Loan Instructions
We look forward to helping you through the financial aid process.
Once you have accepted the loan(s) offered to you, please complete the following steps:
1. Complete Student Financial Services Disclosure Form
- Go to Net Partner
- Log in with your Middlebury credentials
- For incoming students who have yet to activate their Middlebury email, log in with the email used to submit your admission’s application
- Access the SFS Disclosure Form from the “Financial Aid Requirements” in the drop-down menu on the top left
- Review the agreements, initial each, and sign electronically
- Save the completed form and upload to your Net Partner account by clicking “upload now”
- Notification of your completed Disclosure Form will be sent to Middlebury electronically
2. Complete Entrance Counseling
- Go to https://studentaid.gov/entrance-counseling/
- Log in with your FSA ID
- Complete Entrance Counseling Modules
- At the end, you will have the opportunity to view and print the Borrower’s Rights and Responsibilities Statement
- Notification of your completed Entrance Counseling will be sent to Middlebury electronically
3. Complete Master Promissory Note for Subsidized/Unsubsidized Loans
- Go to https://studentaid.gov/mpn/
- Log in with your FSA ID
- Complete the required information, review the agreements, sign electronically and submit
- At the end, you will have the opportunity to view and print the completed MPN
- Notification of your completed MPN will be sent to Middlebury electronically
Please note that there are separate MPNs for Direct and Graduate Plus loans. If you are applying for a Graduate PLUS loan, please complete steps 4 and 5 below.
4. Complete Graduate PLUS Loan Application
- Go to https://studentaid.gov/plus-app/grad/landing
- Log in with your FSA ID
- Complete the required information, review the agreements, sign electronically and submit
- At the end, you will be notified of your credit decision
- Notification of your completed PLUS Loan application will be sent to Middlebury electronically
5. Complete Master Promissory Note for Direct PLUS Loans
- Go to https://studentaid.gov/mpn/
- Log in with your FSA ID
- Complete the required information, review the agreements, sign electronically and submit
- At the end, you will have the opportunity to view and print the completed MPN
- Notification of your completed MPN will be sent to Middlebury electronically