VIP Tutorial Signing in the First Time and Checking FAFSA Status

This is changing in one year. Click here to log in the 1 st time

Click here to set PIN

Try this First

This should result in an being sent to you with your temporary PIN, but… Last 5 of your SSN

Do this Next If after 5 minutes, you haven’t received an yet or it was sent to an .sc.edu address, use option 3. Some students have had issues with the previous page, but after faxing in the form, most students had a response from the office in about an hour..

This is your Social Security Number This is the same form used by returning USC students who have forgotten their PIN.

Return to this page and log in

Glance at this page when you sign in. It usually lists important updates that you might need. Click here to get to FAFSA info

This is one of the most important pages on VIP. We won’t go into most of the functions today, but you should be able to figure out what most of them do. Click here to check your FAFSA status

If your application status is complete, congratulations, you can stop here. Otherwise, continue on…

If your status is incomplete, click on the hyperlink and it will take you to a second page that will help you complete your application. Most likely you did nothing wrong to receive this status; the Dept. of Ed. randomly selects over 33% of records to verify accuracy.

Your page will look similar to this, but will be specific to you. Follow the steps in the green column and within 2 workdays of turning everything in to the Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarship (on the Columbia Campus), your application status should change to “Complete”. Sometimes forms will have to be mailed as they contain information specific to you. This may take a little longer, but not much.

Casey Wiley, M.Ed. (P) (F) Skype: casey_wiley If you experience any issues or have any questions, please contact me: