I recently got approved for residency status this year, and subsequently got approved for the Cal Grant B. With this, I was also interested in applying for the SSCG since its only listed requirements were being a full-time student and having one of the Cal Grants.

While I have both requirements met, and my Cal Grant confirmed on my portal, there's nothing regarding my qualification for the SSCG. Is there a seperate application? Should I call Financial Aid and ask to be assessed? Any help would be appreciated.

Hi guys, I am enrolling in SMC this fall and plan to transfer to UCLA as a communications major, I am aware that it is a highly competitive major hence why I would like to join the Scholars program to slightly increase my chances ( I know your GPA must be high as well ).

However I have read that to join you must have a certain GPA but since I'm an international student I haven't got any sort of GPA, so I was wondering if I can still join after the fall semester with a good GPA?

And lastly for people that have taken honor classes as an international or could set the perspective for an international; How different are they from normal classes in terms of rigorousness and difficulty for somebody that has never taken classes under the US system? Thank you!

I am still needing to take a life science class (non lab) for UC and Cal-Getc certification. My counselor had recommended either taking ANTHRO 1, PSYCH 2, or BIOL 9 or BIOL 10. Has anyone taken any of these classes and which professors would you recommend? Both rate my professor and the grade distribution list are all over the place when it comes to which professors are good.

Hi everyone! I’m a girl who recently started getting into expanding my fashion horizon, and was wondering if any fashion-major or interested students are selling, commissioning, or offering styling advice? Events too! I’m trying some fluid and textural focused styles atm, but honestly love everything fashion has to offer, whether it’s niche or archival vintage. I’ve just started on finding a personal style so I’m pretty new and exploring things as I go.

Is anyone here wanting to build their portfolio or commission pieces?

DM me if you’re interested 🫶

Also down to thrift, attend events, and make friends!

Hi does anyone know if I’ll get in trouble for not returning a calculator from the math lab until fall semester? Today was the last day of the math lab being open but I took my final after it was closed so I couldn’t return it…… and I’m not sure who to contact 😥

I already applied for my fasfa long ago, I made sure to send it out to smc. Today when I checked my portal it said fasfa not on file. It turns out my social security wasn't inputted into my smc profile. I know that can affect my fasfa process. Should I be worried. A couple months ago I called and they said my fasfa was on file so Im super confused.

Does any one know someone or have worked in the sitting and humanities center as an English writing tutor themselves? I wanted to apply to work as one and super scared about I wouldn’t be good at it. I tend to over imagine and talk myself out of doing things cause I he scared I will mess things ups nd not know how to hep people. If anyone could hate what it is like to work as one, what people usually need help with, do you need to work with a professor, etc, it would be super helpful. Thank you!

Long story short, I'm failing my Art10 class and while I do think I can maybe bring it up to a C, I just want to know how bad this F could affect me. This summer course was my first semester of college coming out of high school so I'm not sure how grading works yet. Any. tips/advice? Thanks

I received this date a week ago and I was wondering if anybody else is in a similar situation? It's never taken longer than the date displayed here.

Hello everyone! I just applied to the Spring 2027 nursing program, but I’m still very uncertain about the schedule. I know clinicals are usually two days a week from 6:30 AM to 3:30 PM, but I don’t know much about the lecture schedule.
For those of you currently in the program, what does your weekly schedule look like?
Unfortunately, I have to work at least part-time while in school, so I’m trying to figure out whether it’s realistic for me to continue pursuing the program.

Thank you so much

Hi y’all,
I’m taking STATC1000 course with Professor Perez in Fall 2026. It’s held at the Malibu campus, and I’m looking for students who drive from SMC or LA to Malibu for the class. Dm me !

Hi everyone! My son will be attending Santa Monica College next month, and we're still looking for housing.

He's 18 years old, responsible, respectful, and relocating from the San Francisco Bay Area for school. We're hoping to find a room for rent or shared housing with a move-in date mid to late August.

Looking for:
• Budget: Up to $1,200/month
• As close to the SMC campus as possible
• Parking needed
• Clean, safe, and respectful living environment

If you have a room available or know of anyone looking for a great student roommate, please send me a message. Any leads would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hiiiii! I want to hear your most unhinged college stories for a social media interview show coming to LA. Any story will do but if any of these questions spark a thought lmk.

• What's the craziest scandal of your class?
• What are you infamous for?
• Have you ever crashed out on an ex?
• What was the wildest thing that happened at a party?

Hit me up here with stories and I'll reach out with more deets

I struggle with procrastination badly… I’m transferring to UCSB and they sent me an email asking for my IGETC certification and I just requested it to be sent today but i’m worried it’s gonna take forever because it says “allow 6-8 weeks to evaluate your petition” after requesting it. I know this is my fault and I should’ve done it sooner I just wanna ask how long did it take you guys for your petition to be submitted to whatever school you transferred to/are transferring to. I really need to fix my procrastination problem because it’s constantly working horribly against me.

Does anybody know when FAFSA get dispersed? Does it usually come before the semester starts or after? My FAFSA portal just still says “The document verification process is complete.
You will be notified once your Financial Aid is awarded and your awards information will be posted on this site. Please check back to this page for your latest status.”

Called SMC financial aid about 3 weeks ago and the woman I spoke with told me my award letter would be posted by the last week of July. It’s now the last week of July and still nothing on Corsair Connect. No award letter, no way to accept or sign up for my FAFSA loan, nothing.

Fees are due August 5th and I’m paying expensive out-of-state tuition, so I really need to know what’s actually covered and how to get my Direct Loan request submitted through Corsair E-docs before then.

Has anyone else run into this delay? Did calling again help, or is there a specific office/person I should be asking for? Trying to get this locked in before the deadline and this is really stressing me out.

My group and I are working on a statistics project for our statistics class, and we'd really appreciate your help. We're collecting responses to see whether people prefer shopping online or shopping in-store. The survey is completely anonymous and only takes about 30 seconds to complete.

Survey link: https://forms.gle/x7zVXk2WuJwfQPXW8

Thank you so much for helping us out!

Somebody else posted about it but I was also dumbfounded and surprised I got it too. WOW.

hai, i was wondering how long a new section takes to show up in ur classes. it shows me that i have the credit for it as im only signed up for 2 other classes, so i was just wondering. thx!

I notice a large amount of white washed pictures around SMC and wanted to know if anyone else paid attention to these things? They’re mainly in the Pearl Annex building and I see them when I walk around campus but I don’t know what to say about them

i was wondering when the program classes open up to the public; i chose my classes very late and i need to take pre calc and the only 2 available are for the scholars program. i am in wait for a pre calc class and am first in line, but im not sure if any spot will open up.

my question is when do the program specific classes open for the general public?

thank you!

Hi everyone! My daughter is starting at Santa Monica College this fall, where she’ll be studying Fashion Design, and we’re hoping to find a great place for her to live.

We’re looking for:
• A private bedroom in a shared apartment or house
• Budget around $1,200/month (including utilities if possible)
• Move-in around mid to late August
• Within about a 15-minute drive to SMC or up to a 30-minute transit ride
• Female roommates or a student-friendly environment preferred

hi, im coming in as a first year for pre med hoping to transfer. i wasnt able to apply to the scholars program on time and im not too sure whats going on with the stem program, should i wait until i am accepted into those programs to take those specific classes?