Your Financial Aid Checklist

Is Your Financial Aid Ready To Pay?

Here are some things you need to check each semester to make sure your financial aid is ready.

1. Have you checked your Å·ÃÀÈý¼¶Æ¬ email?

This is how we communicate with you. Check your at least once a week!

2. Has your 2024-2025 FAFSA been received?

  1. Log into Student Self-Service by clicking the tile on
  2. Select Financial Aid

  3. Make sure the correct Award Year is selected in the top right corner

  4. Review the Satisfied Requirements section.

Note: Complete the as soon as it is available on or after December 1, 2024.

3. Have you checked your unsatisfied requirements?

Check  to make sure you don’t have any unsatisfied requirements and your enrollment status which may delay payment of your aid.

4. Have you accepted/completed the following?

5. Are you a Florida Bright Futures Recipient?

  • If you don’t see your Bright Futures award posted in , make sure your eligibility at Å·ÃÀÈý¼¶Æ¬ is confirmed by logging into your .
  • Review our Bright Futures FAQ page for more information

6. Have you checked your Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) status?

Check your SAP (if you have aid other than scholarships) in to make sure you are eligible to receive your aid. Make sure you check your status again one week before the start of classes.

7. Are you meeting the enrollment requirements to receive your aid?

 Check our enrollment requirements page.

8. Do you have a Financial Aid Tuition Deferment?

Check to see if a financial aid Tuition Deferment extends your deadline to pay your bill.

9. When will your financial aid be paid?

Financial aid payments begin on the following dates.

10. Do you qualify for the Bookstore Purchase Advanced Program (BAPP)?

Check to see if you qualify for the BAPP.

11. Do you have a non-Å·ÃÀÈý¼¶Æ¬ scholarship check?

Send scholarship checks that include your full name and Å·ÃÀÈý¼¶Æ¬ ID to:
University of South Florida
Å·ÃÀÈý¼¶Æ¬ Payments – Banner
PO Box 737442
Dallas, TX 75373-7442

12. Have you subscribed to e-Deposit?

Subscribe to in . If you are eligible to receive a refund after payment of financial aid is made, you will receive it faster than a paper check by mail.

13. Have questions about your bill, third party payments or Florida Pre-Paid?

Contact the Student Accounting Services (SAS) office.