<p>my friend and his family is moving from new york all the way to here (california) just for the UC benefits. same story with my cousin in korea.</p>
<p>Establishing CA residency for purposes of waiving tuition is not simple: University</a> of California - Admissions
This goes into even more detail, and though it is from the UC Berkeley website, it applies to all UCs: UC</a> Berkeley Registrar : Legal Residence Information
Please pass this information on to them so they can be sure they are meeting all of the requirements before going to the expense and upheaval of moving.</p>
<p>Not to mention that it is tough to get into some of the UC campuses, especially UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UCSan Diego. Before I'd make the move, in addition to looking at the requirements for establishing residency, I'd also take a close look at the UC admissions requirements and make sure my kid was going to have a decent shot. Even then, lots of well-qualified kids don't make it into their top choice UC.</p>
<p>dang it ppl! i asked if you know anyone...</p>
<p>Actually, it's not so tough I think. I go to a boarding school and every single one of us counts as a Californian when applying to the UCs. We have kids from other states as well as from other countries.</p>
<p>^ "Physical presence within the state solely for educational purposes does not constitute the establishment of California residence under state law, regardless of the length of your stay."</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>They still apply for ELC and stuff.</p>
<p>I moved to Boston to be in-state for Harvard...</p>
<p>Lol! ^ says Location: Stanford'10...</p>
<p>And I don't get it either, but the fact is that my school has oos and out of country students get into UCs, and it can't be all ELC, because we have some very low ranked people get into UCs. And I doubt my admissions counselor is wrong because he's been at our school for a number of years and we have a lot of international and OOS students and virtually everyone applies to the UC system.</p>
<p>well, i remember reading the things that one can do to be considered a california resident, or at least be in state for the purposes of applying and for tuition, and so if someone graduates from a ca high school (it was either simply graduate, or attend that high school for 4 years, im not sure), then they count as in state for the uc system. someone above said that being in california for educational purposes only doesnt count as residence, but im pretty sure that only counts for college, so that an oos doesnt become a resident their senior year suddenly just for going to that school for 3 years.</p>
<p>I knew people who moved from Maryland to Virginia to gain access to Virginia's public universities</p>