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First Time Borrowers Online
Direct Loan Entrance Counseling
Continuing your education is a major investment for your future. If you decide
to make loans a part of this investment, managing the debt you incur is a major
responsibility. To ensure that you understand this responsibility and the
obligation you are assuming, the federal government requires you to participate
in loan counseling prior to receiving a Federal Direct Loan.
To satisfy your online Entrance Counseling requirements, you must complete the
tutorial found at
https://www.dl.ed.gov/borrower/EntrCounselingStart.do?cmd=initializeContext
and pass a quiz. Please print the results of the quiz and fax this to your
program administrator.
This session is a convenient method to satisfy federal requirements for loan
counseling for first time borrowers. You only need to complete this session once
during your academic program.
Once you've completed entrance counseling, it is a good idea to also complete
the Master Promissory Note at
https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action.