<p>Talk to the financial aid office at IU to make sure that you’re in the clear for in-state tuition. Some states like Michigan have very strict guidelines stating that you cannot get in-state if the primary reason is education and you don’t have a spouse who works in Michigan. </p>
<p>I know that CA and NJ will give in-state tuition after 6 months of residency, no questions asked.</p>
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<p>Hee. You make it sound so simple; it’s impossible to talk to the IU financial aid office about anything. I had some difficulty with a private scholarship freshman year, showed up to the office all naivete and hope, and slunk away dejected three hours later after seeing some five people who all looked up my file separately and listened to my spiel, concluded they couldn’t do anything and sent me on manhunts for further people who couldn’t do anything.</p>
<p>Plus, even if you do have a spouse who works in Indiana, that doesn’t cut it for IU (in the FAQs, “Although marriage to a resident of Indiana is one of the factors considered in the determination of predominant purpose, the existence of this factor does not require a finding of resident status.”) As belevitt pointed out, it takes 12 months without attending classes before you can apply as a resident, however, since I’m familiar with how efficient the offices here are I wouldn’t try until I’d been working for two years. There’s a chance they’d reevaluate me in April, say “you didn’t graduate until May” and refuse to budge until I went through the arduous process of repealing.</p>