Whether you’re a new or current student at Seattle Pacific University, you probably have questions about how to pay for your education, including

• How does my student account work?
• What are SPU’s billing and payment policies?
• How does financial aid work?
• What financial services are offered on campus?
• What are my rights and responsibilities as a financial aid recipient?
• How do I find a job?

Student Financial Services (SFS) provides The Essential Guide to Student Accounts and Financial Aid 2008–09 to give you a portable resource with answers to these and other questions.

To ensure that your financial aid is processed in a timely way,

• Carefully follow the checklist.
• Keep this Guide within reach as a handy reference throughout the year.*
• Become acquainted with the SFS website (www.spu.edu/sfs) and specifically the calendar which has important event deadlines.

• Check your SPU email account regularly for updates and info from SFS.

Please let us know if you or your family's financial circumstances change at any time. Often we may be able to provide additional assistance and financing options. If you have questions, contact us at 206-281-2061 or toll free at 800-737-8826, sfs-info@spu.edu, or visit our office in Demaray Hall 10. We wish you an enriching and successful academic year.

Jordan Grant
Director of Student Financial Services

*Other beneficial resources are in SPU's Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs, Time Schedule, and Student Financial Services website.

To-Do Checklist

When receiving an Offer of Financial Assistance to ensure prompt and accurate completion of your financial aid file, use this checklist.

• Read your Offer of Financial Assistance carefully. You will receive just one initial paper offer while receiving financial aid at SPU.
• Respond immediately to additional requirements that may be listed on the bottom of your Offer of Financial Assistance, and you will receive your money on time.
• Notify SFS of any outside resources, including names and amounts not listed on your offer before August 1, 2008. Revisions to your Offer of Financial Assistance.
• Contact SFS by email, telephone, or in writing, if you wish to reduce, modify, or cancel all or part of your financial aid, change your enrollment status, or make other changes affecting your cost of attendance.
• If you plan to borrow a Stafford Loan at SPU, you must complete (only once) a Master Stafford Lender Selection form, a loan counseling session, and a Master Promissory Note.
• Determine how you will pay by investigating payment options.