Entrance Counseling

Student Financial Planning's integration with the Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) Mailbox allows the student's Entrance Counseling to be automatically imported and displayed on the user interface.

What Student Financial Planning Does Automatically

Student Financial Planning automatically does the following things:

Validates/Imports Entrance Counseling

When COD generates CREC message class for a completed online Entrance Counseling and transmits it through the SAIG Mailbox, Student Financial Planning recognizes, accepts and imports the files and displays them in the user interface. The system is designed to automatically receive the files at configured intervals.

Sends a Student Notification

Student Financial Planning automatically sends a student notification when Entrance Counseling is required based on Trigger configuration.

Closes Student Notification

Student Financial Planning automatically closes the open Student Notification after the Entrance Counseling is received or if the Entrance Counseling is no longer be required:
  • The Subsidized/Unsubsidized Entrance Counseling file clears the Subsidized/Unsubsidized Entrance Counseling Requirement Notification.
  • The Grad PLUS Entrance Counseling file clears both the Subsidized/Unsubsidized Entrance Counseling Requirement Notification and the Grad PLUS Entrance Counseling Requirement Notification.

The Notification framework evaluates the clearing conditions every time the configured Required Trigger event is completed, for example, repackaging.

Creates Student History Entry

Student Financial Planning creates a Student History Entry when an Entrance Counseling is required, no longer required and when an Entrance Counseling response is received.

Configurable Attributes

Configure when Borrower Information is required

The institution can configure when an Entrance Counseling is required.

Required Role Permissions

The user must have a role with the following General Permissions through Roles Management:

  • Student.

See Set General Permissions Matrix for additional information.

Navigation to the Student Financial Planning User Interface Functionality

To view the Entrance Counseling, navigate to: Student Financial Planning User Interface > Student > USDE > Entrance Counseling .