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• Housing Options
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Important
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***All numbers begin with 240-895

Moving In/Moving Out

• March 22: Residence Halls re-open at 2 p.m.
• March 23: CLASSES RESUME
• March 30-April 3: Academic advising for all degree students currently enrolled
• March 31: NO CLASSES All day advising
• April 3: LAST DAY to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from full semester course
• April 1-10: Registration for degree students
• April 16: LAST DAY to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a half-semester course which begins mid-semester
• April 25: AWARDS CONVOCATION
• More Important Dates & Times

and Other Transitions...

• FERPA At a Glance
• 20 Ways to Spend Quality Time Together
• Academically Speaking...
• Care Packages from Home
• College Students & Sleep
• Communicating with the College
• Helping Students Handle Conflict
• Making Smart Choices About Alcohol
• Procrastination Problems
• Sending Your Student to Study Abroad
• The Odd Couple: Coping with Roommates

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If you are the parent or guardian of a student who has just made the decision to join the St. Mary’s College community, welcome. This has been a big decision for your student--perhaps the most important one that they have yet had to make. We hope that you will find useful the Parent area of our Web site as you help your student complete the housing forms, look at the schedule of classes, and generally do all of the things they must do to move to St. Mary's.

For First-Year Parents
Your parenting job is not over, it is just changing. You are entering the Launching Phase of parenting. As students enter into adulthood, it's important for parents to begin acting as coaches and advisers, helping their sons an daughters make good decisions without "telling them what to do" or "rescuing" them. Here are some ways you can express your caring and enhance your child's growth into adulthood as well as his or her experience at St. Mary's.

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Did you know...?
The average GPA for residents is higher than for commuters and residents are typically more involved in campus activities.

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