Federal loans require both entrance and exit counseling.

• Entrance Counseling
  Before you get your federal Stafford or Perkins student loan, you are required by federal regulation to complete an entrance counseling session. It shows you how to manage your student loans, both during and after college.
  
  You may complete this mandatory entrance counseling online
  by clicking here for Stafford loans or here for Perkins loans and following the instructions given.

• Exit Counseling
  Before you graduate – or drop below halt-time attendance – you are required by federal regulation to complete an exit counseling session on both Stafford and Perkins Federal loans. If you are graduating you cannot do exit counseling on the internet, you MUST attend an in person exit counseling. They are scheduled several weeks prior to graduation. It shows you how to manage your student loans after college.
  
  
  You may complete this mandatory exit counseling online
  by clicking here for Stafford loans or here for Perkins loans and following the instructions given.