LSU students receiving financial aid this year need to confirm their intent to attend school in the fall via an email survey, the university confirmed to the Reveille Monday.

Early Monday morning, many LSU students received an email from the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships asking them to confirm their attendance via a link to a Qualtrics survey.

In past years, this process of confirming registration was done through myLSU, so some students and parents were skeptical of the email.

“This is a valid email and is part of a new process now that we have transitioned to Workday Student,” the LSU Office of Enrollment Management & Student Success told the Reveille.

The email was sent out to all LSU students who were issued financial aid this year to ensure that the university only distributed aid to those who plan to enroll, a spokesperson told the Reveille.

The survey isn’t a permanent fixture of the registration process, LSU said, but rather something that needed to be done as the university transitions to its new Workday system from myLSU.

“Looking ahead, our goal is to continue to evolve this process into a more seamless and integrated solution — ideally one that does not rely on an external survey link but instead leverages an existing mechanism, such as the Student Financial Responsibility Statement. However, to mitigate any issues for the upcoming fall, we could not pursue this enhancement at this time,” the Office of Financial Aid said in a statement to the Reveille.

Some LSU parents took to social media Monday to express confusion with the email. Many thought it might be a scam.