I have a friend whom goes to UIUC and claims he pays in state. He is from where I am Missouri, yet pays Illinois state fees. He says that his parents bought a cheap apartment ($100/month) over in Illinois and claim that as the home in which they live in. Thus getting in state tution. Is is possible that you can do that?
<p>People do that all the time in certain parts of California. (like the Lake Tahoe area where half the area is in California and the other half is in Nevada.....) They have an apartment and pay utilities and a phone and sublet the apartment in South Lake Tahoe, CA while living 90% of the time five miles down the road in Nevada.. Also, since Nevada has no income tax, they file California State Income Taxes. But for the most part, the people live in Nevada.</p>
<p>They go through all this trouble to go to certain schools in California where the difference between In-State and Out of State Tuition is signifigant.....</p>
<p>Not that I am endorsing such a thing, because it's not the right thing to do.</p>
<p>I guess that only works for students who make little money, as Cali state tax is 10% of income and in Nevada it's zero.</p>
<p>Kinglin, state schools will look to see in which state your parents pay their taxes. In most states your family will have had to live there for a year for you to qualify for in state tuition. This would be difficult if your high school transcript is from another state.</p>
<p>I can only speak for Cali, where UCs hunt down and kick out anyone not passing the smell test. You could probably get away with it at some ccc schools if you're willing to pay state taxes.</p>
<p>In Virginia, if a state school does not offer a specific program, you can pay in-state tuition to a public university in a nearby state. I have a friend from VA who is attending and WV university on in-state tuition because no VA schools had programs in photography.</p>
<p>That's a legitimate way to do it. What your friend's family is doing is not.</p>
<p>I've got a friend here in texas who has lived here a long time, but somehow is getting in state tuition at berkeley because his mom is at UCSD.</p>
<p>Um...ya...it depends on the state....Some states require you to establish residence for at least a year....Not sure about Illinois, if you just go to the UIUC website they will clearly define "in-state" for you...I guarantee it...</p>
<p>I believe UMich offers instate tuition (or some greatly reduced price) to students from Toledo, OH area....they are closer to Ann Arbor than all the other OH state schools, except U Toledo and Bowling Green. Of course, they are still treated as out of state for admission purposes and have a harder time getting admitted than Michigan residents, but once they're in, the $$$ angle looks pretty good.</p>
<p>beachy, EMU has that arrangement. I wasn't aware that U-M did.</p>
<p>Wisconsin and Minnesota have an agreement for reduced rates at each other institutions.</p>
<p>hoedown....that was part of the financial info S and I were given when we visited in summer of '02...I assume it is still in effect. It didn't apply to us, as we are not from that area, so the info didn't affect his decisions about the campus.</p>
<p>Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota all have agreements whereas residents from their neighbors are considered "in-state".</p>
<p>doing the whole "pretend you live in-state when you only have a small room" thing is so wrong...get some scholarships or financial aid even if you have to work really hard for it</p>
<p>Beachy- That information is not true. Residents from Toledo, OH do not get special rates to the University of Michigan. Where did you get that?</p>
<p>transfer - please check my post #10 on this thread...now that visit was 3 years ago, perhaps things have changed. But I'm quite sure it was UMich, as that was the only school in Michigan that we visited! Sorry if I've led anyone down the wrong path.</p>
<p>The thing is that im not really looking at it for because of financial reasons. I was thinking it would give a boost being in state, and that is why I want to do that.</p>
<p>beachy, lol, im sure no one had their life altered by it.</p>
<p>Minnesota has tuition-recripocry (TR) programs with A LOT of states.</p>
<p>They have TR programs with Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Manitoba just to name a few.</p>