Mapping Your Future: Online Counseling
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Direct Loan and Direct PLUS Combined Entrance Counseling

Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH

Please complete your Entrance Counseling for your Federal Stafford and Graduate PLUS Loans.  Entrance Counseling is required by the Department of Education for all students receiving federal loans. 

In order for your loans to disburse to your student account, please make sure you have completed Entrance Counseling and signed your Master Promissory Note (MPN) for your loans.  A separate promissory note is required for Stafford and Graduate PLUS Loans.  Students must be enrolled half-time in order to receive their federal aid.  Half-time is defined as three (3) credits for the summer term and half-time is six (6) credits each semester for the academic year. 

If you have any questions regarding your loan process, please contact the Office of External Loans at 216-368-5056 or by email at faloans@case.edu.  If you plan to withdraw, you must also contact the Office of University Financial Aid at 216-368-4530 as well as Graduate Studies at 216-368-4390.

 
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The information above is wholly the product of the school represented herein. Mapping Your Future, and its individual sponsoring members, do not guarantee or warrant the correctness, completeness, accuracy, or any other characteristic of this content and shall not be liable for any loss, damage, or cause of action arising out of the content.


Instructions

Before You Start

  • Ensure you meet the browser and system requirements:
    • You must use at least Internet Explorer 6.0 or Mozilla Firefox 1.0. Get a browser now.
    • You can use any Internet service provider (ISP) to connect to the Internet; however, you should access this counseling session using one of the browsers above after you've connected. Do NOT use the ISP's browser, such as AOL or MSN--you won't be able to complete the student form at the end of the session!
    • You must enable JavaScript in your browser.

  • You will need about 30 minutes to complete this counseling session.

  • You will need the following information:
    • Your Social Security number
    • Your driver's license number

  • You might need the following information:
    • Name, address, telephone number, and employer for your spouse, if applicable
    • Names, addresses, telephone numbers, and employers for your next of kin and/or parent
    • Names, addresses, telephone numbers, and employers for two references residing at different addresses
    • NOTE: Providing names and information for your spouse, parent, next of kin, and references does not obligate them to assist with repayment of your loan. Regulations require you provide this data so your loan holder can locate you, if, in the future, they have an invalid address or phone number.

  • The student loan calculator in this session will help you calculate your estimated monthly payment. If you aren't sure how much you'll borrow, you can ask your school for the average student loan indebtedness of borrowers at the school or in your program of study at the school.

What to Do

  • Read the content and answer the questions.
  • Fill out the student information form. Use the comment box for any comments or questions you have for your school.
  • Print the confirmation page that appears after you fill out the student information form or note your confirmation number for your records.

NOTE: Generally, the Back and Forward buttons on your browser will not work once you begin the counseling session.  Use the buttons within the counseling to navigate.

NOTICE: The information you provide for loan counseling may be disclosed to third parties, such as your lender, lender servicer, school servicer, subsequent loan holder, or guarantor, as authorized under routine uses in the appropriate system of records and as may be authorized or required by federal regulations.