<p>Back in the mid-70's when I went to Cornell nursing school, my memory is that I applied based on my own income (just about zero, as a Head Start teacher in WV). I had been out of school for a year working, but I was only 21. Maybe my memory is faulty. When we visited Evergreen State last year, we met more than one undergrad who had established residency in WA to get instate tuition there. They said it was common.</p>