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Financial aid packages have started hitting the portal for the fall semester.

Watch this so you be sure you don’t miss anything!

I have talked about a lot of stuff in this, so here's the links to back up what I talked about. First you should look at CollegeforTN.org to learn the lingo. The definitions of many of the items the financial aid office speaks about can be found there and it's really helpful.

The HOPE scholarship has a document you can download and read to see amounts, stats of losing/keeping, how many are awarded, etc. You can view many years' worth of data on the HOPE on the tn.gov site.

The Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) Student Portal, is your one-stop-shop for applying for Tennessee financial aid, including the Tennessee Promise application. 

The Tennessee Student Assistance Award (TSAA) provides non-repayable financial assistance to financially-needy undergraduate students who are residents of Tennessee. Sometimes this shows up as the TSAC grant.

For the Pell Grant the application was the FAFSA and you can see the amounts they have listed for this academic year.

Lastly how to check out and accept your student loans. This is the website you will go to in order to do your counselling. The Master Promissory Note (MPN) is a legal document in which you promise to repay your loan(s) and any accrued interest and fees to the U.S. Department of Education. It also explains the terms and conditions of your loan(s).

When you want to repay your loans, this is where you go as well. Your servicer will have sent you emails about it, but you can log in and look here too.