<p>I’m not an expert, but I don’t know of any state that would require you to give up your residency status because you attend school out of state. Your residency is based on your permanent home (school year is considered to be transient) and dependency status. Unless you are a non-dependent that takes up a permanent domicile in another state your residency is generally determined by your parents’ home, not where you attend school. That’s what makes California’s acceptance of non-resident boarding school students (I’m assuming our CA friends are correct in that assertion) as eligible for resident tuition at state post-secondary schools such a great perk.</p>
<p>That sounds reasonable, but I was reading an older thread, where people were saying that some boarding school students in NE were competing for semifinalists/finalists (based on PSAT tests) with peers in a particularly competitive region, regardless where they came from, which makes me wonder if for academic purpose the residency of the students changed. If the students are still considered residents of their original states, then I assume in college admission they can still take advantage of the “geographic under-representation” if they are from an under-represented place?</p>
<p>My statement was regarding legal residency, which is important for tax and government benefit (such as subsidized in-state tuition) issues. What private organizations like scholarship and private school admission committees use to determine geographic distributions is entirely up to them - if they care at all.</p>
<p>Yes, that is true. Private organizations do have that flexibility. But a qualified Wyoming resident may very likely be more “appealing” than - say someone from NY with similar qualifications - when it comes to Ivy admission, where all kinds of diversity are promoted. Don’t you agree?</p>
<p>yes if equal</p>
<p>Just to clarify Princess’Dad’s post about his unfortunate encounter with the tour guide.
I am currently a senior at Cate school, and I am also a tour guide.
The tour guide you met is just an unfortunate situation, and I can assure you that most of the people on campus are very nice and open. We are a more liberally slanted school, but we are diverse and open.
To answer your question about attending Catholic Church services (if it has not been answered yet), we have faculty members on campus who will drive students down to Sunday Services and any other services your Daughter needs to attend. If she is interested, we also have an active Bible Studies group on campus, brought back to life by one of my friends (who is also a Senior).
If you have any other questions, please feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>It is my understanding that the state residency works like this:</p>
<p>1). For college admission to state schools, it is the state you live in, where your parents pay taxes, not the state your boarding school is in.</p>
<p>2). For national merit type of things, they chose by high school, so in that case, the consider the state your boarding school is in, and not your home state.</p>
<p>3). For college admissions to private schools, MOST (but not all), colleges read applications by high school, and thus you are considered in the state you go to high school. If you are a Wyoming resident in a CT boarding school, they will read you with all the other CT kids, but I/'m sure they make note and notice the Wyoming home. So I don’t think it makes that much difference.</p>
<p>that is the way I understand it to be…</p>
<p>Thanks, newyorker. That’s exactly the kind of information I was looking for.</p>
<p>Correction to point #2 of newyorker22 for national merit:</p>
<p>Boarding schools with a large boarding population, and with a low percent of in-state students (i don’t know the percent) are grouped together by region. The mid-atlantic and new england states are grouped together. I don’t know the other regions. Within this group, the state with highest national merit hurdle is the one used for all boarding students in the region. For mid-atlantic and new england boarders, the hurdle for MA has been used because it is the highest within the region. As it turns out, I think MA is the highest in the country.</p>
<p>The majority of boarding schools discussed here use the MA hurdle because they have a high boarding population, and because they are in the northeast. A boarding school like Loomis Chaffee uses the CT hurdle because they have a high percent from CT. So in the case of Loomis Chaffee, point #2 is correct.</p>
<p>“1). For college admission to state schools, it is the state you live in, where your parents pay taxes, not the state your boarding school is in.”</p>
<p>It is my understanding that students from California boarding schools have the option to apply to state California colleges and universities as an “in-state” applicant, even if their parents live and pay taxes in a different state. Additionally, even foreign students that attend a California boarding school for at least three years are eligible for “in-state” tuition / classification. </p>
<p>So, let’s say that my family resides in Virginia and my son attends a California boarding school. He will be able to apply to UVA and UC Berkeley and be classified as an “in-state” student at both.</p>
<p>Ah, too bad I got waitlisted and rejected at Cate and Thacher, respectively (sophomore in college this fall - that’s a long time ago!) </p>
<p>Visited both schools and both were stunning. Loved the ocean view from Cate and the pleasant view of Ojai from Thacher as well.</p>
<p>Cate was very laid-back and the students were nice. I remember sitting in a math class and the students couldn’t solve a math question and the teacher asked me if I could solve it. The hammocks in the dorm balconies looked like great places to rest! </p>
<p>Thacher had a very very rustic feel. I was actually surprised at how it felt. From the entrance I could smell the pungent smell of animal manure but slowly got used to it as I kept on walking around. Very hilly and the amphitheater was pretty interesting (outside location), the library was cozy, etc.</p>