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How to Accept/Decline Aid

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My Buckeye Link - Finances section- View Financial Aid - Aid Summary tab

  1. From the Aid Summary page, select  Accept/Decline Aid button. The Aid Notification page will appear.
Student Financial Aid Award Package page

This page lists all the awards for which you are eligible during the selected aid year.

  1. Select the name of any award (as listed in the Award column) to view the Award Detail, which lists the amount awarded per term for that particular award.
    1. The Offered and Accepted columns display how much aid has been offered, and how much you have accepted (see Step 3, below).
  2. Make appropriate selections in the Accept and Decline columns to accept or decline individual awards.
    1. If you select Accept, you will have an opportunity to accept an amount less than the total award by editing the amount in the Accepted column.
    2. Select 

      Accept All button

      to accept all awards which require an acceptance action.

    3. Select 

      decline all button

      to decline all awards which require an acceptance action.

    4. Select 

      Clear all button

      to clear your previous selections.

    5. Select  

      Update totals button

      to update the Totals listed in the last row of this page.

In the example below, the student has accepted the entire Federal Subsidized loan but only $1500 of the Federal Unsubsidized loan, and has updated totals.

Student Financial Aid Award Package page. This page presents a students financial aid package for a given term and or academic year.
  1. Select 

    Submit button

    to save your award elections. A confirmation will appear.

Student Financial Aid Accept Decline Financial Aid package screen
  1. Select 

    Yes button

    . A final confirmation will appear.

Student Financial Aid Confirmation Window. This window has an Ok button the student can return to their financial aid award summary page
  1. Select 

    OK button

    to return to the Award Package page.

  2. Select Return to Award Summary at the bottom of the page to return to the Award Summary page.