Step 01 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 The first thing you will need is your personalized Federal Student Aid PIN. To retrieve your pin, visit http://www.pin.ed.gov/PINWebApp/pinindex.jsp. Click on "Request A Duplicate PIN" from the menu on the left.