<p>Hey,
If I end up enrolling at UF as an OOS'er, could I eventually (soph, junior, sr year) get in-state tuition???</p>
<p>Once an OOS'er always an OOS'er. sorry but no</p>
<p>arghhhhhh... there are so many technicalities... at the moment im considered an out of stater, but i have lived in florida for three years, almost all of my HS has been here. i don't qualify for in state anywhere, and don't have tons of money! ridiculous!</p>
<p>^how can you be an OOSer and have lived here for three years?</p>
<p>I'd check with the university and ask them. If you have already been here 3 years, maybe you can eventually be considered in state.</p>
<p>I know I tried to get around this for Notre Dame/Indiana, but yeah, basically what they told me was no matter what I do, I won't be in state.</p>
<p>navarre1 is completely wrong. To qualify for in-state tuition you need to have two of the following documents for at least one year (regardless of where your parents live, btw):</p>
<p>Property deed
Car Registration
Driver's License
Voter's Registration</p>
<p>There's more but those are the most common. When I first came to Florida, I immediately changed my driver's license and registered to vote. Exactly one year later I went down to the registrar, showed them my license and voter's registration card and they switched me over to in-state.</p>
<p>I would think after 3 years he would already qualify for in state tuition. Why wouldnt every out of state student do what UofF did to get in state tuition? I imagine nobody pays OOS tuition after 1st year. $45,000 savings</p>
<p>Look at the article above. It does seem possible but not as easy as it once was.</p>
<p>Im not sure. ive read a lot and talked to the school A TON. it's so stupid. Drivers license, address, voters reg, everything for years... the only problem is that the people I have lived with are not my legal guardians, because my parents won't grant that. because of that simple technicality, i can't get bright futures scholarship or in-state tuition.</p>
<p>I just read the article... it makes it sound MUCH, MUCH easier than the university's actual department makes it. I mean, I get social security so I pay my own way (not much support), I have been here 3 years, florida tag, license, voter reg, the whole deal. And still they say I am out of state.
The big problem is for Bright Futures. BF would be a 100% scholarship + books for me, and I know I can get enough in outside scholarships to cover board for a handful of semesters. but, if I don't qualify for BF by the time i graduate, i never get it. :(</p>
<p>I don't have anything to add, but best of luck with this. If your family paid taxes in FL you should get the in-state rate, imo.</p>
<p>I don't live with my parents or any legal guardians</p>
<p>I think the reason you don’t qualify for in-state tuition is because your parents are living/working/paying taxes in another state? It sounds like you’re living in FL with people other than your parents, relatives, or guardians. </p>
<p>What state did your parents move to that you can't be considered in-state???? If your parents moved there to get a job and if they claim you on their taxes, then you would probably be considered in-state there, even if you aren't actually living with them.</p>
<p>If you want to be considered a FL resident for tuition purposes while your parents live/work/pay taxes in another state, I think that you need to become “independent,” which it sounds like you almost are anyway, you just need to make it legal. To qualify as independent, your parents can't claim you as a dependent on their taxes. You have to work out a rent agreement contract with the people you're living with to show that you are paying them rent and you're not being supported by them. The residency requirements at the UF website give more details.</p>
<p>Good luck btw! My residency is kinda complicated too…</p>
<p>my parents dont claim me on their taxes, nor do they give me any support, or anything financially similar.
actually, the people I live with don't claim me either.
I know that the best option is to try and convince them that I fit the independant bill. However, all of my support comes from Social Security. They have said that we guess we can draw up a rent thing, saying I pay something completely random a month. I'm not sure 20$ a month would be convincing.</p>
<p>I don't agree with that article at all. A year and a half ago, when I applied to USF, FSU and UF for graduate school, I followed the same steps I did when I was an undergraduate. For USF and FSU I forwarded photocopies of my voter's registration card and driver's license per the schools' request to their admission's offices. For UF I wrote down the two cards' numbers as part of the application. All three gave me in-state status.</p>
<p>And btw, both my voter's registration card and license had issue dates of only 14 months prior to my applications as I had to replace them. So I know it's only a year that you have to hold them.</p>
<p>"One new obstacle in attaining residency is that students must prove that they want to become a Florida resident not just for tuition purposes."</p>
<p>And how exactly is that proven?....My car is still registered and insured in NJ and they didn't give me any problems about that.</p>
<p>I wish it was just voters reg, etc that you n eeded for one year. but, at least on the UF app, they ask for much more (such as the legal guardian you live with who claims residency, if not independent) and so on</p>
<p>What are you lacking from the residency requirements??? </p>
<p>Can you prove financial independence? To do so, you have to show proof of income of 51% or greater of your “estimated expenses” (maybe get that estimate from UF??). If your social security doesn’t provide enough income to meet the 51% hurdle, then you might have to get a job or documented scholarships. You also need to establish a “bona fide domicile.” You can’t be receiving free room and board from the people you live with since that shows you are financially dependent on them. You need to at least be able to show rent receipts. I’m still kinda confused about your living situation. Are you still in high school?</p>
<p>Yeah, im in HS and live with family members (half sister actually) but they do not have guardianship over me. Of course, I don't pay rent. Thru social sec. I am basically financially independent though, and I will be completely once I go to college.
Of course... i'm so busy with school that I don't have a job (did over summer tho) and there aren't any rent receipts or anything like that. Something that may help is that I do have a credit card that is in my name, and I will be filing my own taxes.</p>
<p>I think the biggest problem is that I dont have any income besides social security and i don't have things such as rent bills, phone bills etc to prove that I pay everything myself</p>