MBA Finances


Federal Loan Options


Accepting Your Loans


Federal Direct Subisidzed/Unsubsidized Loans are accepted on-line at BearFacts. You will need to have your UC Berkeley SID and passphrase to log-on. The address is : http://sis.berkeley.edu/bearfacts.


Once you have logged on, select “Financial Aid” from the tabs at the top of the page.

Please note: The offer letter is only accessible from 7 am – 7 pm Monday through Saturday, and from 12 pm – 7 pm on Sunday.

  1. Select “Financial Aid Offer Letter” and the year 2008-09.

  2. Enter your Social Security Number, as prompted.

  3. An Acknowledgement page will appear. Review and click on agree.

  4. The next page that appears will have a message in the main window, and a left menu bar. In the left menu bar, click on “Accept/Decline Awards.”

  5. (Step 1): Review your enrollment plans and make any necessary updates. Click on continue.

  6. (Step 2): Report outside resources, if any. Click on continue.

  7. (Step 3): Accept/Decline Awards: For each award you must do the following: Under “Action” choose “Accepted” and enter a dollar amount to accept any loans. To decline an award, choose “Decline” from the “Action” box. Click on continue.

  8. (Step 4): Loan/Work Study conversion. Haas Students are not eligible for this. Click on continue.

  9. Confirm your actions on “Activity Summary.” Review other actions or log off.

Contact the Haas School's Office of Financial Aid if you experience any problems. finaid@haas.berkeley.edu, (510) 643-0183


Accepting Your Grad PLUS Loan
Acceptance of the Grad PLUS Loan is done automatically as part of the Grad PLUS Request Form.
  • Complete the Grad PLUS request form and email it to the Haas School Office of Financial Aid at finaid@haas.berkeley.edu. The form can also be faxed to (510) 642-9387