Entrance Counseling

All graduate and undergraduate students who are borrowing through the Federal Direct Stafford Loan or Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan program for the first time at Seton Hill University are required to complete an Entrance Counseling session.  The entrance counseling session provides information to borrowers about rights and responsibilities. After reading the information contained in the online session, you will be quizzed on your knowledge. Again, this is a federal requirement and loan funds will not be disbursed into your account until this process is completed.

How to Complete Your Entrance Counseling Session

1. Go to StudentAid.gov.
2. Log in and complete Entrance Counseling.
3. Once you have completed the session, Seton Hill University will be notified. 

Exit Counseling

Upon completion of your degree - or if you withdraw from Seton Hill University and you borrowed through the Federal Direct Stafford Loan program or the Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan program while enrolled - you are required to complete an online Exit Counseling session.  You can do this at StudentAid.gov. Once you have completed the session, notify the Financial Aid Office that you have met your obligation for Exit Counseling. 

Please note: Once you borrow a federal student loan, the information will be submitted to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) and is then accessible by agencies, lenders, and institutions determined to be authorized users of the data system.  Upon graduation or if you drop below at least half-time enrollment, your federal loans will be assigned to one of four loan servicers to which you will make your loan payments. Either Great Lakes, Fed Loan Servicing (AES), Navient or Nelnet will begin to contact you about your repayment obligation. If you need help managing your federal student loans at any time, do not hesitate to contact the servicer of your loans. You should monitor your loan repayment process often by going to the NSLDS web site. Managing your debt is your responsibility and the NSLDS web site is a critical tool to assist you.