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ELM Resources

ELM Resources makes your student loan management tasks simple, easy, and flexible. The ELM system provides you with automated Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and alternative loan data exchange, updates, funding, and information.  ELM Resources does not have information about your Federal Campus-Based Student Loans or your UMC Institutional Student Loans.

 

 

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

All students expecting to receive federal student aid as well as some institutional aid must complete a FAFSA.  You will need a PIN before you can complete the FAFSA.

 

You do not need to use a fee-based service for the filing of your FAFSA.  You WILL NOT receive a better package because a company or someone else files your FAFSA.  You are paying only for a convenience.  If you have questions regarding the FAFSA, then contact the Office of Student Financial Aid and allow them to assist you.

 

 

Personal Identification Number (PIN)

Your PIN is your FAFSA’s electronic signature and is needed to complete your FAFSA.

 

 

Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid – IHL

The Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid awards college and college-bound students with state-funded financial assistance with a focus on Mississippi residents.  MOSFA awards MTAG, MESG, Nursing Education Loan/Scholarship, State Medical Education Loan/Scholarship, and State Dental Education Loan/Scholarship as well as other scholarships and loans.

 

MOSFA requires its own application forms and has its own deadline dates.

 

Funds that are awarded by MOSFA are not disbursed until the funds have been received from MOSFA by UMC.

 

 

The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)

The National Student Loan Data System is the United States Department of Education's central database for student aid.  NSLDS receives data from schools, guaranty agencies, the Direct Loan program, the Pell Grant program, and other Department of ED programs.  NSLDS Student Access provides a centralized, integrated view of Title IV loans.  NSLDS does not have information about your UMC Institutional Student Loans.

 

 

Managing Your Money

Money topics ranging from budgeting, borrowering, spending, buying a house, consolidating student loans, and balancing your checkbook as well as calculators and identity thief information.

 

Selective Service

If you are a male ages 18 through 25 and living in the U.S., then you must register with Selective Service to receive federal student financial aid as well as some other forms of student financial aid.

You must register before your 26th birthday.  After that, it is too late; and you will not be eligible for federal student aid.

Selective Service does not collect any information which would indicate whether or not you are undocumented.  You want to protect yourself for future United States citizenship and other government benefits and programs by registering with Selective Service.

 

 

United States Department of Veterans’ Affairs

Educational benefits for veterans

 

FastWeb

FastWeb is a source of local scholarships, national scholarships, and college-specific scholarships that are outside of UMC.

 

Mapping Your Future

Mapping Your Future is a national collaborative, public-service organization of the financial aid industry - bringing together the expertise of the industry to provide free college, career, financial aid, and financial literacy services for students, families, and schools.

Federal Stafford Loan Entrance Counseling and Exit Counseling

Entrance counseling and Exit counseling are federal requirements.

 

 

FinAid

FinAid was established in the fall of 1994 as a public service and is a comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice, and tools.

 

 

National Student Loan Program (NSLP)

The National Student Loan Program is the guarantor for the Federal Stafford Loans at the University of Mississippi.  NSLP is NOT a lender of student loans.

 

 

ACS

ACS is the servicer of your Federal Campus-Based Student Loan received at UMC and/or your UMC Institutional Student Loan.  ACS can answer your questions regarding payment due date, payment amount, and deferments as well as other questions.  ACS also can process your student loan payments on-line.

 

 

 

 

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