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DIRECTIONS FOR ACCEPTING FINANCIAL AID AWARD ONLINE
Your financial aid award offer is available on your Northwest CatPAWS account. Follow these directions to access your award, report outside resources and complete student loan and Parent loan processes.
To log on to your CatPAWS account:
go to: www.nwmissouri.edu
go to: Quick Tools
select: CatPAWS link
select: Enter Secure Area and log in
(User ID is your student ID 919# and your PIN is your birthday in mmddyy format.
You will then be asked to create your own PIN at this time.)
select: Student & Financial Aid to access award information
select: Financial Aid
select: My Award Information
select: Accept Award by Aid Year/Add Private Resources
READ THE AUTHORIZATIONS AND CONDITIONS STATEMENTS: If you agree,
click: AGREE and INITIAL that you have read and understand these statements.
enter: Outside Resources/Scholarships
select: Add more resources or DONE
select: 2008-2009 aid year
follow: Directions on Award Screen for loan acceptance – A Master Promissory Note (MPN)
and Entrance Counseling are required for first time borrowers. Scholarships/Grants
are automatically accepted. All awards listed are for the academic year (Fall/Spring)
terms.
Important Student Loan Information
• Complete Master Promissory Note (if first time borrower) Go to: http://dlenote.ed.gov
(requires PIN used to complete the FAFSA) Allow one week after acceptance before
accessing this web site.
• Complete Loan Entrance Counseling (if first time borrower) Go to: www.dl.ed.gov
• If accepting all or a partial Perkins Loan that was awarded, you will be mailed the
Perkins Loan Master Promissory Note separately at a later date.
• Parent Loan Acceptance: If parents are accepting all or a partial Parent Loan, the Parent
Loan Information Sheet must be completed and then returned to our office or faxed
(660) 562-1674 to initiate the loan process.
*This online acceptance is the preferred and quickest method for accepting your aid offer. If you would prefer to have a paper Award Letter printed, you can mark on CatPAWS that you do not agree to use electronic means of communicating your award information. Contact us at finaid@nwmissouri.edu or call (660) 562-1363 to request a paper Award Letter be printed.*
If revisions of your award offer are required, notification will be made by postcard until you receive your University e-mail account at SOAR. All notifications after receipt of your e-mail account will be made through this University assigned account.