Financial Aid Terms and Conditions
Financial Aid Terms & Conditions(T & C) are the “rules of the road” for your financial aid.
You are required to complete these every academic year that you're enrolled, and you'll acknowledge things like:
- You understand your financial aid is based on info like your FAFSA, enrollment, housing, and residency
- You know your aid can change if any of that changes (and sometimes you may need to repay money)
- You agree to your responsibilities, like reporting changes and following SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) rules
- You understand you can decline aid, and that some funds (like loans) come with extra requirements
Why it matters
This step is required because Millersville has to follow federal and state financial aid rules — and your awards may need to change if your eligibility changes.
Even if you’re only receiving grants or scholarships (no loans), you still have to complete Terms & Conditions every year. It's what allows your financial aid tobe appliedto your bill. This means that it must be done before any financial aid can be credited to your bill with the Office of Student Accounts.
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When to Complete It
You’ll see it listed under your Financial Aid Requirements, and we’ll email you if you still need to complete anything.
You can complete Terms & Conditions once we’ve received your FAFSA and:
- You're a confirmed MU student, and
- All financial aid requirements are complete
- You've been packaged with financial aid
Then you'll be able to take action on your offer and trigger the Terms & Conditions step.
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Path to complete it
Click hereOR GO TO:
- Logins → myVILLE → MAX →
- Financial Aid → FA Overview → Offer Tab →
- Accept/Decline Loans (if applicable) → Click Submit →
- Terms & Conditions pops up → Read and Review → Click “I Accept”
💡If you choose to decline loans, clicking “I Accept" is accepting the terms of your financial aid awards — it does not change your loan decision.
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What do they apply to?
Terms & Conditions are mainly tied to federal financial aid rules, but they matter for any financial aid on your account, because changes to your eligibility can impact your overall aid package.
They include (but aren’t limited to):
- Federal aid (Pell Grant, SEOG, Direct Loans, Parent PLUS, etc.)
- State aid (e.g., PA State Grant and other state programs)
- Millersville scholarships and institutional aid
- Outside scholarships and other external awards
- Private/alternative loans
- Other funding sources that may pay toward your bill (e.g., tuition waivers or third-party assistance, when applicable)
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Summary of Terms & Conditions
You must read and accept the Terms & Conditions of your awards before any funds can be credited to your account.For a summary of the Terms & Conditions and what you can expect to see when you log into your MAX Account, please see below:
- You will be presented with the option to click a link and read the full Term & Conditions of your awards. Click here to read the full terms & conditions of your awards.
- After being presented with the full Terms & Conditions in your MAX Account, you will be asked to check off that you have read them in their entirety and acknowledge the following:
- I understand my eligibility for federal and state aid is based on the information I listed on my FAFSA application and if selected, through the verification process.
- I understand I have the right to decline any or all of the sources of aid listed on my award statement, and that if I wish to do so I need to contact the Office of Financial Aid.
- I understand that the Office of financial aid reserves the right to review and modify my financial aid awardsat any time. Reasons that an adjustment may occurto my financial aid include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Changes in my degree, enrollment, housing, and/or residency status.
- My receiptof additional funding was not listed on the original award statement I received. this includes privatescholarships, vocational rehabilitation assistance, tuition waivers, employee tuition assistance, etc.
- My failure to sign appropriate documentation at the request of the Office of Student Accounts or the Office of Financial Aid.
- My failure to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) as defined by Millersville University SAP Policy Statement. Failure to maintain SAP will jeopardizemy eligibility for federal, state, and some private sources of financial aid.
- My enrollment in courses is not in my program of study. Federal aid can only be applied toward credits that are included in my Course Program of Study (CPOS). Please refer to your Degree Audit for courses in your program.
- Changes in my family circumstances that could havean impact on my financial aid eligibility.
- You will then be asked to check off that you understand the following student responsibilities:
- I understand it is my responsibility to notify the Office of Financial aid of any changes to my degree, enrollment, housing, and/or residency status.
- I understand it is my responsibility to notify the Office of Financial Aid of any private scholarships, vocational rehabilitation assistance tuition waivers, employee tuition assistance, etc.
- I understand that the Terms & Conditions of my financial aid awards are subject to changeat any time as a result of federal, state, and/or institutional regulation updates.
- I understand that Millersville University is required to implement these regulations, and if changes are made to such policies it may have an effect on my financial aid.
- By accepting the Terms & Conditions of my awards I agree that I have read, understand, and am legally bound to the information provided to me on the Terms & Conditions of my awards
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Common Reasons Aid can be Adjusted
Your initial financial aid offer is based on the information on your FAFSA, your anticipated/expected enrollment (how you were admitted to MU), your housing plans, and residency status. The Office of Financial Aid will automatically adjust awards once changes arediscovered, however, it isextremelyimportant to notify the Office of Financial Aid ahead of time to ensure your awards are accurate before the semester begins.
Eligibility may change if:
- additional FAFSA information is received.
- new information is discovered during the verification of your FAFSA data, if selected.
- there are changes to your need calculation.
- additional financial aid is awarded after your original offer.
- your housing plans change (living on-campus in the residence halls, commuting from home with parents, living off-campus in an apartment/home)
- enrollment changes occur such as:
- you make enrollment changes before the semester begins and/or during the add/drop period of the semester.
- your courses are dropped from your schedule for non-attendance.
- if you withdraw or take a leave of absence from the university before the semester has ended.
- if you are considered an unofficial withdraw by the Registrar's Office.
- you are taking courses outside (not required for) your program of study [Course Program of Study (CPOS)].
- Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements are not met.
Adjustments may result in the reductions, cancellation or repayment of funds.