Instructions for Accepting Your Financial Aid Award

Instructions for Accepting Your Financial Aid

1. Sign in to UNE Compass
2. Locate and select the “Financial Aid” card. This will open the Home tab.
3. From the Home tab, review Satisfied and Unsatisfied Requirements.
   1. Unsatisfied Requirements will include instructions to follow to submit the documents.
   2. Satisfied Requirements include the status along with the date received.
4. Once ready to accept the financial aid offer, locate the “Offer” tab and select the loan action you’d like to take: Accept, Decline, or Modify. 

Set Up Your UNE Accounts

In order to receive vital Student Financial Services communications and complete financial aid process requirements, you must set up your UNE accounts as soon as possible.

How to set up your UNE Accounts

Accepting Aid is a 2-Step Process

1. Sign in to UNE Compass 
2. Locate and select the “Financial Aid” card. This will open the Home tab. 
   1. Navigate to the “Offer” tab. 
      1. From the Offer tab, take action to: 
      2. Accept full amount of offered aid.
      3. Decline full amount of offered aid.
   2. Modify and accept partial amount of offered aid.
3. Review Terms and Conditions and accept. 

First Time Recipients

If this is your first time receiving federal financial aid at UNE, there are additional requirements:

Title IV Authorization

1. Sign in to UNE Compass.
2. Locate and select the Financial Aid card. This will open the Home tab.
3. See “Questions from the Financial Aid Office”
   1. View Questions
4. Choose Authorize or Decline from the drop-down box. Submit.

Federal Requirements

• Visit https://studentaid.gov/
• Sign in with your FSA ID 
• Complete Entrance Counseling 
• Complete Master Promissory Note (MPN) for each type of federal loan borrowed (i.e. Direct and PLUS)  

For Endorsed PLUS Loans

The Borrower must complete PLUS Credit Counseling (in addition to Entrance Counseling). A separate MPN must be completed if multiple PLUS loans exist for the academic year.