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After Aid is Awarded

Refer to the links below to find out more information about:

Financial Aid Overview

Learn about award notifications, payments to students, taxes and federal regulations, and the responsibilities of receiving financial aid.

Managing Student Loans

Learn about loan counseling and promissory notes, repayments and consolidations, and a web tool we offer to help you manage your loans.

Change in Financial Circumstances

See what you need to do if you or your family encounters situations affecting your financial situation, such as death, divorce, or employment loss.

Maintaining Financial Aid Eligibility

To continue receiving financial aid, you need to meet certain expectations for your academic performance. There is also an appeals process, should you want to challenge any action against you. If you withdraw from courses, that can also affect your financial aid situation

Grievance Procedure

Do you want to formally resolve an issue with the awarding, continuation, or termination of your financial assistance? Then follow this process.

How to Accept Your Terms & Conditions

Log on to MyBallState and select “Self-Service Banner”

Select “Financial Aid”

Select “Award with drop down arrow”

Now select “Award for Aid Year”

Select the Current Aid Year and select “submit”

Select the “Terms and Conditions” tab

Select “Accept”

Accepting the Terms and Conditions does not accept your loans. By accepting your terms and conditions, you will allow your scholarships and grants to be paid to your student account.

*To accept your loans, you will need to take additional action “Accept Award Offer,” complete a master promissory note, and entrance loan counseling.

Ball State is pleased to provide its Net Price Calculator as a guide to assist in early financial planning for college.

This tool uses federal methodology to provide a preliminary, nonbinding estimate of federal, state, and institutional aid eligibility—including Post 9/11 GI Benefits for eligible veterans and active duty service members. The calculator was created to help families gauge what financial aid students may be awarded and to make arrangements to cover the cost of college attendance.

Before You Begin...

  • Disable any pop-up blockers.
  • Have your latest tax return(s) and W2s available. You will be asked to enter your information.
  • Review the information you submit, as the calculator is only as reliable as the information entered.

Please note this calculator is for estimates only, and the actual award package will vary, depending on time of year, regulatory changes, and availability of funds. Ball State's Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships will make the final determination for the award package.

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Calculate Your Financial Aid

Financial aid eligibility may change each year due to the federal, state, and institutional regulations. This estimate is calculated using current regulations and/or policies. Work Study funding is not guaranteed. Work Study will only be awarded to eligible students if funding allows. The PLUS Loan option is available to help families cover both their EFC (expected family contribution) and any “gap” not covered by financial aid. State aid determination is made by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (CHE). Any outside aid received may alter the estimate provided by the calculator.

Ball State administers financial aid resources from federal, state, institutional, and private student aid programs. Please see the sections listed below for more information and details about these aid resources.

BigFuture

BigFuture Scholarship Search is a free, searchable database to locate scholarships, internships, grants, and loans that match your education level, talents, and background. This scholarship search claims students will find potential opportunities from a database of more than 2,200 sources of college funding, totaling nearly $6 billion in available aid.

Careeronestop.org Scholarship Finder

Search more than 8,000 scholarships, fellowships, grants, and other financial aid award opportunities. You can:

  • Look through the whole list of scholarships below, arranged in order of closest deadline
  • Narrow your list with "Search by keyword." Enter a keyword about the type of award you're looking for
  • Use the filters to see only awards for certain award types, locations, level of study, and more

Edvisors

We work to provide you with information from both our professional and personal experiences, to help you through college and beyond. Together with our parent company, College Loan Corporation, we have the resources you need to be successful.

FastWeb

FastWeb claims to be the leading online resource in finding scholarships to help you pay for school..

Military.com

Military.com has resources and information for in assisting paying for your education.

Peterson’s Scholarship Search

Peterson’s Scholarship Search is database provided by the college guide publisher. It is one of the largest undergraduate scholarship databases available. It connects students with more than 1.9 million scholarships, grants, and awards worth nearly $10 billion.

Scholarship Search by Sallie Mae®

Scholarship Search by Sallie Mae® is the free, easy way for students to find scholarship opportunities that match their skills and interests, with access to 6 million scholarships worth up to $30 billion.

One winner is drawn every month as part of the Sallie Mae $1,000 Monthly Sweepstakes!  Just register for Scholarship Search and you’re entered.

Here’s how it works:

  • Students register for free.
  • They answer a few questions about themselves, creating a custom profile.
  • Scholarship Search serves up scholarships based on the student’s skills, hobbies, interests, and more.
  • Students can receive email alerts when new matches are posted and update their profile any time.

Unigo

With a thriving community of over 3.8 million members, Unigo is the premier network for current and future college students to get to where they’re going. Unigo provides cutting-edge tools, compelling content, and essential information, empowering students to make the best decisions about their college experience.

Mometrix Top 175 Scholarships

You might already know that you need to find some scholarships for college.  Well, you’re in for a treat because I’ve put together a list of the top 175 college scholarships based on web search data.

SoFi Scholarship Search Engine

Search thousands of scholarships, grants, and other aid award opportunities.

  • Look through the entire list of scholarships below, arranged in order of closest deadline
  • Narrow your list with "Search by keyword"
  • Use the filters to see only awards for certain award types, locations, level of study, and more

Many factors are considered when determining your eligibility for student financial aid. Some of these factors are encountered during the initial application process. However, there are situations beyond the application process that can result in an increase, decrease or loss of financial aid.

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