How to Apply for Student Financial Aid

Students who wish to be considered for federal and/or state student financial aid must complete the application process online at www.indwes.edu/Financial-Aid/Adult-and-Graduate/Apply-For-Aid:

• Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA (direct link www.fafsa.gov). You must list IWU’s Title IV Code, 001822, in step six of the FAFSA or IWU will not receive your FAFSA information from the federal processor.
• Complete the IWU Financial Aid Request Form. Under the Additional Aid Source(s) section, you must disclose any additional funding you may receive from employer reimbursement, vocational rehabilitation, or private scholarships to help pay for your education.
• Complete the Loan Entrance Counseling Session and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Master Promissory Note online at https://studentloans.gov/mydirectloan/index.action. You must have an established Federal Student Aid PIN in order to complete these items. It may be necessary to wait three days from the time you first apply for your PIN before trying to sign in to this website. For each item, you must enter "Indiana" in the School State field even if you attend classes in another state or online.
  • Entrance Counseling Session: Select Complete Counseling, and on the next page click on the Start button beneath the Entrance Counseling heading (not to be confused with Financial Awareness Counseling or Exit Counseling). Add IWU as a School to Notify and select the appropriate counseling type for your current degree pursuit (undergraduate or graduate).
  • Master Promissory Note: Click on Complete MPN from the menu and select Subsidized/Unsubsidized from the next page.

Once the above steps have been completed, be certain to:

• Respond to requests for additional information from the Financial Aid Office. You may be asked to complete a verification worksheet and to provide a copy of your federal income tax return transcript (and your spouse’s or parents' federal income tax return transcript, as appropriate) as required by federal regulations.
• Provide documentation showing any amount of assistance provided by other agencies (i.e., tuition reimbursement from your employer, vocational rehabilitation benefits, scholarships from local business, etc.).
• Fully complete all forms. Forms filled out incorrectly or submitted to the wrong office or location could delay your student financial aid award.