After final grading is complete for the spring term, Financial Aid will begin sending Fall/Spring award email notices to continuing undergraduate students who have completed all the steps required in the financial aid application process.
Step-by-Step Process
Details and helpful links for each step are provided below.
1. Complete the FAFSA
2. Monitor MySaintleo.edu Important Items
3. Accept Award Through MySaintleo.edu
1. Complete the FAFSA
- Complete the Free Application For Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), by April 15Th.
- FAFSA Website URL: fafsa.ed.gov.
- The SLU Federal School Code to be entered on the FAFSA is 001526.
- Estimated income figures can be used initially and replaced with actual income figures after federal tax returns are completed.
- Complete the signature section of the FAFSA application with the Federal PIN Number. Federal PIN numbers for parents and students can be obtained at pin.ed.gov.
2. Monitor MySaintleo.edu
As a result of SLU receiving and processing the FAFSA, items may appear on the
MySaintleo.edu My Documents. All required documents are to be completed before financial aid processing can continue.
The Financial Aid Office will send notifications via student email until the item is complete. The email notice directs students to review and respond to the My Documents list in eLion.
Important Items can be documentation requests, problems with your FAFSA that need to be fixed, processes that need to be completed by the student or processes that need to be completed by the parent.
Important Items can appear at any point during the aid processing cycle. Items most commonly appear on the Important Items List after the FAFSA is filed and after students accept their Financial Aid Award.
When an item is listed on the My Documents list, the item can be clicked on for more detailed information.
Completed items will be updated from your My Documents list within 2-5 days after you actively respond with the required action or documentation. Unresolved Important Items will prevent the following:
- processing of a financial aid award
- financial aid awards applying to your account as "anticipated aid"
- refund processing
3. Accept Award Through MySaintleo.edu
For information on how to accept awards, please visit the
Accepting Awards page of the Financial Aid website.