Stafford Loan Information Page

Stafford Loans must be accepted to be received. Loans not accepted within 30 days of the
date of award, or the beginning of the semester whichever is latest, may be cancelled.

To serve our students better, paper Loan Acceptance Forms have been replaced with the ability to accept loans on-line. This service is now available on your student Portal at my.csufresno.edu

Instructions for accepting your Stafford Loans are provided below.

Master Promissory Note Instructions

Important Fact!

First time freshmen and first time loan borrowers at California State University, Fresno are required to sign a Master Promissory Note (MPN) to receive their funds. The instructions for completing the MPN will be sent to your CSUF email account by EDFund (the state loan guarantee agency). You will need to have your FAFSA "PIN" number available to finalize the process electronically.

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Loan Aggregate Information

The following link provides important information about loan amounts and totals by student type and grade level

Loan Information Sheet

Non-Stafford Loan

THE MARY E. MCGARRY STUDENT LOAN FUND

Through a generous gift from the estate of Mary E. McGarry, the Fresno State Foundation holds an endowment that is dedicated to providing student loans to financially needy, full-time Fresno State undergraduate or graduate students majoring in a field within either the College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, or the Craig School of Business.

In order to be considered for a Mary E. McGarry student loan, you must first fill out and submit online a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form. In addition, you must fill out a Mary E. McGarry loan application form, the link for which is immediately below. The deadline for completing the FAFSA form and submitting this application to the Financial Aid Office is July 31, 2008 if you are requesting a loan for the 2008-2009 academic year or just the Fall 2008 semester, and December 15, 2008 if you are requesting a loan for just the Spring, 2009 semester. You must be enrolled in a minimum of twelve (12) units as an undergraduate student or eight (8) units of 200 series classes as a graduate student, before submitting your Mary E. McGarry loan application to the Financial Aid Office.

The interest rate for a Mary E. McGarry student loan is five percent (5%) simple interest. The maximum amount that a student may borrow is Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000) per year ($2,000 per semester) for a maximum allowable cumulative amount of Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($16,000). All loan proceeds and accrued interest shall be fully due and payable no later than five (5) years after you cease to be enrolled as a full-time student at Fresno State.

McGarry Student Loan Fund Application

Federal Stafford Entrance Counseling Workshop Schedule

Federal regulations require that all new Stafford loan applicants attend a loan entrance counseling workshop; attendance is mandatory if you wish to receive Federal Stafford Subsidized or Unsubsidized Loans.

You are not required to attend if you have already attended a workshop at Fresno State and your “Entrance Interview” form is on file in the Financial Aid Office, or if you have Stafford loan history at another college campus since 1987. (Perkins Loan history does not fulfill this requirement.)

Please refer to the schedule below for workshop times and locations (see campus map).

Loan Workshop Preparation:

Please be on time! The doors will be closed and no one will be admitted once the Workshop has started. Plan to arrive a few minutes early.
Workshops last approximately 60 minutes. An “Entrance Interview” form will be given to you at the end of the workshop as verification of attendance. This “Entrance Interview” form must be completed and submitted to the Financial Aid Office before Stafford funds can be disbursed to you.
The workshop is not designed to discuss eligibility determination or processing procedures. Please address your eligibility questions to the Financial Aid Office.

No food, beverages or smoking is allowed in the workshop room.

Entrance Workshop Schedule

No appointment is necessary!

2008/2009 Workshop Schedule

August
8/4/2008	Monday	8:30 AM	University Business Center 191
September
9/18/2008	Thursday	2:30 PM	University Business Center 191
October
10/22/2008	Wednesday	10:30 AM	University Business Center 191
November
11/4/2008	Tuesday	1:30 PM	University Business Center 191
December
12/5/2008	Friday	10:30 AM	University Business Center 191
January
1/20/2009	Tuesday	2:30 PM	University Business Center 191
February
2/2/2009	Monday	1:30 PM	University Business Center 191
March
3/12/2009	Thursday	10:30 AM	University Business Center 191
April
4/15/2009	Wednesday	2:30 PM	University Business Center 191
May
5/22/2009	Friday	8:30 AM	University Business Center 191

If attendance is not possible EdFund has entrance counseling available on their website and for additional information contact the Financial Aid Office.

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Spring 2008 EXIT Counseling Workshops

May
5/8/2008	Thursday	1:30 PM	University Business Center 191
		4:30 PM	University Business Center 191
		6:00 PM	University Business Center 191
5/9/2008	Friday	8:30 AM	University Business Center 191
		10:00 AM	University Business Center 191
		11:30 AM	University Business Center 191
5/13/2008	Tuesday	1:30 PM	University Business Center 191
		3:00 PM	University Business Center 191
		6:00 PM	University Business Center 191
5/14/2008	Wednesday	8:30 AM	University Business Center 191
		10:00 AM	University Business Center 191
		11:30 AM	University Business Center 191