Before your financial aid can be applied to your bill, you’ll need to log in to your account to view, accept, or decline your awards and complete your required authorization questions. This page will walk you through everything you need to do in Banner — from signing in for the first time to submitting your decisions.
Accept or Decline Your Aid
- Your Banner user name is automatically generated and is shown in your application portal and on your financial aid award letter
- Your Banner initial password will be SCSU! Followed by the two digit month, day and year of your birthday (SCSU!mmddyy)
- Go to https://login.southernct.edu
- Enter your User Name and Password and click Sign In
- Select Banner Student
- Select Financial Aid
- Select the Award Offer tab
- Scroll down to view and accept or decline your pending aid
Note: After the aid is accepted or declined, you cannot make adjustments online. The easiest way to make a change is to complete the Change of Award form.
Complete the Authorization Questions
- Go to https://login.southernct.edu
- Enter your Username and Password
- Click Sign In
- Select Banner Student
- Select Financial Aid
- Select View Questions on the Home tab
- Scroll past the first empty box (do not type in this box)
- Answer the two questions
- Click Submit the Information (You may see the answers revert back to being blank)
- Go to the Resources tab to verify your answers