<p>I am sorry if this is not in the right topic. I have some questions about my financial aid and chances of having in state tuition. </p>
<p>I currently living in az. next year, I will join a community college. However, I am not plan to transfer to a university in az. I want to go to university of Tennessee and plan to move to Tennessee after 2 years and get in state tuition instead out of state tuition. Since my parents won't move to Tennessee. I understand that I need my parents fill out fafsa form to prove that they work and pay taxes in Tennessee. But If I work and pay taxes in Tennessee and fill out the FAFSA. Will I get financial aid and be consider to be in state tuition?</p>
<p>Since it is so complicated, I am not sure if it possible for me to move to Tennessee and have college in state tuition. :(((</p>
<p>Unless you are 24, married, in the military/veteran, have a child who you pay more than half the support for, you are a dependent student. Your parents income and assets will be used for financial aid (even if you work full time and are no longer living with them).</p>
<p>unless your parents move to tennessee, it is highly unlikely that you will receive in-state tuition</p>
<p><a href=“http://registrar.tennessee.edu/residency/resguide4.shtml[/url]”>Student Residency Classification | Office of the University Registrar;
<p>you are in a catch 22 situation; if you work full time in tennessee and attend school part time, you may be eligible for in-state tuition. However, once you add your income/assets to your parents income/assets it is highly unlikely that you will receive any federal aid other than loans, which will not be enough to pay for you to attend school. If you move to tennessee, work full time and attend school part time, will you be able to pay your own way without any assistance from your parents?</p>
<p>In the vast majority of cases, undergrad state of residency is where your parents reside. If you move to TN, you would not be able to establish residency while you are attending college. As noted above, you would need to work full time, support yourself, show evidence that you could pay all of your living expenses…and your parents could not claim you on their taxes…for,at least 12 months prior to enrolling in college.</p>
<p>Maybe you would gain instate residency…and maybe not.</p>
<p>What is wrong with completing your four year degree in Arizona?</p>
<p>ok, I got some idea now. I only get in state tuition when my parents do live and work in Tennessee right? otherwise, I need to work full time to get in state tuition right? this is so complicated. Ok, thank you. I don’t think I wont able to live in Tennessee and go to college in there by myself. Thank you!</p>
<p>Tranbo, schools can make their own rules as to how they determine if a student is in state for tuition purposes. Those rules are usually different than what is needed to get state residency for a drivers license, voter registration, paying taxes in that state, etc. You need to find out what that specific college’s rules are. </p>
<p>Many college’s will not consider you in state for tuition if you are under 24 and do not meet other independence requirements if your parents are not residents of that state. But again, you have to look up and/or ask the school specifically what the requirements are. One of our local state colleges just asks if you live in the county/state and that 's that to get in state/in county rates. But to get the same for another state school can require proof that the parent has lived there for a year. So YMMV.</p>