{"id":5546,"date":"2021-02-12T22:34:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T03:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/?page_id=155253"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:45:34","slug":"applying-for-your-loans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/financial-aid\/application-deadlines\/applying-for-your-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying for your Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>*<\/strong>Adhering to these priority guidelines allow us to certify your federal or private loans in a timely manner PRIOR to the Office of Student Account\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/campus-services\/student-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">tuition due dates.<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">Federal loan applications<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a> must be applied for within <b>120 days<\/b> <b>PRIOR<\/b> to the start of class to ensure that your credit remains open at certification. We advise that <strong>ALL<\/strong> federal and private loan applicants follow their relevant student status date above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*<\/strong>If you are admitted\u00a0<strong>AFTER June 1st<\/strong>, please move forward with applying for your loans just prior to submitting your Blue Loan Certification Request.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEFORE YOU CONTINUE:<\/strong> If you have placed a security freeze on your credit file, you must lift or remove the freeze at each credit bureau before you continue. Your federal application will remain pending and not processed by the Department of Education if you have a security freeze.<\/p>\n<p>You can check the disbursement of your loans on the student accounts tab in <a href=\"https:\/\/guexperience.georgetown.edu\/\">GU Experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 22px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 22px;text-align: center\"><strong>Fall loan disbursement \u2013<\/strong> August 14, 2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 22px;text-align: center\"><strong>Spring loan disbursement \u2013<\/strong> January 1, 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>Don&#8217;t forget to request any living expense refund at the start of each semester via <a href=\"https:\/\/guexperience.georgetown.edu\/\">GU Experience<\/a>.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Adhering to these priority guidelines allow us to certify your federal or private loans in a timely manner PRIOR to the Office of Student Account\u2019s\u00a0tuition due dates.(This link opens in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"parent":5460,"menu_order":57,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-5546","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5546"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11015,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5546\/revisions\/11015"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}