<p>It’s something for her to look at. Since it’s 150% of instate, and she’s a very low-income student to begin with, I am doubtful that would be a better option than just moving to CA and living and working there for a year+, and then apply as in-state.</p>
<p>I told her that her custodial parent must not claim her as a dependent starting right now with their 2009 taxes.</p>
<p>She will not be supported by her parent once she finishes high school regardless of where she lives, and she won’t be able to live at home. She will have to be financially independent no matter how difficult that is.</p>
<p>“Some kids move to Santa Barbara and live in a flop house, work at a local diner and take a class or two at SBCC. After a year they earn instate tuition, and then when they earn their AA, they transfer to UCSB as instate.”</p>
<p>Do you know what the success rate is with that plan?</p>
<p>I posted on another thread that Cal State U Trustees voted a new regulation 41905.5 requiring financial independence for residency reclassification which goes into effect Dec 2010. That date doesn’t matter as they already implemented it. Now, you’d pretty much have to be an orphan or emancipated teenager as a HS junior to get a residency change. I don’t know if it possible to win reclassification without a lawyer. Maybe students from OOS should just wait for Martinez vs UC Regents to be decided at the CA State Supreme Court, and collect a big reimbursement check.</p>