Financial Aid Semester Start-Up Information

Fall 2025 Semester Financial Aid

Fall 2025 semester aid will start to be applied on Aug. 15, 2025. You can view this via your SDEPAY account.

Please check your for any outstanding requirements as they can delay aid from being applied.

View and Accept Your Financial Aid Offer

You can access your financial aid offer on our student portal. To access the portal, log in to , click on the Dashboard tab and locate the Financial Aid Self Service item on your dashboard. Follow the instructions to access Financial Aid Self Service.

If you have not previously logged into your MyState account, please go to . In the upper right-hand corner, click the Sign In button and follow the directions under MyState First Time Login on the right.

To accept or decline your financial aid offer once you are logged in to your financial aid self service:

View the upper right side of the page, and ensure you see South Dakota State and the 2025-2026 Award Year.
Select View Questions in the red box under Responses Required, and answer the questions (you can omit this step if you previously answered these questions).
Select the Award Offer tab.
Use the Take Action dropdown box to accept and decline individual awards.
Select Submit at the bottom of the page.

If you accept federal loan funding, you will need to complete the following two items before you can receive your loans:

Outside Scholarship Processing

Learn more about processing non-SDSU scholarship checks.

Processing Outside Scholarships

Forms and Documents

Complete and submit any necessary forms and documents.

Financial Aid Forms

Work-Study

If you've been offered work-study, there are several steps that need to be taken to secure your employment and begin working to earn your funds.

Work-Study Information

Saying Thanks

Thank You Notes

If you have an SDSU scholarship that requires you to complete a thank you note, you will complete that process by logging in and following these steps:

Log in to the .
Once logged in, click My Awards.
Under the Complete Thank You Letter section, click Thank You Letter.
Once compiled, ensure you click Submit Thank You Letter.

Please be sure to write a thank you note for each scholarship you have received. Scholarship funds will not be disbursed to your account until your thank you is received.

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