Steps to Applying for Aid - Notification of Eligibility

Once your financial aid has been awarded, you will be mailed, via U.S. Mail, an award letter.  Your Award Letter and the inserts included will provide detailed documentation of the financial aid you have been awarded.  Be sure to read it thoroughly!   Still have a question? Please contact our office at financial.aid@aims.edu or (970) 339-6548.

Please note:  If you are a first-time borrower from the Direct Subsidized and/or Unsubsidized Loan programs, you must:

• Complete entrance counseling at http://www.dl.ed.gov and submit a signed copy of the “Borrower’s Right & Responsibilities form to our office
  
  
• Sign a Master Promissory Note (MPN)
  
  
• MPN’s are available from the Financial Aid Office within 10 days of receiving your award letter showing you have been awarded a loan
  
  
• You must bring your driver’s license, social security card and the names, addresses and phone numbers of a parent and one other person who does NOT live with you or that parent

If while at another school you have previously borrowed from the Direct Subsidized and/or Unsubsidized Loan program, please contact our office to determine if you must sign a new MPN.