Financial Aid

Degree seeking students admitted to OSU may be eligible for federal and state financial aid if enrolled for 6 or more credits per term. To apply for financial aid, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form and list Oregon State University as your school choice. Please direct your questions to the OSU Financial Aid Office, 541-737-2241 or call Ecampus at 1-800-235-6559to be transferred. The FAFSA can be completed online.

Student Online Services

Students can electronically access their own student information via the OSU Web site. These services are explained below and are available 24 hours per day, EXCEPT: 11:55 p.m. Friday to 7:00 a.m. Saturday. To access your own student information, you need:

• Student Identification Number
• General Access Pin (GAP). The GAP is your birth date (MMDDYY), until you establish a new GAP. Notice: In November 1999, OSU changed its method for establishing GAPs (General Access PIN Numbers). Students accessing the Web for the first time since that date will be asked online to replace their birthdates GAPs to a more secure number of their choice. This will then remain the student’s GAP until such time as she or he chooses to change it. Students who forget their new GAPs may access the Web online systems to re-obtain a new GAP.

Google Apps for OSU

Use your ONID username and password to access Google Drive, Mail, Calendar, Groups, etc.

 Email Access

This is the only address the university will use if it needs to send you information. The university no longer maintains separate local and home student addresses. Students are responsible for making sure their current address listing is correct and for updating it at the end of each term if necessary. Students may change their current mailing address listing at the Registrar’s Office or by Student Online Services Quick Login.

You will be asked to verify your address at the beginning of each term. The first time you access your student information on the Web through Student Online Services, you will see a message asking you to change or confirm your address. Please update your address information at that time.

The Online Writing Lab

The Online Writing Lab allows you to send your writing project to a Writing Assistant who will help you with such things as organizing, developing, and revising your work. Writing Assistants won´t proofread your paper, but they will analyze your work for errors that reoccur so that you can proofread the paper yourself. They will use one or two examples from your writing to help explain the error and how to correct it. Writing Assistants will also make suggestions on the content, structure, and style of your writing to help you write more effectively.