Rights & Responsibilities

You have a right to:

Accept, reject, or seek adjustment to your financial aid award without prejudice
Know how much aid you will receive each semester and when it will be disbursed
Know the terms of any employment program award you are offered
Know the interest rate, amount, and repayment starting date for any loans offered to you
Meet with a financial aid counselor and review your financial aid record
Request a financial aid counselor to review any decision you feel warrants consideration due to an emergency or circumstance beyond your control
Receive answers to any questions you have about financial aid

Apply annually, for each academic year you wish to receive financial aid, following the procedures and deadlines listed in the application and notification material
Provide complete and accurate information
Make sure that when communicating with the Medical School Finanical Aid Office via email regarding your student financial aid business, you use your University-assigned email address
Notify the Medical School Financial Aid Office of changes in your enrollment status, financial status, scholarship awards, or Graduate Assistantship appointment and the Office of the Registrar/One Stop if your name changes
Update your Current Mailing Address at www.myu.umn.edu under the My Info tab whenever a change in your address occurs
Notify the Medical School Financial Aid Office if you are the recipient of any non-University of Minnesota educational loans and/or any non-University of Minnesota scholarship funding
Report to your University employer and the Medical School Financial Aid Office if you cancel from classes or terminate your studies
Attend an entrance and exit interview and repay all loans according to the terms of your truth-in-lending and promissory note forms
Refrain from disorderly conduct as defined in the Student Conduct Code
Maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress toward your Medical School degree
Read all information published by the Medical School Financial Aid Office