Financial Aid Summer Form

Financial Aid Summer Application

The form below is for students who currently do not have summer aid. Please check to see if you DO NOT have summer aid on myLSUS showing in the summer column before completing this form.  Login to myLSUS>Financial Aid>Awards.    Online accelerated graduate students do not need to complete a summer aid application. 

To be awarded financial aid for the summer:

• All students (excluding TOPS recipients)

You must have completed a 2024-25 FAFSA.

You must be making Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).  

View the SAP policy HERE. 

• Pell Grant recipients

You may have remaining Pell Grant funds for the summer semester. If you wish to use only the Pell Grant for summer, you do not need to complete a Summer Data Form. Once you enroll in your summer classes, your Pell Grant will be awarded within 5 - 7 business days. 

• Student loan applicants

If you borrowed the maximum loan amount allowed during the 2024-25 academic year, you will not have remaining funds.

         Annual Loan Amounts

 If eligible, you must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours.

Traditional graduate students must be enrolled in six credit hours of graduate coursework.

If you are applying for a student loan for the first time, you must complete Entrance Counseling and a Master Promissory Note at studentaid.gov.   

• TOPS Summer Criteria
  • Student has earned at least 60 hours prior to summer session, OR
  • Summer session is required enrollment in the degree program and student is enrolled in no less than the minimum number of hours required for that degree, OR
  • Degree program’s graduation requirement can be completed during the summer session, OR
  • Course taken is required for graduation and is only offered during summer session, OR
  • Summer session is conducted for nonacademic program a student is enrolled in.

Email finaid@lsus.edu if you meet the above criteria and would like to use TOPS for the summer.  However, summer funding has not been confirmed at this time.

• Visiting students are not eligible for financial aid
• For Financial Aid purposes, summer enrollment status for undergraduate students is defined as follows:

FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT = 12 credit hours                                   

HALF-TIME ENROLLMENT = 6 credit hours 

FINANCIAL AID WILL BE AWARDED  AFTER YOU HAVE REGISTERED FOR SUMMER CLASSES. YOU MUST BE ENROLLED IN AT LEAST 6 CREDIT HOURS TO RECEIVE STUDENT LOANS.  THEREFORE, YOU WILL NOT BE AWARDED A LOAN IF YOU ARE REGISTERED IN LESS THAN 6 CREDIT HOURS FOR THE SUMMER. IF YOUR ENROLLMENT PLANS CHANGE AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED, CONTACT THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE IMMEDIATELY.