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I have received my official financial aid award notice. Now what?

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Host: I have received my official Financial Aid Award Notice, now what?

Brad Barnett: Well, once you receive your Financial Aid Award Notice, you need to read it, that s the first thing. We often times get calls from people asking questions and the answer is right there on the notice, and you never even looked at it. So, I would say first thing is to review it, because the award notice is going to provide you with instructions on the next step, you need to take. If you are getting notices from different schools because you are in the college search process then pay close attention to all the Financial Aid Award Notices because they will be very different and they will all contain very different instructions.

Expert: Brad Barnett

Brad received his Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Arkansas University, with a major in Psychology and a minor in Business. He furthered his education by graduating from the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University with a Master of Science degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, specializing in Mental Health. He has been involved in the financial aid and/or rehabilitation More »