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Track Your Financial Aid
Once you have submitted your FAFSA, you can view your account balance and financial aid status and make payments through your myWCU account. The below provides a step-by-step guide to accessing your information on myWCU.
- Log into myWCU
- Select "Check Financial Aid Status" in the Financial Aid Section
- Select an "Aid Year" then SUBMIT
- Log into myWCU
- Select "View/Accept Awards" in the Financial Aid Section
- Select an "Aid Year" then SUBMIT
- Select the "Award Overview " tab
- Log into myWCU
- Click on either the green "View Financial Aid Awards and History" link or the purple "Respond to Award" link, and the self-service page opens
- Make sure you have selected the correct aid year
- Click on the "Award Offer" link; grants and scholarships are listed in the first section, and loans are listed in the second
- Take action on loans by clicking in the drop down menu to Accept, Decline, or Modify
- Submit decision at bottom of page
- Read and accept Terms and Conditions
- Log into myWCU
- Select "Check Financial Aid Status" in the Financial Aid Section
- Select an "Aid Year" then SUBMIT
- Log into myWCU
- Select "View Details and $Pay" in the My Account Summary
Release of Student Information
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. Before any WCU administrative office can discuss most specific issues pertaining to a student’s records with third parties, we must have consent from the student. University personnel must be able to verify a student's identity before discussing the student's academic records by telephone.
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finaid@wcu.edu
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