Federal Direct Student Loans
Step One
Required for all students
Accept or reject your loans
You can Accept or Reject your student loans by logging into your Student Self-Service account.
- Once logged in, click on Financial Aid.
- Select the appropriate award year.
- Click 'Review and accept your Financial Aid Award Package' from the Checklist. If the link is not available, you can select My Awards from the Financial Aid drop down menu near the top of the screen.
- In the Loans section, click to accept or decline each loan. You may accept the entire loan amount, reduce the loan amount, or decline the entire loan amount.
If you wish to cancel all or part of your loan, please send an email with your name and TSTC ID to financialaid@tstc.edu.
To complete Step 2 through Step 4, you will need to sign into Studentloans.gov using your FSA ID (the login you use for FAFSA). If you do not remember your FSA ID, click ‘Forgot Username or Password?’ and follow the recovery steps. For additional assistance, call 1-800-557-7394.
Step Two
Required if this is your first student loan at TSTC
Complete online entrance counseling.
Be sure to indicate that you are an undergraduate student. Select Texas State Technical College as the college to notify. At the end of the counseling session, you will be notified if you have passed. For assistance regarding Entrance Counseling, please contact toll free: 1-800-557-7394
DO NOT LOG OUT. PROCEED WITH SIGNING THE MPN
Step Three
Required if this is your first student loan at TSTC
Complete your Master Promissory Note at the same website in Step Two. Be sure to choose Complete Master Promissory Note for Subsidized/Unsubsidized Loan. Be sure to choose Complete Master Promissory Note for Subsidized/Unsubsidized Loan.
For assistance, please call 1-800-557-7394
Step Four
Required for ALL students each academic year
Complete Annual Student Loan Acknowledgment at Studentloans.gov. You will be required to complete an Annual Student Loan Acknowledgment each academic year that you accept a new federal student loan. For assistance regarding the Annual Student Loan Acknowledgement, please contact toll free: 1-800-557-7394.
More detailed information regarding student loans can be found here.