Financial aid professionals can now present school-specific information to their students using Mapping Your Future's (MYF) Online Student Loan Counseling — both Entrance and Exit Counseling. This option has been available on MYF's Entrance Counseling for the past six months and is now available on Exit Counseling.

The Online Student Loan Counseling sessions offered by the site prepare students for proper management of their Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans and provide important default prevention information, helping them make the most of their higher education.

Customized Page Option
Schools can create their own customized page of information for students to view at the beginning of their online entrance or exit counseling session. This option is especially useful for those schools needing to provide average indebtedness information to students during exit counseling.

Since it was introduced, online counseling has grown in popularity and value with financial aid offices and students. The customization option allows a higher quality of service by providing important school-specific information to students and by allowing the school to be more involved in the entire online counseling process. Schools can remind students of important dates, disbursement procedures, refund policies, etc.

As often as desired, schools can create and update their custom school information page with an easy to use text submission process on the MYF website.

Creating a Customized Page
To create a customized page for either entrance or exit counseling, a financial aid professional should request a user name and password by sending a message to mapping-your-future@tgslc.org. The financial aid professional should then go to a special section of the MYF website (mapping-your-future.org/services/fao.htm) to create their customized pages. This section of the website contains instructions on how to complete the customized page as well as other information of interest to financial aid professionals.

Information about MYF
MYF is a public service website providing college, career, and financial aid information and services for students and families. The site is sponsored by Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation and over 30 other guaranty agencies from throughout the United States. For more information about MYF's Online Student Loan Counseling, contact Catherine Mueller at cathy.muellern@tgslc.org or (800) 252-9743, ext. 4539.