January

• Prospective students are mailed McDaniel College Financial Aid Applications when their applications for admission are received.
• All students file FAFSA with federal processor. Students can apply online at .
• McDaniel College Financial Aid Applications are mailed to continuing students.

February

• Students mail McDaniel College Financial Aid Applications to the College.
• File FAFSA.

March

• Deadline for filing the FAFSA is March 1.
• Deadline for prospective students’ McDaniel College Financial Aid Applications is March 1.
• Mailing of financial aid offers to prospective students begins.

April

• Deadline is April 21 for continuing students’ McDaniel College Financial Aid Applications and copies of federal tax returns.
• Prospective students should submit tax returns as soon as they are available.
• Exit interviews for graduating seniors.

May

• Tuition Deposits for new students are due May 1.

June

• Continuing student financial aid awards are available on Archway.
• Fall bills are mailed.
• Student and parent loan applications are submitted.
• Sign up for TMS Payment Plan.
  

July

• Loan applications processed and estimated awards are finalized.

August

• Fall semester payment due.
• Fall disbursements of Federal Stafford Loans and Federal PLUS loans arrive.

September

• Entrance interviews for new student-loan borrowers.
• Students sign Perkins Loan Promissory Notes.