{"id":27,"date":"2014-06-05T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/financialaid\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:43:17","slug":"returning-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/how-to-apply\/returning-students\/","title":{"rendered":"For Returning Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For continuing students, we require the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).<\/p>\n<h2>FAFSA<\/h2>\n<p>Returning students must file a new FAFSA each year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: If you are applying for the 2023-2024 year, the <a title=\"How to Apply for Assistance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/financialaid\/how-to-apply\/\">How To Apply<\/a> section will guide you through the process.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Scholarships<\/h3>\n<p>Current students will also receive their St. Mary&#8217;s scholarships and grants. Returning students will be packaged for the upcoming academic year in June.<\/p>\n<p>There are many funding options that can be found by just searching online.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Scholarships\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/financialaid\/types\/scholarships\/\">St. Mary&#8217;s Scholarships<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Need Based Grants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/financialaid\/types\/grants\/\">St. Mary&#8217;s Grants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Additional Forms for International Students<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/certification-of-finances-1.pdf\">Certification of Finances Form (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For continuing students, we require the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). FAFSA Returning students must file a new FAFSA each year. Note: If you are applying for the 2023-2024 year, the How To Apply section will guide you through the process. Scholarships Current students will also receive their St. Mary&#8217;s scholarships and grants.<a class=\"tribe-events-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/how-to-apply\/returning-students\/\" 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-27","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\/27","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=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":841,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/osfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/841"}],"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=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}