Apply for Direct Loans

Go to: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action

  1. Click on the green Sign In button located on the top left corner.
  2. Sign in by providing your personal information along with the PIN number provided by the Department of Education (same PIN # for FAFSA).

For Subsidized & Unsubsidized loans:

  1. Click on the “Complete MPN” located on sidebar menu under “Master Promissory Note”.
  2. Select Subsidized/Unsubsidized
  3. Complete the MPN
  4. Sign

For Graduate PLUS loans:

  1. Go back to “Welcome to StudentLoans.gov” main page 5.
  2. Click on the “Complete MPN” located on sidebar menu under “Master Promissory Note”.
  3. Select Graduate PLUS
  4. Complete MPN
  5. Sign

For Entrance Counseling:

Go back to “Welcome to StudentLoans.gov” main page

  1. Click on the “Complete Entrance Counseling” link on the left (of the same page that you’d clicked “Complete MPN” earlier).
  2. Complete the counseling session.