i live in nj and plan to attend a college outside nj. is it possible to acquire the residency of state where my college would be after the admission. out-of-state tuition is almost double.
<p>For obvious reasons (loss of lots of tuition $), state colleges have strict rules that don't allow this at the undergraduate level. Some allow it at the graduate level. Questions? Just check the residency requirements on the college's web page.</p>
<p>i know that rutgers requires the student to have been an NJ resident for three years.</p>
<p>Usual rule is that your attending college in a state and even working there while in college or during summers cannot be used to establish residency for in-state tuition purposes if you started as an out-of-state resident.</p>
<p>Check with the individual college. It is not impossible to be able to get state residency after a year, but you have to show a permanent year-round place of residence, a driver's license for the new state, file your taxes in the new state, and so on. Typically, the college uses a predominance rule to determine when you became a state residence. If everything happened at once, they use that date. If you got a driver's license in April, a permanent residence in July, and filed your taxes the following January; they will decide what date to use as to when you became a state resident.</p>