My Financial Aid

Application Status

Wingspan allows you to access your financial aid information after a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has been received by the Office of Financial Aid.

The Financial Aid Dashboard in Wingspan displays your financial aid and award offer information. You will also find additional financial aid links by accessing the Financial Aid Dashboard and selecting Home.

You must have a Winthrop University e-mail account in order to access Wingspan. If you have not created a Winthrop e-mail account, you may do so by clicking here.

Once logged in to Wingspan:

To access your financial aid information:

  • In the Self Service 9x - NEW box (right side), click Financial Aid Dashboard.
  • Select the appropriate Award Year from the drop-down at the top right.
  • Click Home.
  • Scroll down (if needed) to Student Requirements.
  • View Unsatisfied Requirements.
  • To view the instructions, click the down arrow next to each requirement, indicating additional documents that are needed to finalize the processing of your financial aid.

Most documents are classified in the following manner:

  • Requested indicates a document you need to provide to the Office of Financial Aid.
  • Received; Pending Review refers to a document which you provided that is awaiting review.
  • Received; Incomplete Document means that we need additional information and our office will contact you.
  • Received; Signature Missing means that you submitted a document to our office that requires a signature.
  • Complete means that document has been accepted.

To view any financial aid messages:

  • Click Notifications.
  • View Messages.
  • To view messages, click the down arrow next to each message.

The Financial Aid Dashboard also provides information about whether you are considered to be making satisfactory progress toward your degree program and allows you to view your financial aid history.

You will find your estimated cost of attendance and award offer information by selecting Offer. Here you may view and accept or decline your financial aid offer.