<p>I am a high school senior in Arizona that has been accepted to UC Davis, I'm trying to establish residency by my second year to receive in-state tuition. Neither me or may Parents live in California at this time, but I will be living there for a year prior to applying for residency. I know it will be hard to gain residency, but will it be impossible? And if not, what steps will I have to take in order to gain residency?</p>
<p>If you parents don’t live in CA you’re not going to get in-state residency:</p>
<p><a href=“California Residence for Purposes of Tuition”>http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/tuition/residence/</a></p>
<p>From the above citation: If the student is an undergraduate under the age of 24 and is not dependent upon California-resident parent(s), the student must be able to demonstrate their own financial independence and complete self-support for two full years immediately prior to the term resident status is claimed. The financial independence requirement is very difficult to meet for most undergraduates whose parents are not California residents, including students who have attended community colleges or other post-secondary schools in California. It is unlikely that these students will qualify for classification as a resident.</p>
<p>TWO years of full independence. If you move to California and establish yourself for TWO years, you can rebut the presumption that your state of residence is the same as your parents. Move to California, get a job, vote, register a car, etc.</p>
<p>If your plan is to attend UC Davis for one year, and then use that freshman year to establish residency for your sophomore year, forget about it - it’s not going to happen. If you can’t afford out-of-state tuition for four years, you need to come up with a different plan.</p>
<p>Or, as noted above, you can turn down the offer of admission, move to California, get a job and support yourself for a year, reapply to UC Davis, continue to support yourself while you’re waiting for an admissions decision, and then, if you get in, by the time you start school (at the end of your second full year in California), you’ll have established California residency.</p>
<p>Thank you for the replies. I understand that two years of supporting yourself without any financial influence from your parents are required to be considered a resident in California. I also have one more question. I have a small college fund from my parents that I would like to use, If I move to California and support myself for 2 years and transfer that money to a California account in my name, would that still be considered a financial connection to my parents and invalidate my residency?</p>
<p>Alex…either you are accepting support from your parents…or not. If the fund is in your parents’ names, then you are accepting money from them.</p>
<p>I think you KNOW you don’t qualify for instate residency on CA, and you are looki g for every possible loophole. </p>
<p>Remember too…you will have to demonstrate that you supported yourself and that INCLUDES earning enough to fully fund your OOS costs to attend UC Davis, as well as all living expenses. You will have to demonstrate,that you earned a LARGE amount of money. LARGE.</p>
<p>I disagree with the above. If the fund is in your name, then its yours, and it would not constitute an “impermissible” financial tie to your parents.</p>
<p>I would also think there’s a difference between using a 529 account to pay college tuition, and relying on parental assets to pay everyday living expenses. If you’re able to support yourself, I don’t think that using the 529 account to pay tuition (after you’ve established residency) would be a problem.</p>
<p>And, if you actually decide to go this route, this is something you can confirm ahead of time with the residency expert (can’t remember this person’s specific job title) at UC Davis.</p>
<p>And, thumper, why would alexk35 be paying out-of-state tuition costs??? The whole point of this plan is to qualify for in-state tuition! Willingness to work for two years to establish California residency is also hardly an attempt to take advantage of a “loophole” - if this student is willing to make this kind of serious commitment to establish California residency, good for him!</p>
<p>I said “if the fund is in your PARENTS name”. If the fund is in the student name now…it is not an issue.</p>
<p>Originally this student wanted to establish residency concurrent with his first year of college (he is OOS NOW!). It has been pointed out that he needs TWO years of independently supporting himself to even be considered for instate residency. So…now he is looking at being instate his THIRD year of college. For those first two years, he would be have OOS status.</p>
<p>NOW…if,this student is planning to move to CA to establish his domicile independently for TWO years before he enrolls in college,then yes, he would maybe have instate status when he enrolls in September 2016. Then the question comes…can he independently pay the instate costs of attending UC Davis all by himself?</p>
<p>I thought he was planning on starting college fall 2014. </p>
<p>SO…Alex…could you please clarify. Are you planning to establish residency for two years PRIOR to attending UC Davis (thus starting college in 2016) or are you trying to establish residency concurrent with your enrollment at U.C. Davis beginning this fall?</p>
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<p>What kind of fund is this? Is it a fund that must be used for school purposes? What are your parents saying about this? </p>
<p>how much is in this fund? </p>
<p>I’ll be honest with you. You’re talking about doing a lot of risky things and for what? To go to DAVIS? It’s a nice school, but it’s not worth crazy stuff.</p>
<p>And, you won’t qualify for Cal Grants or Blue and Gold, so how will you pay the $35k per year once you’re “in state”???</p>
<p>Do you realize that even if a UC determines that you’re instate for school purposes, YOU WILL NOT be independent for FAFSA purposes, so your parents info will still get used. What is your EFC with your parents’ info? </p>
<p>And, how are you going to claim that you’re using your own money for the first two years, but then using your parents’ money for later years??</p>
<p>I don’t think your admission offer will be held for 2 years while you establish residency. I think you will have to decline your offer. Move to CA and try to support yourself on a HS diploma and try again and hope you get in and hope they accept you as instate. I don’t recommend that if you can go to college now somewhere, anywhere else.</p>
<p>Here’s a major issue that maybe you haven’t considered: job. California hasn’t really recovered from the recession. You will have to earn a LOT of money to be self-supporting in California. A person with no college degree cannot earn the kind of money you want to earn to be self-supporting AND, this is IF you find a job. You will be paying full fees.</p>
<p>Aunt Bea is correct. You’re not likely going to earn enough to live by yourself for a couple of years to establish residency unless you live in some undesirable place/city where rent is cheap. </p>
<p>I know that you think you’re going to use your college fund to help pay but your parents would have to agree to that AND it may depend on what type of college fund it is. It may only be allowed to be used for college.</p>
<p>Have you thought about Arizona and Arizona State instead?</p>
<p>Agree that going to school as a AZ resident to UA or ASU is much more economically. If you still want a UC degree, you could transfer as a JR and only pay two years OOS and get your UC degree. </p>
<p>These western schools offer tuition for a bit more than in state, but quite a bit less than out of state.
<a href=“http://wue.wiche.edu/search_results.jsp?searchType=all”>http://wue.wiche.edu/search_results.jsp?searchType=all</a></p>
<p>UCs aren’t included but the CSUs are.</p>
<p>You really need to think this thru. Fast forward about 6-8 months… You’re out of money. Your minimum-wage job sucks. Your rent is due in some pricey Calif area. You have to return home. And then what? </p>
<p>This is all silly. Go to a school that you know you can afford now. UCD is not worth all this craziness.</p>
<p>Adding: And have demonstrated intent to make California his/her legal permanent home, as opposed to coming to California solely for the purpose of attending school.</p>
<p>If you are in school, the timer is not set. So, yes, you can live and work there independently. No, it’s not the first two years of college, no matter if you do manage to support yourself and college expenses.</p>