Your honour offer is merely the get-go. Did you know our colleges and academic departments offer scholarships to current students, and we have scholarships for studying abroad?

UT offers lots of bang for your tuition buck. Inside six months of graduation, more eighty percent of our grads are employed or in graduate school, ready to tackle challenges big and small-scale, to answer questions (some of which haven't even been asked all the same), and to bring the Volunteer spirit to their communities. We hope we can count you in!

CHECK YOUR MAILBOX & INBOX
You should receive a Financial Award Offering from us via mail and email in February. There are 2 dissimilar types of award offers (come across below)–each with a special set of next steps for you complete in club to accept and/or be fully eligible for financial assist.

OFFICIAL Award Offering

Your award is official because we've received your required materials in order to offer you lot a formal financial aid honour.

Official Laurels Next Steps

ane. Log in to your MyUTK business relationship at my.utk.edu using your NetID and password then click on "Proceed to MyUTK."

2. Click on "Accept Award Offer" in the My Financial Information section.

3. Select the 2021–22 aid yr.

4. Read and follow the instructions on this screen to view and then accept or decline your offer.

Accepting a Loan? Before the loan will apply to your UT bill, y'all must complete your Chief Promissory Annotation and Loan Entrance Counseling past visiting studentaid.gov.

Reviewing your financial aid package from several schools can be overwhelming–especially when you are trying to figure out what the bottom line will be at each institution.  We want you to have a total motion-picture show of what your predictable costs volition be for the upcoming yr and the financial aid available to assistance brand your dream a reality. If you take questions almost your awards, please contact One Cease at 865-974-1111 or at onestop@utk.edu.

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Live Q&A

Check out the video of final yr'southward Alive Q&A where our helpful staff and educatee answered mutual questions about the fiscal aid process, next steps, and much more! Nosotros are hosting our next Live Q&A on Thursday, March 4 on the UT Knoxville Facebook page.

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Award Offer FAQs

Who should I contact if I have scholarships that are not listed in my letter?

For institutional scholarships, contact Ane Terminate at onestop@utk.edu.

For departmental scholarships, contact the academic section for next steps.

External scholarships volition not appear on your award offer and will only appear in your MyUTK business relationship once the scholarship is received and processed past the university.

How practise I receive my federal work-study?

One time yous accept your offer for Federal Work–Report in your MyUTK business relationship, you volition be contacted by the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships to begin placing you lot in an on- or off-campus job. The award is paid to students equally a biweekly paycheck throughout the semester for hours worked. This award does not pay directly toward your nib.

What is the difference betwixt a subsidized and unsubsidized loan?

Both loans are administered past the U.s.a. Department of Education and offer competitive involvement rates, which are determined by federal law. The Department of Education pays the interest on Direct Subsidized Loans while you are in school and for the commencement six months afterward graduation. You are responsible for paying all of the involvement for Direct Unsubsidized Loans. You can choose to brainstorm payment on your loans and their interest early with no penalty.

Exercise you have to have the entire loan?

No! We encourage you to be a responsible borrower and plan your upkeep around payment and repayment.

What is loan archway counseling and the master promissory notation?

The federal government requires yous to consummate entrance counseling to ensure that you understand the obligations of taking out a loan. Y'all must also complete the Master Promissory Annotation—a legal document in which you hope to repay your federal educatee loan(s) and any accrued interest and fees to your lender or loan holder. In order to apply a loan to your UT beak, you must visit studentaid.gov to complete the Master Promissory Annotation and Loan Entrance Counseling.