Step 1:
Verify that your expected housing and enrollment plans are correct. We have determined your award based on the housing plans indicated on your admission application. If you will not be living in the housing arrangement specified on your preliminary financial aid offer, please complete the Undergraduate Financial Aid Revision Request form available under the Forms section and submit it to LMU Financial Aid.
In order to receive most forms of federal, state, or institutional awards, you must be enrolled full-time in 12 or more units. If you do not intend to enroll full-time, please complete a Revision Request and submit it to LMU Financial Aid.
Step 2:
Once you have submitted your tuition deposit to LMU, you will be given access to "PROWL", LMU's self-service portal for students with access to a number of important items. Click our PROWL page link for instructions to accept the Terms & Conditions for your financial aid and to accept/decline or modify your financial aid offer for the entire academic year. If you are a recipient of the Federal Pell Grant, you will not be able to accept the grant as we will automatically accept that grant on your behalf. If you have already accepted your initial aid offers and would like to make changes to the amounts accepted, you will need to submit an Undergraduate Financial Aid Revision Request form and indicate the changes you would like to make. Only accepted financial aid will apply to your tuition and other charges to reduce the amount that you owe to the university. Half of each offered amount (except for work awards) will disburse prior to the Fall semester and the second half will disburse during the Spring semester for students who are enrolled in both semesters.
Step 3:
Complete disbursement requirements. If you accept student loans, additional requirements will be posted to your PROWL account. For example, you will be required to complete Entrance Counseling and a Master Promissory Note for the Federal Direct Loan program.
Step 4:
Complete Federal Verification requirements, if your FAFSA application was selected for verification. It is required that you complete federal verification to receive the following: all federal financial aid (Pell, SEOG Grants, Direct Loans, Work-Study), Cal Grants or other state-funded financial aid, the LMU Grant or LMU Institutional Loans. However, federal verification is not required for students who are only eligible for the following: LMU Tuition Benefits, LMU Merit Scholarships, Athletic Aid, Parent or Graduate PLUS Loans, and TEACH Grant or LMU Work. Visit our Federal Verification website for more information.
Step 5:
Wait for your billing packet from the Student Accounts Department via email. The information on billing provides an overview of the university's billing process, as well as important information regarding paying for tuition and fees, housing and meal plans, and more. The payment information provides content regarding payment methods, payment plans, remitting payment, and includes the university's tuition payment policy. If you have questions regarding billing and payment at LMU contact the Student Accounts Department.