<p>There was a recent article found on the front page of AOL. The article is entitled, "Five Sneaky Way to Get Instate tuition for an out of state kid." I think many of you will find this article VERY useful. You can access it here:
5</a> Sneaky Ways to Get In-State Tuition for Your Out-of-State Kid - DailyFinance</p>
<p>Wow. Join the military? As an Army wife who did get in-state tuition rates for my master’s degree, I would say it is not very practical or sneaky. It is about the level of investigative report one would expect from AOL.</p>
<p>None of these are sneaky. They may not all be common knowledge but they’re definitely not sneaky.</p>
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<p>I’d like to know a school where this is a thing. ESPECIALLY after starting school.</p>
<p>It’s also important to note that even if they get instate tuition (unlikely) they’ll still have to use their parents’ info on FAFSA which will likely severely limit aid.</p>
<p>I am not someone to quickly dismiss something as stupid. That said…</p>
<p>That article is not too… right. Kind of stupid.</p>
<p>Roman, I know of a kid who did it at U of Az. It was legit-- kid was self-supporting, had a ft job and made the state his home. The school did require he prove it by showing not only tax records but bank account statements (both his and parents).</p>
<p>Most of these seem a bit extreme, given what the goal is.</p>
<p>who can essentially “pick a state” for their domicile, and if that state just happens to be the one with the great in-state tuition rate, well, what a coincidence!>></p>
<p>Except that state either has to be your Home of Record, a state in which you have been stationed and declared residency (meeting that states requirements), or the state in which you are stationed. You don’t get to just randomly pick any state and call it “home.”</p>
<p>I have heard that some have tried to use the academic common market strategy and then tried to change their major once enrolled in the out of state school. I think they closed that loophole, at least here.</p>
<p>The Academic Common Market explanation given in the article is just plain wrong as it applies to the Western (WICHE) Undergraduate Exchange. There is no requirement that you be enrolled in a major not offered at public colleges in your state; the requirement is that you be enrolled in a major that is open to WUE enrollees at that university. Also, while you get a healthy discount as a WUE student, it is not at (in most cases) the in-state rate. </p>
<p>And, simply moving to a state a year ahead of time with your family does not necessarily give you in-state residency for tuition purposes.</p>
<p>All in all, a terribly misleading article.</p>
<p>We have a friend in PA whose child just got admitted to UVA, and he’s talking about buying an apt there (but not moving), and says that’ll make her qualify for in-state after her freshman year. Is this true?</p>
<p>Hardly true for WICHE. There are restrictions on some majors at some schools, not at others. Not all schools participate, especially in California. The tuition is 150% of instate. At some of the colleges, the number of participants is restricted and a high HS gpa and/or test scores are needed to get in on it.</p>
<p>What a useless article.</p>
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<p>Probably not. This person would have a residence in VA. VA requires that you be domiciled in VA (remember, you can have multiple residences, but can only be domiciled in one place)</p>
<p>however, they can start here</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/provost/vastatus/docs/Application_Va_Student_Status.pdf[/url]”>http://www.virginia.edu/provost/vastatus/docs/Application_Va_Student_Status.pdf</a></p>
<p>The article is very misleading.</p>
<p>The states that have the best public universities have figured out how to close most of the loopholes. </p>
<p>Also, watch out because some states require a full year of a family’s residency within a state before they will count you as in-state.</p>
<p>Some of the games might work better for graduate school.</p>
<p>Here’s the rules for Virginia. It looks like you can get in-state tuition if you can become an orphan.</p>
<p>[LIS</a> > Code of Virginia > 23-7.4](<a href=“Legislative Information System”>Legislative Information System)</p>
<p>In new York you can attend a public university for instate tuition if you went to high school in the state of new York even if you reside elsewhere. like if you went to boarding school in new York or commuted to a private school from Connecticut or new jersey, which is pretty common. most families who can afford private high school don’t send kids to SUNYs though.</p>
<p>Thank you Sybbie & Charlie. I tend to agree with your assessment. I’ll pass this along.</p>
<p>I think this may be a bit OT, but what happens if one parent lives in the sate with the good public (lets say VA, since it was mentioned above) and the other parent (custodial) lives in a state with a mediocre instate school. Can residency be claimed based on the domicile of the non-custodial parent?</p>
<p>Queen’s Mom, it sounds like you are talking about divorced parents. In that case, some states will allow the child of a non-custodial parent to be instate in that parent’s state for tuition purposes. I don’t think most states allow this but there are one-- most notably CA but, even then, CA has different rules for kids under and over 18yo.</p>
<p>Charlie, actually, even if a state has a rule, usually, individual colleges make residency determination and it can vary by college. In general, the very selective colleges (for ex, UVA) are going to be more strict than other colleges-- particularly the least selective or community colleges. What you posted basically says that, in VA, if a student can prove he or she has been living in the state and self-supporting for over a year, he or he may petition for instate residency. I don’t know of anyone who did that successflly for UVa, does anyone here? In my state, the state flagship is definitely harder about residency than the community colleges. I have been told that our cc will give instate residence to someone who has lived n the state and is self-supporting after just 3 months. (Just to clarify, I don’t live in Va and we have a very good, but not UVa/ UMich / Berkley level flagship-- still, some majors are ranked very highly nationally.) </p>
<p>I think the truth is somewhere between this article and what is usually touted on cc. The truth is that different schools vary, it is harder at top schools and it’s a risky move (because it is at the school’s discretion)-- but, if you are not talking about the top publics, it may be possible for a self-supporting adult to establish residency by moving to a state. It will probably take at least a year of residency. It is not as easy as it was decades ago. It is not an attractive option for many cc parents for a variety of reasons-- but, for some people (young people who have no parental support and want to move to an area with more jobs), it can make a huge difference.</p>