Please Note: Unlike a grant, a loan must be re-paid.
For more information, see the 
Financial
Aid Award and Planning Guide.
Log on to the myNorthridge Portal and navigate to your “Student Center” and click the “Accept My Student Loan” link.
Click on the “Aid Year
You will arrive at the “Financial Aid – Accept My Student Loan” page. Please read the informational text.
Click the “Accept” check box for the loan(s)
you want to activate. You may also click the “Accept
All” button to activate all loans listed. An “Accepted
Amount” box will open up that allows you to reduce the amount. Please
enter a non-zero amount less than or equal to the “Amount
Offered”. Once you reduce the “Accepted
Amount”, the “Offered Amount” will
reduce too.
If you later decide that you need the original “Amount Offered”,
you must submit a paper 08-09 Loan Activation Request to the Financial Aid & Scholarship Department
for the additional amount.
If you want to decline a specific loan,
click the “Decline” check
box corresponding to the loan. If you want to decline all loans listed,
click the “Decline
All”
button.
The “Clear All” button
resets your current transaction.
Stafford loan awards are made up of Subsidized and
Unsubsidized loans. If
you are awarded both loans, you must first accept ALL the
Subsidized portion before accepting any of the Unsubsidized portion. You
may decline the Unsubsidized portion or both at any time.
You may only enter whole dollar amounts for this
award. Please remove
any cents portion.
The “Select a Lender” drop
box is active and shows the default lender.
You must select a lender before you accept the loan. Click
the “Select
a Lender” drop down box for the list of lenders. If
the lender you would like to use is NOT on this
list, DO NOT USE the Student Center to accept your Loan. You must
submit a paper 08-09 Loan Activation Request to the Financial Aid & Scholarship Department.
For information on how to choose a lender, click the How to Select a Lender link.
Once you have entered the dollar amount and have selected a lender, click the “Submit” button.
You must receive the “Submit Confirmation” message before leaving this page or your Stafford loan will not be activated. Click the “OK” button to return to the “Financial Aid – Award Summary” page.
