{"id":349649,"date":"2021-08-11T06:01:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T20:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=349649"},"modified":"2021-08-11T06:01:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T20:01:01","slug":"nmc-students-seeking-financial-aid-are-urged-to-avail-of-fafsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-students-seeking-financial-aid-are-urged-to-avail-of-fafsa\/","title":{"rendered":"NMC students seeking financial aid are urged to avail of FAFSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New college students who are looking to access federal financial aid for the Northern Marianas College\u2019s fall and spring semesters are encouraged to file a 2021-2022 Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA. Students should submit a FAFSA before the fall semester starts on Aug. 16, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Qualified students can receive up to $6,495 in federal financial aid for the academic year. The Federal Financial Aid program is administered by the U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>Through the program&#8217;s various types of grants, loans, and scholarships, the Federal Financial Aid program is the largest financial aid provider in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The FAFSA is available online at\u00a0fafsa.ed.gov\u00a0and can also be completed by using the myStudentAid smartphone app available for iOS and Android. NMC\u2019s school code is 015746.<\/p>\n<p>To verify eligibility for Pell Grants, applicants can contact the NMC Financial Aid Office through email at\u00a0fao@marianas.edu\u00a0or call 237-6791. Applicants can also stop by the Financial Aid Office from 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the fall 2021 semester, contact the Office of Admissions and Records at\u00a0oar@marianas.edu\u00a0or visit\u00a0www.marianas.edu. (NMC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New college students who are looking to access federal financial aid for the Northern Marianas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":348445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[22294,69],"class_list":["post-349649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-fafsa","tag-nmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}