Accepted Students
New students who submitted their FAFSA by February 1 will receive their award package by mail in March as soon as they are accepted to Pratt. This should provide enough time to make a fully informed decision. Financial aid awards are posted online. Once you are accepted and have submitted your deposit, you will receive an email with your Pratt One-key and instructions on how to access your package online.
If you do not receive an email, check your spam filter. Please feel free to call your financial aid counselor if you have any questions about the forms themselves or about your award. Our counselors are eager to help you learn about your eligibility for the wide range of financial aid programs available. You may obtain more detailed information by downloading our financial aid brochure.
Continuing students are packaged in June as soon as the final grades are in for the spring semester.
The Loan Process
As part of your financial aid package, you are eligible to borrow Federal Direct student and/or parent loans. All of the steps outlined below must be completed in order for Pratt to receive your loan funds and apply them to your student account.
Steps to complete your Federal Direct Loan Application:
Step 1 - (New Borrowers) Complete Loan Entrance Counseling. This step should take between 15 and 30 minutes. Please visit https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action in order to complete this step. You will need some personal information including your name, social security number, date of birth and your Federal PIN number (this is the same PIN that you used when you electronically signed your FAFSA. If you do not have your PIN number, you can request it by visiting, http://www.pin.ed.gov/PINWebApp/pinindex.jsp
Step 2 - (New Borrowers) Complete a Direct Loan Master Promissory Note. In order to complete this step, you must also have the PIN number referred to in the above step. If you do not have your PIN number, please follow the instructions above in order to receive one. If you are borrowing a Federal Direct Stafford Loan (subsidized and/or unsubsidized), please complete the Federal Direct Stafford Loan Promissory Note.
If you are borrowing from the Federal Direct Grad PLUS program, you must also complete a Federal Direct Grad PLUS/PLUS Master Promissory Note. *Please review your financial aid package for the type(s) of loan(s) you are applying for.
Step 3 *For Grad PLUS/PLUS Borrowers ONLY* If you are applying for a Grad PLUS or your parent is applying for a PLUS loan, applicants are required to complete a credit check every time you borrow online at https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action. PLUS and Grad PLUS loans will not be processed without credit approval. Please be sure to accurately input your information (name, address, SS#, date of birth, etc.) exactly as you did on your promissory note or the credit check and promissory note will not match which can cause lengthy delays in the processing of your loan and the receipt of funds.
Step 4 (ALL BORROWERS) Complete and return the Loan Confirmation Form via fax or mail. You can print the Loan Confirmation Form from the Pratt Institute website: http://www.pratt.edu/uploads/LOAN_CONFIRMATION_FORM_2012_2013.pdf and mail or fax it back to our office. Instructions are on the form.
If you have any questions, please contact your Financial Aid Counselor listed below:
All Manhattan Campus Students
Sonya Chestnut
Tel: 212-647-7788
Fax: 212-367-2498
schestnu@pratt.edu
Brooklyn Counselors
A - C
Phyllis Evans – Fretwell
Financial Aid Counselor
200 Willoughby Avenue
Myrtle Hall, Room 6E-18
Brooklyn, NY 11206
718-399-4205
pevansfr@pratt.edu
D - H
Timica Roach
Financial Aid Counselor
200 Willoughby Avenue
Myrtle Hall, Room 6E-21
Brooklyn, NY 11206
718-399-4537
troach@pratt.edu
I - L
Ann Thottam
Financial Aid Counselor
200 Willoughby Avenue
Myrtle Hall, Room 6E-19
Brooklyn, NY 11206
718-399-4263
athottam@pratt.edu
M - R
Saul Bonilla
Financial Aid Counselor
200 Willoughby Avenue
Myrtle Hall, Room 6E-14
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tel: 718-399-4556
Fax: 718-636-3739
sbonilla@pratt.edu
S - Z
Mildred Figueroa
Financial Aid Counselor
200 Willoughby Avenue
Myrtle Hall, Room 6E-12
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tel: 718-636-3549
Fax: 718-636-3739
mfiguero@pratt.edu
HEOP
Savior Wright
Assistant Director of Financial Aid
Tel: 718-636-3563
Fax: 718-636-3739
swright@pratt.edu
All Brooklyn Campus Graduate Students
Leonor Santillana
Tel: 718-399-4491
Fax: 718-636-3739
lsantill@pratt.edu