Desktop - Accepting/Declining Awards

Purpose: Use this document as a reference on how to accept or decline a financial aid award in the ctcLink Student Center.

Audience: Students

You must have at least one of these local college managed security roles:

  • ZZ SS Student

If you need assistance with the above security roles, please contact your local college supervisor or IT Admin to request role access.

If you have no active aid years to view, this means that your aid has not yet been published for view.

Accepting/Declining Awards

Navigation: Once you are logged into ctcLink, from the home page, select the Financial Aid tile.

  1. The Financial Aid page displays.
  2. Select the Aid Year link, if applicable.
  3. The Award Summary page displays. Select the Accept/Decline link.
  4. The Award Package page displays. Review the aid you are being offered.  
  5. Select the Edit button to enable available updates of the Award Decision column. Use the pull-down arrow next to the offered award(s) to select the applicable value: Accept, Decline, Reset.  

Please note, that if the Decline button is greyed out, this specific award is not able to be declined.  If you will not use this aid, a financial aid staff member will cancel the award.  

  1. Select the Submit button.
  2. An Accept/Decline message appears.  Select the Yes to continue or No to cancel.
  3. A submit confirmation message appears indicating the Submit request was successful.  Select the OK button to return to the Award Package page.
  4. From here, you can select the Home icon in the top right of the page to return to the home page.

Video Tutorial

The video below demonstrates the process actions described in the steps listed above. There is no audio included with this video. Select the play button to start the video.

Video Tutorial via Panopto

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