Aid Process

Notification

As soon as your awards are determined, an e-mail notification will be sent to your WIU e-mail address. Award information will be available on your STARS account.

Award Notifications are based on the following, unless otherwise stated:

  1. Full-time enrollment status (minimum 12 hours for undergraduates, 15 hours for MAP recipients, and 9 hours for graduate students).
  2. Tuition and fees based on your tuition guarantee.

Awards may be adjusted later if:

  1. Your enrollment is less than full-time (minimum enrollment for loans is six hours).
  2. You receive aid not included previously on an Award Notification.
  3. Funding allocations change, particularly state sources.

Your Award Notification can be used to estimate what you will pay per semester. A 2009-2010 Cost of Attendance Worksheet is provided to help with this estimate.