Entrance Counseling

Federal regulations require ALL FIRST-TIME BORROWERS at Des Moines Area Community College to attend loan entrance counseling.

You may satisfy this requirement on this Web site: www.DL.ed.gov, click on Entrance Counseling, and then on Entrance Counseling Tutorial on the next page.

1. You will need to read through the information and complete the short quiz.
2. After you submit your quiz, a summary of your quiz results will be posted.
3. Read through your results and click the PROCEED button at the bottom of the page.
4. You will now be presented with four (4) steps to complete your Entrance Counseling process.
5. Complete each step and remember to click the PROCEED button afterwards.
6. Finally, click the SHOW PAGE FOR PRINTING button.
7. You will need to print out the final page, sign that page (anywhere on the bottom), and return to the Financial Aid Office at your campus.

If you do not pass at least 12 of the 15 questions correctly, you can attempt the test three times. If you do not pass the quiz (a different set of questions each time) then you will need to watch a video in the Financial Aid Office of the campus you attend.

A video will be available on each campus for students without Internet access. You will need to complete, sign, and date the Rights and Responsibilities Summary Checklist form included in the packet given to you when you complete viewing the video.

First time, new borrowers must be in class 30 days from the start of the term, in addition to completing the entrance counseling session before they would be eligible for the loan funds.