<p>I want to apply to Berkeley, and am currently living in Michigan. I know it is a lot more for out of state students. My question is, after the first year of living in California, would I be considered a resident? I haven't been able to find an answer on this.</p>
<p>No you wouldn't be.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply. :D </p>
<p>Why not? At what point would I be considered a resident?</p>
<p>No, you would not. The rules are clearly stated on the school's website:</p>
<p>Legal</a> Residence Information - Office Of The Registrar</p>
<p>You probably would not be. most states do not allow a student to qualify for residency while they are there attending college. If you are a dependent student for college purposes (most students under 24 unless they are married, a veteran etc) your residency is generally based on your parents state of residency.</p>
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Legal</a> Residence Information - Office Of The Registrar</p>
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Physical presence within the state solely for educational purposes does not constitute the establishment of California residence under state law, regardless of the length of your stay.
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Financial Independence Requirement
If your parents are not residents of California for tuition purposes or if you were not previously enrolled in a regular session at any University of California campus prior to Fall 1993, you will be required to be financially independent in order to be a resident for tuition purposes. If you are an adult student and your parents are not California residents, you must demonstrate financial independence, along with physical presence and intent, when seeking resident classification for tuition purposes. You are considered "financially independent" if one or more of the following applies: (1) you are at least 24 years of age by December 31 of the year you request residence classification; (2) you are a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces; (3) you are a ward of the court or both of your parents are deceased; (4) you have legal dependents other than a spouse or a registered domestic partner; (5) you are married, a registered domestic partner, a graduate academic student, or a graduate professional student and you were not/will not be claimed as an income tax deduction by any individual other than your spouse or domestic partner for the tax year preceding the term for which you are requesting resident classification; or (6) you are a single undergraduate student who was not claimed as an income tax deduction by your parents or any other individual for the two tax years immediately preceding the term for which you are requesting resident classification, and you can demonstrate self-sufficiency for those years and the current year.
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<p>If all it required for in state tuition was going to school in a state for a year there would not be much point in even having out of state tuition.</p>
<p>Oh, well that sucks. :(</p>
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Oh, well that sucks.
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<p>Actually I do not believe it "sucks". You ARE a resident of Michigan where you would qualify for instate tuition (just for the record...folks from California would not:) ) . The University of Michigan is an outstanding public university. Folks from all over the country attend that university for its fine undergrad, grad and professional programs. You are fortunate that you are in a state with such a fine instate flagship university....and it WOULD be a bargain for you to attend.</p>
<p>Yeah, I am actually going to apply there too, Berkeley just looked like a nice school. My thing is, after I am there for a year and paying taxes, how am I not a resident? I would hope Michigan would realize this for out of state students too.</p>
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My thing is, after I am there for a year and paying taxes, how am I not a resident?
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<p>In most cases, undergraduate students are residents of the state in which their PARENTS reside. Your parents are contributing to the taxes in Michigan. You are residing in Michigan and are a resident of Michigan. YOU KNOW that you are a resident of Michigan.</p>
<p>And if it makes you feel any better...NO Michigan does NOT "understand" that out of state students who attend school there for a year should pay instate tuition. If you do not reside in Michigan and your parents do not reside in Michigan...and you are an undergrad student...you will NOT be granted in state tuition in Michigan.</p>
<p>MOST (if not all) states make it VERY difficult for undergrad students to become residents for the purposes of instate tuition UNLESS their families MOVE TO THAT STATE and live there for a year prior to requesting that instate status.</p>
<p>It's the way it is.</p>
<p>Paying taxes son what? A part time job? The amount of taxes you would pay as a full time student would not come close to the cost to CA tax payers of your subsidized education.</p>
<p>Another thing to consider....if (and this is VERY HARD TO DO) you were somehow able to become independent from your parents' residency state...you would have to demonstrate that YOU were earning enough money to cover ALL (read that again...ALL) of your own living expenses in that new state including housing, utilities, food, clothing, cars, insurance, AND...your college costs. If you earn that much money in a year, you wouldn't NEED to pay instate tuition...you'd have enough money to pay OOS tuition.</p>
<p>Makes sense when you look at it that way I suppose, maybe I just wish we had a national public school system.</p>