My parents moved here with me a month before school started. We have most of the required materials besides tax returns, pay stub (my mom worked here but is currently unemployed) and my mom can’t get a Michigan ID yet. Would I actually get in-state tuition for my 2nd year and on and how much less would the cost be? We are paying only a few thousand for the first year because our family income is very low.
Here is the information from UM’s website: http://ro.umich.edu/resreg.php
Typically, state schools do not make it easy to establish residency for obvious reasons.
If you read Michigan’s own statistics, the vast majority of students who apply for in-state residency are successful.
@excanuck99 One obvious reason is they have the requirements in 3 paths posted on the website. One would not apply if it is clear not eligible. Most of the applicants applied because they know they are eligible. Not may people would just try to apply and hope for the best.
Great, will get everything together before next semester
Not certain the point of billcsho’s post. Obviously you must qualify to be classified as in-state. But there is a lot of grey area and Michigan treats applications leniently.
I don’t think there would be significant number of applicants within the “grey area”. That’s why most who applied for in-state tuition classification succeed. Read the requirement on RO website. It is mostly very clear. For instance, if one enrolled in a Michigan high school for three years and graduated, it would be eligible. There may be grey area, but most applicants are not within that area.
Again, you do not speak from experience. I wonder why you persist on basing your comments on your “analysis”. A better source would be actual students.
billscho’s analysis is called critical thinking. What he is saying is that the high rate of approval of petitions is due to the fact that the students applying only do so if they fit one of the criteria. Someone who doesn’t fit any of those is not going to apply in the first place. State schools do not make it easy in way, shape or form for students to claim in-state status for obvious reasons.
I actually has helped a student to apply for in state tuition classification a couple years ago but failed. He is considered in-state by MSU and EMU but not UM. That’s why I have gone through all the requirements which were updated in Jan 2014. I don’t think a regular student would have better information than someone actually gone through the process.
@blpro You said “State schools do not make it easy in way, shape or form for students to claim in-state status for obvious reasons.”
That is true at Michigan but it is an inaccurate general statement. For example: Attend a Mizzou info session and one of the first things they discuss is how you can easily qualify for instate status after a year. They actively encourage it
Mizzou does appear to be one of the easier ones, but even there the parents cannot claim you as a deduction on the income tax. I believe it is true, however, that most state schools have much higher barriers, especially those that are highly sought out by out of state students.
Texas is easy to get instate after a year. either buy a property, or work 20 hours a week. There are workarounds. So many kids get instate there…
The OP is saying that his parents are moving to Michigan. I am assuming they never were Michigan residents previously. Can a student qualify for in-state tuition simply based on the fact that the parents moved to Michigan after the student’s freshman year?
@brantly exactly
@brantly In that case, he’d apply for re-classification once his parents moved and established a domicile. They’d need to submit proof (copy of lease/mortgage, tax information). This is a common reason people are re-classified.