<p>Can anyone tell me how to go about becoming an in-state resident if going to college out-of-state?</p>
<p>It is very hard to gain in-state residency for the sole purpose of attending school (or everyone would just set up an address in states that have great public schools). </p>
<p>Unless you plan on not getting any kind of financial aid (and you are a dependent student until you are 24, get married, join the military or have kids), your state residency will be wherever your parents live regardless of where you physically stay.</p>
<p>Have your parents move.</p>
<p>I read somewhere that if your parents no longer claim you as a dependent, and you live in the state you want residency for 12 consecutive months, proving this by registering a car, getting a drivers license, holding a full time job (I assume only during the summer), then you can apply and gain residency. Has anyone on here ever done this?</p>
<p>The requirements vary depending on the state, but none of them are easy. You can usually find details in the residency section of the admissions stuff.<br>
I know that in at least one state the time frame for residency is longer than 12 months. It is not a trival exercise to obtain residency. Good luck.</p>
<p>joexc07--i believe there are a few states like that, but the "residency for 12 consecutive months" usually does NOT include the time that you live in university housing. and sometimes if you are going to school it won't count. Ex: Start school in fall (as OOS) and live on campus and continue school through the summer for one year. You probably won't be given "resident" status. Or if you attend a school that allows you to live in university housing in the summer even if you dont take a course (iowa state, where i'm going, does this) but you hold a fulltime job you might not get residency. </p>
<p>i dont know if this helped or not...but i tried :)</p>