TG Loans By Web™ – The Application Process
The following procedures explain the steps to complete a loan application using TG Loans By Web™. Always use the buttons provided on the website to navigate. Do NOT use the “BACK” button on the browser during the TG Loans By Web™ process. Using the “BACK” button will interrupt the process and may force you to start the process over again.
1.-Open your browser to Loans By Web™ (https://lbw.tgslc.org)
2.-Register into myTG by selecting new user ID. Create User ID and password.
E-mail address is mandatory.
3.-Select “I am an undergraduate student borrower.”
4.-All student borrowers will have to complete on-line entrance counseling before being able to guarantee their loan. To do so, click the “Go to Entrance Counseling” link. Complete the online entrance counseling test and submit your answers.
5.-In Entrance Counseling, enter your reference information, including address and phone numbers.
6.-Print your Confirmation Page for the online entrance counseling.
7.-Return to Loans by Web.
8.-Select Complete a loan award, then choose an award in Option 1 and click on Begin.
Review you Personal information. Click on Next.
9.-Enter your Reference Information, including address and phone numbers. Click on Next.
10.-Lender Selection:
New borrowers Select Lender tab: You may select a lender from your school’s preferred lender list or you may search for a lender. Click on lender name and click on Select Lender tab.
11.-Loan Award Information:
Review the 3 items:
1. Amounts
2. Interest Payments
3. I want to print the application package on my local printer. Or, I want to eSign my note.
Click on Submit.
NOTE: If a change is necessary to the loan period (e.g. changing from a Fall-Spring award to a Fall only award in case of Fall graduation or transferring to another school in the spring), please contact the EPCC Financial Aid Office at 915-831-2561, before proceeding. Please remember that when accepting a Fall-Spring award, the total amount you accept will be split equally between semesters.
12.-Confirm that the information is correct. Click the “Complete” button to submit your loan for Guarantee. If the loan is guaranteed, a page will appear with the message:
“Congratulations, your loan has been guaranteed.”
(If the loan application is rejected, a page will appear listing the errors found.
Print this page and contact TG’s Loan Guarantee team at 1-800-252-9743.)
13.-New borrowers are required to complete a MPN before their loan will be disbursed. If your lender participates in the e-signature process, you may Click the E-sign button to complete this process. E-Signature is a process that allows NEW student loan borrowers to sign the Stafford Loan application with an electronic signature. Here’s what you need to complete the E-Signature process:
1. Your Personal Identification Number (PIN) from the Department of Education. This is the same PIN you used to sign your FAFSA on-line. If you don’t have a PIN or have forgotten your PIN, you can request one at www.pin.ed.gov.
2. Your Social Security Number
3. Your Date of Birth
4. The first two letters of your last name
14.-If you have chosen a lender that does not participate in E-Signature, you must sign and date one copy of your MPN and mail it (front and back pages) to your lender. The second copy is for your records. DO NOT SEND THE MPN TO EPCC. Please be aware that if you do not forward one copy to your lender, there will be a delay in the receipt of funds.
15.-Call your lender 2 business days after you complete the process to check for any holds.