{"id":10,"date":"2014-06-05T12:40:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T12:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/financialaid\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:02:57","slug":"first-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/how-to-apply\/first-year\/","title":{"rendered":"For First Year or Transfer Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Mary&#8217;s College encourages every student entering the college to file a FAFSA. There is an array of financial assistance possibilities in the form of grants, scholarships, and other awards that can be used to aid students&#8217; journey through college.<\/p>\n<h2>FAFSA<\/h2>\n<p>Apply for FAFSA (Federal Student Aid). The application is quick, easy, and free.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\/filling-out\">Federal Student Aid FAFSA Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Scholarships<\/h3>\n<p>St. Mary&#8217;s also offers a number of scholarships and grants that are available to eligible\u00a0students.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/financialaid\/types\/scholarships\/\">St. Mary&#8217;s Scholarships<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/financialaid\/types\/grants\/\">St. Mary&#8217;s Grants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are many external funding organizations that can be found by simply searching online.<\/p>\n<h3>Additional Forms and Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/financialaid\/resources\/\">Financial Assistance Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/financialaid\/how-to-apply\/fafsa-errors\/\">Frequent FAFSA Errors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Who counts as a parent on the FAFSA\u00ae form?<\/h4>\n<p>A student may need to ask their parent(s) to provide information on their FAFSA form based on the student\u2019s dependency status.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/fafsa-apply\/parents\">This tool helps determine which parent(s) should participate in a student&#8217;s FAFSA form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Mary&#8217;s College encourages every student entering the college to file a FAFSA. There is an array of financial assistance possibilities in the form of grants, scholarships, and other awards that can be used to aid students&#8217; journey through college. FAFSA Apply for FAFSA (Federal Student Aid). The application is quick, easy, and free. Federal<a class=\"tribe-events-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/how-to-apply\/first-year\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" > Find out more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-10","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/833"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}