<p>Hi, i am a u.s citizen and have lived in Taiwan for many years. My parents are not u.s citizens and they do not pay tax to the u.s. i recieved my k-12 education in Taiwan. i am now in the last year of my high school(one of the best high schools in Taiwan) and i am thinking about going to the states to recieve my higher education. My plan is to go to a ccc for the first 2 years to improve my English and then transfer to a uc as a junior. i have some qustions now:</p>
<p>1.Can i establish california residency during the 2 years in ccc?</p>
<p>2.I am pretty sure i have to pay out-of-state tuition if i am not a california resdent. But can i transfer as a ccc transfer with advantage after i finish all the credits in a ccc even if i am not a california resident? or does that make me an out-of-state transfer with disadvantage?</p>
<p>3.I think i have a big chance of getting admitted into the best university in Taiwan(even China and Hong Kong), does that make me capable of getting a 4.0 GPA in a ccc and transfer to a uc(especially eecs in berkeley)?</p>
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<li>Of course! I believe it is one year of living in CA to attain residency. Though, someone with more personal experience may have a better understanding of our legal system.</li>
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<li><p>Yes you will be considered a California community college student even if you don’t attain residency. You will be given a higher priority and you will have an advantage over non CCC students.</p></li>
<li><p>From your writing your English sounds very well. Usually students from other countries lack in English and thus they end up harming their GPA by doing poor in their English courses. If you have the determination to do excellent in a CCC, then of course you can :]</p></li>
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<p>Thank you for your encouraging. it really gives me a lot of confidence.
But can i attain residency since i am not dependent and my parents are not living in california(they are not even citizens)?
Should i go for l&s cs? i heard it is more easy to get in comparing to eecs.
Is it possible that i will be rejected by eecs(or l&s cs) with a 4.0 gpa? or does the majority of rejected ones are people with 3.0 gpa?</p>
<p>you’re situation’s very odd; most people who try to establish residency in cali for tuition purposes that are U.S. citizens have lived most of their lives in another state. I’d even go as far to say that you may even be at an advantage since you can claim you went to california for a number of reasons like just wanting to experience living in the states.</p>
<p>i’m not extremely familiar with the subject, but if all goes well you may have no problems. good luck!</p>
<p>you will be considered a california resident after one year. your parents do pay any taxes here and you are still dependent but it does not matter since they live in taiwan, so you are good.</p>
<p>Sorry, in the third post i mean “i am not independent”.
But i think it doesn’t matter since my parents have no bond with the any states. Is that correct?</p>