<p>I'm currently a senior, living in WA. My top school is CU-Boulder, but I'm struggling to figure out how the finances are going to work. One idea suggested to me was living in Colorado for a year and attending a community college full or part-time to gain residency.</p>
<p>Has anyone had experience doing this? Pros? Cons? Is it even something that's possible to do? I'm assuming there are rules varying by state, but in general is that something that can be done?</p>
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<p>Well… there goes that. Thanks</p>
<p>Has anyone done this in a state other than Colorado, or is it impossible nationwide?</p>
<p>You will have to go through each state’s residency rules to find out. Do not be optimistic.</p>
<p>And read each school’s rules. The state lays down the residency law but schools can read different things into it.</p>
<p>If colleges allowed this, then all students who want to attend an out of state school would do it. </p>
<p>The whole point of state school instate tuition breaks is that the student’s parents have been supporting the schools with their tax payments. OOS students have not contributed, hence they owe the difference. If you moved to CO, unless you have a really good job, you would not be contributing enough tax dollars to deserve the tuition reduction.</p>
<p>What’s wrong with going to college in Washington?</p>
<p>You can also look at some privates and see if you can get some decent financial aid and then it won’t matter if you’re OOS.</p>
<p>WSU is no good? We want to see your file…</p>
<p>I spent a week in Pullman and that was plenty :p</p>
<p>[WICHE</a> - Student Exchange Programs](<a href=“http://wue.wiche.edu/search_results.jsp?searchType=all]WICHE”>http://wue.wiche.edu/search_results.jsp?searchType=all) indicates that some public universities in the western region offer discounted out-of-state tuition to residents of other states in the region. However, CU Boulder is not such a school.</p>
<p>Going to school usually does not help a student become a state resident- most often the person needs to work full time for the 12 months- hard to also be a student. CC’s will also charge OOS fees. Washington is more lenient than some others in granting residency, but you already have it there. Most college students need to compromise and choose a finacially affordable school, usually in the home state.</p>