<p>i have a friend who used to live in california and during the 7th grade, moved to an international school in korea. he is considering applying to the UCs. what i want to know is does he still get favored over OOS students. also, how many years in california makes you california resident? i heard it was 2.</p>
<p>Does he have one or both parents in California? I think that qualifies you as being in-state.</p>
<p>as of currently, no. his sisters who both went to usc graduated and left california.</p>
<p>I think he'll be considered OOS (or international if he's not US citizen) since he does not live in CA NOW (and his parents hasn't been paying taxes to CA for some time now)</p>
<p>he is us citizen but yeah his parents havent been paying taxes to california so i guess no then.</p>
<p>Definitely not. My nephew had a similar situation except his father was still living and paying taxes in CA. (divorced parents, mother claimed him as a dependent out of state) Even after attending CC here for one year (while paying out of state fees), he was unable to gain residential status and had to apply as an out of state student for graduate school.</p>
<p>check the UC websites -- essentially, your "friend" must live in Calif for the 12 months preceding matriculation to a UC.</p>
<p>i dont know why you would think i am making this "friend" up. i go to a public high school in southern california and have been living here since 97.</p>
<p>i heard you need to live 24 months prior, not 12</p>
<p>^ I don't know why you would think that bluebayou was doubting anything.. all he/she did was put "" around the word friend.</p>
<p>^ do you know what it means when you put something in quotes?</p>
<p>look at the info and links on the page UCLA</a> Registrar's Office: Residence Classification for Tuition Purposes FAQ for residency info.</p>
<p>also if you're not a resident when you start at a UC, you're not going to get residency status after 2 years. They're very strict about that, you have to be financially independent of your parents to qualify. Again, see the page I linked above.
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Note that the financial independence requirement makes it extremely difficult for most undergraduates whose parents are not California residents, including transfer students from community colleges and other post-secondary institutions within California, to qualify for classification as a resident at a University of California campus.
UCLA</a> Registrar's Office: Residence for Tuition Purposes--Establishing Residence
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<p>Does your “friend” plan to move back to Cali at least 1 year with his parents before enrolling? That might be the only way to “reactivate” (so to speak) his or her in-state qualifications.</p>
<p>The friend has been gone for two years now. This is an old thread.</p>