Becoming an in-state resident after completing one year of college

Paying for College
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<p>Eva, California determines residency by some rather different rules including looking at where you graduated high school and when you turned 19yo. </p>

<p>[CSULB</a> Enrollment Services](<a href=“http://www.csulb.edu/depts/enrollment/admissions/residency.html]CSULB”>Residency | California State University Long Beach)</p>

<p>Look at the residency forms here for “reclassification request”: </p>

<p>[Enrollment</a> Forms](<a href=“http://www.csulb.edu/depts/enrollment/forms/index.html]Enrollment”>http://www.csulb.edu/depts/enrollment/forms/index.html)</p>

<p>It looks to me like if you move in with your mother before you turn in 19yo, you may have a very good chance of changing your residency. I would call and explain the situation to them and ask. Be sure to meet the deadlines!</p>

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<p>to the op ,
for what it is worth , when your other children are enrolled in college at the same time as each other ,you will likely get a break somewhere because of having more than one dependant in college. It really is a learning curve and this is a good place to come for info and advice from more seasoned veterens of the process.
Good luck to you and your daughter .</p>

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<p>what if my sister, 15 years in florida and mother, 2 years living in florida, could she apply for resident her second year if living with her Aunt (my sister)?</p>

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<p>Both my children have attended state schools in states of which we were not residents. All of the schools had very specific requirements for demonstrating residence, and they were different. For two of the schools, it was practically impossible to gain residency without proving self support for a year, but at my daughter’s school, there was a handout at the first orientation giving specific instructions for how to obtain residency after one year. They were very upfront and encouraging of the students to go this route. Refreshing. I suggest looking up the school’s requirements, printing out the forms and seeing if you can sign them without committing fraud. Otherwise, you are just asking another state’s taxpayers to fund your kid’s education. Seems a little unseemly to me.</p>

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<p>Your sister needs to gain residency by living where her PARENT lives…not by where her AUNT lives. So no…she could not gain instate residency simply be residing with a relative in another state from that of her parents.</p>

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<p>Thank you for this information, I was unclear about my daughter living with my sister in florida, if she would be eligible her sophomore year for florida residencies.</p>

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<p>Glad you got the information you needed. In the future, please feel free to use the New Thread button to ask your question. Reviving old threads often confuses other members who don’t notice the date and reply to the OP.</p>

<p>Closing old thread.</p>