other documents, if requested) on Wolverine Access.
To acquire a Friend Account ID:
1. Go to https://wolverineaccess.umich.edu >
New and Prospective Student Business.
2. On the authentication page, you will need a Friend Account (guest) ID or a U-M uniqname to log into the site. To acquire a Friend Account ID, click on create one now on the authentication page. On the next page, click on Others and follow the directions to set up your Friend Account. You will need to know your University of Michigan ID (UMID), which was included with your admissions packet. For more information about the Friend Account, see U-M's Information Technology website.
3. Once you have a Friend Account, go to https://wolverineaccess.umich.edu > New & Prospective Students > login > View Financial Aid Award Notices. Some students may also be requested to submit additional documents to our office; these documents are available by selecting View Financial Aid Document Status.
4. To share your award notice with others, such as your parents, you can authorize a Friend account for them (see Parent/Family Authorization on our Wolverine Access page). You can also save a copy of the award notice file for emailing or printing.
Current U-M Students:
The information below is also available in PDF.
1. To view and print your financial aid award notice and/or required additional documents, go to Wolverine Access > Student Business > login > Student Center > Financial Aid > Aid Year > Awards. Note: You will receive an email message (sent to your umich email account) whenever an award notice is available to view and print.
2. Some students may also be requested to submit additional documents to our office; these documents are also available on Wolverine Access (select Student Business > login > Student Center > Financial Aid > Aid Year > Documents/Review).
3. To share your award notice with others, such as your parents, you can authorize a Friend Account for them (see Parent/Family Authorization on our Wolverine Access page). You can also save a copy of the award notice file for emailing or printing.
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ACCEPTING, DECLINING, OR REDUCING YOUR AWARDS:
Our office assumes you are accepting all aid awards that you do not decline or reduce.
- To decline or reduce your awards in Wolverine Access, login, select your aid year, then:
NEW & PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS: You may not decline or reduce awards based on your estimated award notice. Once you have an official award notice, you may reduce or decline in Wolverine Access. Select New & Prospective Student Business > log in> New & Prospective Student Center > Accept/Decline Financial Aid.
CURRENT STUDENTS: Select Student Business > login > Student Center > Financial Aid > Aid Year > Awards > Accept/Decline.
- From the Accept/Decline Financial Aid page, select Report Additional Aid or Non-Enrollment to tell our office of any awards (scholarships, assistantships, pre-paid tuition plans, etc.) you have received that aren't listed on your award notice or to inform us that you are not enrolling for a given term.
- When you are awarded financial aid, it is assumed that you will read and understand your rights and responsibilities, as specified in Required Reading, and that you agree to the certifications listed on page 2 of your award notice.
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NOTIFICATION TIMELINE:
In March the U-M Office of Financial Aid (OFA) begins sending award notification emails to entering applicants who submitted their application materials by March 1. Later applicants are notified on a rolling basis, as OFA receives their application information. It takes several weeks to process a student's financial aid application; therefore, you are encouraged to complete and submit your aid application early so you will be notified early.
You might be requested to send to OFA additional documents. If these documents are needed to verify your eligibility for financial aid, you will be sent notification that you have an estimated award notice available (incoming/prospective students only). If this occurs, submit the required materials or information by the date specified so that OFA can calculate a new financial aid package and send you an official award notification email. If you do not respond by the specified deadline date, your estimated awards will be cancelled.
| For 2009-2010 Fall/Winter aid: If OFA requests that you submit additional application materials, we must receive them by May 31, 2009, in order for you to be considered for all aid programs, including grant aid. (It is not sufficient that the materials are postmarked by this date; we must receive them by this date.) If you do not submit the requested documents, OFA will not be able to process your aid package and you will not receive any financial aid (grants, Work-Study, or loans). |
It usually takes two to four weeks to process an application after all necessary materials are received by OFA, depending on the volume of applications.
- Incoming first-year and transfer students: OFA makes an effort to notify you of your aid eligibility by the May 1 enrollment deposit deadline.
- Continuing students: OFA begins sending award notifications beginning in mid-June.
Revised Award Notice: After you have received notification of your official award notice, you may receive notification that you have a revised award notice available. This occurs if additional information was received by OFA and a change was made to your financial aid package. Revised award notices replace any award notices previously received. |
