<p>Mich seems pretty strict about its Residency, I thought I would be able to go there and pay 30000 for first year and then 10000 after that, but it seems like they wont let me do that? Im comming from NJ...if thats any help...thanks</p>
<p>um, the only legal way to claim Michigan residency is to LIVE in Michigan. If you live in New Jersey you're not a MI resident. It sucks, but you'll probably also have more scholarship $$ available to you. But you don't get to decide how much it's going to cost you. Have you been accepted? Did you file the FAFSA and CSS Profile?</p>
<p>yea ive been accepted, i was using the numbers given on average tuition from collegeboard, I know that I have to live in Mich, but they have strict rules like cutting off all out of state ties? I think that means my parents cant financially support me...lol I dont think that would work....</p>
<p>Well, people who live in michigan pay taxes that go to the schools. They don't want to give you a $20000 discount to you if your parents haven't payed for it through their taxes.</p>
<p>Well actually, you can claim residency and not live in Michigan. My dad lives there and I checked the residency requirements and I called to make sure if I'm considered a resident (which I am). But yea I was worried about that statement about "severance of out of state ties" (I live in Virginia).</p>
<p>As Thom Johnson from OFA used to say during parent orientations..."If you enter as an out of state student...you will leave as an out of state student."</p>
<p>That has potential to be unfair. What if someone's family moves to Michigan while that person entered as an OOS student?</p>
<p>I am not familiar with the various states' residency reqs, but I also know California is strict about it (many jokes can be made about that one), but I wonder if the quality of their state schools has anything to do with it.</p>
<p>"That has potential to be unfair. What if someone's family moves to Michigan while that person entered as an OOS student?"</p>
<p>Then they weren't paying taxes to the state of Michigan before their child came to the school. By that logic, kids who moved and lived on campus would be able to apply for residency.</p>
<p>"That has potential to be unfair. What if someone's family moves to Michigan while that person entered as an OOS student?"</p>
<p>We asked that question at the campus visit as my husband works for a Michigan based company but we currently don't live there. We were told that many families try to follow their kids to Michigan to get reduced tuition and it does not work. Your residency does not change even if your family moves to MI during your college years.</p>
<p>great...I wish I could get into princeton...lol...sigh...I think i should get a job now...</p>
<p>If there were an easy way, thousands would do it. No one on this board is going to come up with some clever, easy way to trick U-M that hasn't been tried before.</p>
<p>Move to MI a year before and go to a community college, then transfer in...</p>
<p>No, that won't work. You have to show that you have moved to Michigan for purposes other than education...and its pretty hard to show that moving to MI, going to community college and scoring a sweet burger king job indicates moving here for non-educational purposes...</p>
<p>"...going to community college and scoring a sweet Burger King job..."<br>
Funny, kb. For a second, I thought my S. had joined CC and posted that...:p</p>
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We were told that many families try to follow their kids to Michigan to get reduced tuition and it does not work. Your residency does not change even if your family moves to MI during your college years.
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That's odd. I thought you could partition to change your resident status 12 months after your parents move to live in Michigan. At least that is how it works in some other states.</p>
<p>Move to Michigan, take a few gap years. :P</p>
<p>yeah... Michigan residency... bitter bitter winters... :'(</p>