<p>Does anyone know how difficult it is to establish CA residency for the purpose of in-state fees? Obviously it would have to be done as a sophomore or higher, tho I want to try to avoid paying $41000 for all 4 yrs.</p>
<p>Someone directed me to this link earlier; it should help -</p>
<p>Its all but impossible to obtain residency while you're in school. You'd have to take a year off and work, then try again. But I don't think it would really cost you 40,000+ dollars a year for out of state.</p>
<p>For out of state students, Berkeley costs close to $42,000 a year.</p>
<p>yah it does, and im getting only $6,000 in loans/work study</p>
<p>so essentially im paying full :eek:</p>
<p>Yikes. If you want to establish residency, according to that link to Berkeley, you would need to live in California during the summer and change your address and everything.</p>
<p>Please give me a breakdown on the $42,000. When people talk about how much a school costs, they're useally refering to tuition alone. For example, when someone says that--insert expensive private school--costs $30,000, they are talking about tutition only, not living expenses. You will have to pay living expenses anywhere, school or not, so I don't think its fair to lump that in with college costs.</p>
<p>all the regular in state costs PLUS $18,000+ for out of state fees</p>
<p>Registration & Fees $ 6,500
Housing, food & utilities 11,630
Books and supplies 1,240
Personal expenses 1,298
Transportation 640
Total $23,223 (i don't have the exact #s with me, its somewhere around there)</p>
<p>plus $18,644 (out of state)</p>
<p>Out of state tuition+fees is 16,000 dollars. Books, food, transportation, rent, and entertainment will definitely make that number jump up, but besides the books, you will be paying for all of those other things anyway, so why count them into the cost of college? You're gonna say that the money you spent at a movie theater or a fast food place is part of college costs? I understand what you're saying, yes, its alot of money, but anything above that 16,000 you will be paying anywhere, and not just if you go to college.</p>
<p>yah, i understand what you mean about having to pay those costs anywhere, all I wanted to know was whether i could somehow be classified as in-state & pay $6,500 (approx tuition in-state) instead of $25,144 and save that $18,644.</p>
<p>i don't understand where you are getting the $16,000, could you clarify? anyway, even if that was the case, it would still be nice to save $10,000</p>
<p>In state tuition is roughly $6,500 and out of state is roughly 16,000. Thats that. Anything above and beyond that will be paid by both in state and out of state. So really the difference is 10,000 dollars, which is alot, but not as much as some people make it out to be. And I got the $16,000 for out of state on the Cal website. Just look up tuition and it'll tell you. Also, the rest of the money that they put in there for things like housing, food, transportation and so on, those are all just estimates. If you can live a spartan lifestyle than you wont need as much as they say, and if you live like P.Diddy then you'll need more than they say.</p>
<p>yeah, I was thinking about establishing residency in Cali. (asians are masters at doing this ya know ;)) but it really is too much a hassle to get things straight.</p>
<p>actually that 18k is in addition to the 6k you pay. 6k is tuition, 18k is out of state cost</p>
<p>As an out-of-state applicant here is the breakdown that my D received for fees. Needless to say, out-of-state applicants don't seem to be eligible for any financial aid other than loans. Its a great school and probably worth the price of admission, but it would be nice to be able to establish residency to ease the financial burden. </p>
<p>U. C. Berkeley Financial Aid Offer Letter
2005-2006
Undergraduate Student Budget </p>
<p>UG Dorm Housing - Year 23224
Non-Resident Fees-Ac Yr 17304
UG NR Ed/Reg Fees-AcadYr 516
UG Loan Fees 128
Total Undergraduate Resident Budget 41172</p>
<p>Lord! $23,000 dollars for housing!!! You realize she could get a 2 bedroom apartment all to herself about three blocks from campus and probably have money left over for less than $23,000 dollars. Man, I would really look into other schools if I were you guys.</p>
<p>I copied the text exactly as listed, but the figure listed as housing, is actually tuitiion and the housing figures added together (along with the books and personal/travel stuff ). She has some great scholarship offers at a few private schools iin New York, (NYU and Rochester) which we are going to give serious looks. But Berkeley is an awesome education with a terrific reputation, not to mention on the west coast (More moderate weather and laid-back environment). After seeing the actual dollars, we now know why there were only 293 out-of-state kids in 2004-5. (Not that California state schools owe anything to a kid from out of state)</p>
<p>will your daughter be attending berkeley?</p>
<p>Hard to tell. We spent last weekend there and she loved it, but she is going to New York this weekend to see the two schools that each offered $18K in merit scholarships. Money is a big factor, but the "fit" with the school and her intended major has to be good also.</p>