<p>Virginia schools other than UVA and W&M are still bargains for OOSers. THe more popular state schools have been jacking up OOS tution. Michigan costs about as much as a private school these days.</p>
<p>One very important concept that many parents ignore is that there are a number of state schools that will allow for conversion from "out-of-state" status to "in-state," resident status. usually this can occur around the second or third year. HOWEVER, it does take some advance planning once you know you will be attending that school. In many cases, you will need to change the following to your "new" resident state:
1. Voters registration
2.Drivers License</p>
<p>In addition you will need to file tax returns in that state.</p>
<p>Finally, and very importantly, many states either require you to show some degree of financial independence. Thus, you will need to pay your first year tuition and room and board out of your own bank account and prove that this was done. If you have a full time job, this shouldn't be that tough to do. However, if you aren't working, you will need enough money placed in your account by relatives so that you can show financial independence. The best time to do this is at least a few months before you start your new school.</p>
<p>Check on the school's web site concerning "resident" status.</p>
<p>Any list of such states? Have heard that Texas will permit this. Also Missouri.</p>
<p>Cptothehouse, I don't think that there is a list of state schools that allow this because it is a "well-kept" secret among state schools.</p>
<p>Most state schools have two types of laws regarding resident status. Some require you to be a resident either before you start the school or to have worked for at least a year in the state before your semester. In these states, you would need to drop out of college for a year or delay starting college and work there.</p>
<p>The second set of laws allow for conversion from non resident to resident status if you can show financial Independence. I do know that UCLA and some other California schools allow for this. Ohio schools such as University of Cincinnati also allows for this. In fact, Cincinnati makes it clear for law students, as an example, that they can obtain instate status starting in their second year. I would bet that the majority of state schools allow this type of conversion. Again, the key is to read over their web sites VERY CAREFULLY and follow exactly what they want you to do. It isn't always easy,but it is usually doable. In fact, this conversion to "resident status" may be the best kept secret on CC. At some point, I may start a thread about this and research schools that allow this.</p>
<p>I should note that there is one more little secret that folks should know. Most states have consortium arrangement with some other states in which you can take courses in other state schools for in state tuition. The name for this arrangement is called the, "Academic Common Market." Usually,if the major isn't offered by your state, you can take courses in this common market of schools. Usually, the arrangement is regionally based. Thus, Marylanders would go to southern schools, midwesterners would go to midwestern schools etc.</p>
<p>Bemidji State - </p>
<p>Same tuition instate or out of state!</p>
<p>Total Tuition, Fees, R&B, Books ($400 est) for year = $13,810</p>
<p>Bemidji is beautiful. My daughter loved going up there for Concordia Language Villages. You do have to really like snow, though...</p>
<p>Free parking all winter long. Lake Bemidji freezes and you can park on the lake.</p>
<p>Cost of living is low in that area too.</p>
<p>And good fishing! :)</p>
<p>My daughter is an OOS student at Kansas State University, which is a USNWR tier one national university. She loves it, is getting a solid education, and her merit scholarships pay for roughly 1/2 the cost of attendance. It's less expensive for her to attend K-State than it would have been for her to attend our flagship public, the University of Connecticut.</p>
<p>I know about the Academic Common Market because my son applied to Ga Tech which is generous about offering this arrangement and actually lets folks know about it. Not that he would have benefited, but interesting nonetheless.</p>
<p>I am still laughing about the idea of free parking on a frozen lake.</p>
<p>When there are ice fishing contests in Northern Minnesota, they plow parking lots larger than football fields onto the lakes. It is something else.</p>
<p>^ And in the peak of ice fishing season, Mille Lacs Lake (between the Twin Cities and Duluth) becomes temporarily the third-largest city in the state with over 100,000 "residents," and almost as many cars and ice fishing shacks.</p>
<p>Dare I suggest that the Federal Service Academies (USMA, USNA, USAFA, USCG and USMMA) are "free." </p>
<p>I would also check out reciprocity with states, as the various 5 Maritime Colleges offer instate tuition for their areas (i.e. SUNY Maritime covers NY to Ala).</p>
<p>Some states also have deals that if your state does not offer, say Marine Biology, you can get instate tuition to state that does offer it. Much homework involved in this, but it is possible. Where are you located, what possible major and where do you want to go?</p>
<p>U of Minnesota is a FANTASTIC deal for anyone looking to go OOS.</p>
<p>try to go her in our place u can avail a very low tuition fee</p>
<p>To the OP: What's wrong with your in-state school(s)? Why don't you want to go there? And how much can you afford to spend per year?</p>
<p>Unless we know what you're looking for, any suggestions would be pretty much shots in the dark.</p>
<p>University of Florida - It was ranked the 2nd best overall value by Kiplinger</p>
<p>go to:</p>
<ol>
<li>a private school that offers merit aid (WUSTL, Tulane, etc)</li>
<li>a private school that offers need aid, if you qualify (ivies, top LAC's, etc)</li>
<li>a state school that offers scholarship to exemplary out of state students (UNC, U Texas)</li>
</ol>
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<p>I opened the link above to this school. When I tried to close the page, it completely froze my computer. I turned the machine off (actually I've done this twice) and I cannot seem to get the page to close. Just an FYI...it's doing something weird.</p>
<p>thumper,</p>
<p>Sorry about the bad link. I found a document out there with the details - the one I left the original link for. I think it is a Word document.</p>
<p>Here is an html page with the cost breakdown, although its total comes to $13,818 per year. It doesn't specifically mention that OOS is the same as in-state, (that was on the original document) but it is mentioned elsewere on the site (second link).</p>
<p>Tuition</a> & Fees - Undergraduate Admissions - Bemidji State University</p>
<p>Paying</a> for College - Undergraduate Admissions - Bemidji State University</p>
<p>And for those of you who don't know where Bemidji MN is...</p>
<p>to:</a> 47.481669,-94.876363 - Google Maps</p>
<p>You'll need to zoom out quite a ways to get the picture...</p>
<p>About 1/2 way between Minneapolis and Winnipeg and about 1/2 way between Duluth and Grand Forks (maybe a little closer to Grand Forks) and 1/2 way between Fargo and International Falls.</p>