Glossary of Terms

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ALL Terms | 1098

Click on a letter below to locate a Student Financial term which starts with that letter, or scroll through the list of topics below.

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• 1098-E
• 1098-T

A

• Accrual Date
• Accrued Interest
• Activity Restriction
• Agency Billing
• Award Letter

B

• Borrower
• Buckley Waiver
• Bursar

C

• Campus-Based Programs
• Capitalization of Interest
• Commitment / Contract Confirmation Deposit (Housing)
• Consolidation Loan
• Cost of Education
• CSS (College Scholarship Service) Profile
• CWSP

D

• Default
• Deferment for Loans
• Deferment for Student Accounts
• Deferment (Expired or Rebilled)
• Delinquency
• Dependent Student
• Disbursement
• Disclosure Statement

E

• E-bill
• Emergency Loan
• Entrance/Exit Interview
• E-pay
• Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
• Expired (Rebilled) Deferment

F

• FACS (formerly AFSA)
• Family Rights and Privacy Act (see FERPA)
• Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP)
• Federal Pell Grant
• Federal Perkins Loan
• Federal Stafford Loan (Subsidized and Unsubsidized)
• Federal Work-Study Program
• FERPA (Family Rights and Privacy Act)
• Financial Aid Package
• Financial Need
• Flat Fee
• Forbearance
• Free Application for Feder Student Aid (FACS (formerly AFSA))

G

• Grace Period
• Grant
• Guarantor
• Guarantee Fee
• Guest / Guest User

H

• Health Insurance / Health Insurance Waivers
• Hold
• Holder

I

• Income Sensitive Repayment
• Independent Student
• Interest
• Interest Rates

J

K

L

• Lender
• Lender Refund
• Letter of Standing (or Letter of Standing with Expense Estimate)
• Loan Cancellation
• Loan Period
• Loan Principal
• Loans

M

• Medical Withdrawal
• MPN (Master Promissory Note)

N

• Need Analysis

O

• Origination Fee
• Override

P

• Payment Plan
• Payoff Amount
• Perkins Loan
• Prepayment
• Prepayment Plan
• Promissory Note

Q

R

• Rebilled (Expired) Deferment
• Refunds, Credit Balance
• Refund Insurance
• Repayment
• Repayment Schedule

S

• Schedule of Classes
• Scholarship
• Secondary Market
• Separation Date
• Servicer
• Settlement (of student account)
• Sponsor
• (Subsidized) Stafford Loan
• Statement of Account
• Student Aid Report (SAR)
• Student Status

T

• Tax Credits
• TAB
• Title IV
• Treasury Bill
• Tuition Refund Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement

U

• USC ID (UID)
• Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
• USCe.pay
• USC Payment Plan

V

• Variable Interest Rates
• Visa Status

W

• Waiver
• Wire Transfer
• Work Study

X

Y

Z