How to Apply for a Federal Stafford Loan
Note: Your student loan will not be processed until all three steps are completed.
Step 1: Complete your Federal Stafford Loan Request Form and return it to the GCC Financial Aid Office.
Step 2: Fill out your student loan application (MPN) online.
- Scroll down to the bottom of this page and click on your preferred lender. (If you choose Associated Bank, National City, U.S. Bank, Bank of America or Fifth Third Bank, click on Federal Stafford Loan.) If you choose a lender that is not part of this list, you need to contact them directly to find out how to submit your MPN.
- Follow the instructions on the lender’s website.
Your lender choice must be the same lender that you submitted on your Federal Stafford Student Loan Request Form.
Borrower benefits can be viewed on the lender’s individual website.
Step 3: Complete your Entrance Interview online
- Click on Complete Online Student Loan Counseling
- Under Entrance Counseling - Click on Stafford Entrance
- Select Michigan for your U.S. state and click on Continue
- Select Gogebic Community College for your school and click on Continue
- Read the session instructions and click on I Agree
- Proceed through the counseling session
Repeat Borrowers – Complete Step 1 only. You do not need to fill out another loan application, participate in an entrance interview or choose another lender if you have borrowed while enrolled at GCC. The Financial Aid Office will reference your original MPN to process your current student loan request.
If your lender choice is Associated Bank, National City, U.S. Bank, Bank of America or Fifth Third Bank, please click on Federal Stafford Loan to fill out your student loan MPN and click on Federal PLUS Parent Loan if your parents will be filling out a PLUS MPN.
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Federal Stafford Loan Federal Parent PLUS Loan |