<p>I am technically a resident of both New York state and New Jersey. I go to school in New Jersey, and it is where I live... and on weekends I usually stay with my sister in her apartment in New York City. I am on my sister's contract for the apartment, so legally I live there too. I want to apply to City University of New York as New York Resident so that I could get a cheaper tuition. I wanted to put both of my addresses down but when I apply there is only room for one. Should I put down my New York address? I go to school in New Jersey so that might be weird...im not sure what to do, the the money I could save is huge. Please help!</p>
<p>You are over 18? Someone claims you as a dependent? You are on the lease with full financial responsibility or just named as a resident? You read this? <a href=“http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/admissions/upload/Residency-Instructions-and-Form-rev-1-17-12.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/admissions/upload/Residency-Instructions-and-Form-rev-1-17-12.pdf</a></p>
<p>“Students under the age of 24 whose parents or legal guardians live outside of New York State may be considered non-residents.”</p>
<p>I just turned 18, but I am still in highschool, so my mother and step-father take care of me</p>
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<li>I guess I am still considered a non-resident. I don’t fill out my own tax returns and I don’t fully support myself. I don’t know if there is another way to do this other than become fully independent… thank you for the information</li>
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<p>I’m afraid there isn’t another way. And “becom[ing] fully independent” for the purposes of tuition is usually very difficult. For a reason. Public colleges and universities cost less for residents of the state because they’ve been supporting public education in the state with their taxes. </p>
<p>But your family hasn’t been paying its taxes to New York State. You’ve been paying taxes in New Jersey, which has a different set of public colleges and universities.</p>
<p>Unfortunately there is only one college in new jersey I want to go to…and it is cobsidered the state college of new jersey, Rutgers university…but it does not offer lower tuition for residents</p>
<p>You are a legal resident of NJ, because that is where your mother lives and that is where you attend high school. Dependency for colleges and financial aid are different than they area for income tax purposes. Colleges will consider you dependent until you reach the age of 24 or are married or have your undergrad degree. Or have a child.</p>
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<p>Of course it does. Full-time undergraduate tuition for NJ residents is $10,718; full-time undergraduate tuition for non-residents is $24,742. ([Rutgers</a> Admissions | What does it cost annually?](<a href=“http://admissions.rutgers.edu/Costs/TuitionAndFees.aspx]Rutgers”>http://admissions.rutgers.edu/Costs/TuitionAndFees.aspx))</p>
<p>I agree that it’s unfortunate the public colleges and universities in NJ are not of interest to you. It’s also unfortunate that NJ has just about the least favorable ratio of graduating high-school seniors to room in public colleges of any state in the union. (I think New Jersey’s leading export might actually be undergraduates!) </p>
<p>But, sadly, them’s the breaks for you. You’re not going to be able to change this reality. You’ll have to figure out how to cope with it.</p>