<p>I'm about to be a high school senior in Texas and live with my mother. I'm mostly interested in colleges in California (UCSB, UCLA, USC, etc.). I was born in California and moved to Texas in 2008 (6 years ago) but my father has lived in California his entire life and currently resides there. My parents have never been married, and my father pays child support. I was wondering what steps I need to take to be considered in-state and which parent's information I should use on the FAFSA. </p>
<p>This is UCSC’s page, but I believe it is the same for all UC’s,</p>
<p><a href=“http://registrar.ucsc.edu/catalog/appendixes/index.html”>http://registrar.ucsc.edu/catalog/appendixes/index.html</a></p>
<p>Assuming you are a minor</p>
<p>"General Rules Applying to Minors</p>
<p>If you are an unmarried minor (under age 18), the residence of the parent with whom you live is considered to be your residence. If you live with neither parent, your residence is that of the parent with whom you last lived. Unless you are a minor alien present in the U.S. under the terms of a nonimmigrant visa, which precludes you from establishing domicile in the U.S., you may establish your own residence when both parents are deceased and a legal guardian has not been appointed. If you have a parent living, you cannot change your residence by your own act, by appointment of a legal guardian, or by relinquishment of your parent’s right of control. If you derive California residence from a parent, that parent must satisfy the one-year durational residence requirement.</p>
<p>Specific Rules Applying to Minors</p>
<p>(1) Divorced or separated parents. To derive California resident status from a California-resident parent, you must move to California to live with that parent before your 18th birthday, remain in the state, and establish California indicia of intent from the time you reach 18. Otherwise, you will be considered out-of-state student and will have to meet all applicable UC residence requirements.</p>
<p>(2) Parent of minor moves from California. You may be entitled to resident classification if you are an eligible minor whose parent(s) was a resident of California who left the state within one year of the residence determination date if</p>
<p>(a) you remained in California after your parent(s) departed;</p>
<p>(b) you enrolled in a California public postsecondary institution within one year of your parent(s)’ departure; and</p>
<p>(c) once enrolled, you maintain continuous attendance in that institution. Financial independence is not required in this case.</p>
<p>(3) Self-support. You may be entitled to resident classification if you are a minor and a U.S. citizen or eligible alien and can prove the following:</p>
<p>(a) you lived in California for the entire year immediately preceding the residence determination date;</p>
<p>(b) you have been self-supporting for that year; and</p>
<p>(c) you intend to make California your permanent home.</p>
<p>(4) Two-year care and control. You may be entitled to resident classification if you are a minor and a U.S. citizen or eligible alien and you have lived continuously with an adult who is not your parent for at least two years prior to the residence determination date. The adult with whom you are living must have been responsible for your care and control for the entire two-year period and must be a California resident for at least one year immediately preceding the residence determination date."</p>
<p>USC is private, so it won’t care if you’re in-state or out-of-state. You’ll pay a lot in either case.</p>
<p>Never come to a forum for second hand information when there is direct primary information. Especially for this wich is all over the UC pages because so many people are trying every which way they can to get instate. Born here makes zero difference. Move in with Dad and attend a CA hs quick and maybe you will have to take a gap year too. Yeah private schools don’t count, as a matter of fact you might be better off being out of state for USC because they have such a huge amount of instate applications.</p>