Current 4 year student at UNR (Freshmen) transferring to a CC in california.

[aunt_bea]

Since you are coming to California for educational purposes, you do realize that you will be paying OOS tuition for the CA universities (including the CC)?

You cannot get instate tuition and residency based on your current plans. It is very difficult to gain instate residency in California coming from another state. You cannot accept help from family; you have to pay market rates for your rent. Yes, you have to pay rent and your relatives cannot help you. Your income has to match your expenses/expenditures with required tax records, rent receipts, utilities. The CC’s may be a little more lenient, but overall, the universities will not be so lenient.

from the website: http://ucop.edu/residency/establishing-residency.html

Nonresident undergraduates

This requirement makes it extremely difficult for most undergraduates who are not financially dependent on a California-resident parent to qualify for classification as a California resident.

If you’re an unmarried undergraduate under the age of 24 and your parent(s) are not California residents, you must be able to document (for example, using tax returns, W-2 forms, bank statements) that you have been totally self-sufficient for two full years prior to the residence determination date, supporting yourself, for example, through jobs, financial aid, commercial/institutional loans in your name only, and documentable savings from your earnings. This also means you can’t have been claimed as an income tax dependent by any individual or have accepted gifts (cash or other support) that contributed to your subsistence for two tax years immediately preceding the term.

California is extremely expensive and you have to hope that you can find a job.

Additionally, the slate will not be wiped clean. All previous coursework grades, taken anywhere, will be averaged with new coursework.