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<p>I would just like some advice on this. I see san francisco,san jose & los angeles are high in forbes list for the best cities for jobs in my major marketing. I've been thinking for some time now of moving there but how will my school situation work? I've already read other posts about gaining residency in the state like getting a license and registering to vote and paying taxes. If possible would I be able to take a year and a half off, transfer in my company and work full time with roommates to gain residency I see rooms for rent $500 or $600. I will be attending cc to get my GPA up (also cheaper) I took this from one of the community colleges I was looking at Santa Monica
"A student who is 19 years of age or older applying for admission with less than two years, but more than one year, of residence in California should be prepared to show proof of residence.
Examples of evidence that aid the College admissions officer in identifying intent include, but are not limited to, these documentable activities:</p>

<p>1.Continuously occupying rented or leased property in California;
2.Registering to vote and voting in California;
3.Holding a California state license for professional practice;
4.Paying California state income tax as a resident;
5.Possessing California motor vehicle license plates;
6.Possessing a California driver’s license or a California Identification Card;
7.Maintaining a permanent military address or home of record in California while in the armed forces;
8.Establishing and maintaining active California bank accounts; and Petitioning for a divorce in California.
9.Any two or more of the above items will give some indication of a student’s intent to the Admissions Office. Dates on documents must correspond with physical presence of one year and one day prior to the start of the term."
Is this a reasonable plan? Advice?</p>

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<p>I was also thinking seattle It was on forbes list as well for marketing jobs and also on one of the best places for new college students</p>

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<p>So you’re thinking about moving to CA and taking CC classes for ~18 months, and then establishing residency?
Or you’re moving to CA and taking ~18 months to establish residency, and then attending CC to transfer so it’s cheaper?</p>

<p>The criteria to meet that you quoted from SMC sounds right, with only 1 caveat: sub-leasing is illegal in CA, so if you are renting a room, to make it legal you will need to be on the lease for the property via the leasor or property manager. You can’t legally move into a room from someone who is the only person on the lease for the property. To make it legit, and therefore meeting #1 just get your name on the lease. Unfortunately, this will also mean you are as equally responsible possible damages to the property as the others on the lease.</p>

<p>It’s a little simpler than it might sound to establish residency (if you’re a legal US resident, anyway). 1. Physicaly move, 2. open a local bank account (I think technically your banking has to primarily be done in the state in which you claim residency, so if you have Chase or BofA or whatever, then you can continue using them so long as you change your billing address to a CA one), 3. Make appt with the DMV and register your vehicle with CA to gain CA plates and also petition for a CA driver’s license, and 4. so long as you’ve spent more than 1/2 the year in CA you can claim to file CA state taxes. Registering to vote would be the last thing since you would need to be a CA resident before you can register to vote in CA. Steps aren’t actually all that crazy, just takes a little bit of time for some things.</p>

<p>Seattle is arguably compared to the CA Bay Area (SF-SJ-Oakland trifecta, also reffered to the Bay-South Bay-East Bay respectively) because it’s geographically set up the same way (in a connected bay!) and has comparable cost of living.</p>

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<p>Thanks! I’m just stuck in between California & Seattle. SMC i see just cut winter classes & might be cutting summer classes? This has me seriously reconsidering seattle bellevue & then transferring to University of Washington. I did a tiny bit of research of how much rooms would cost to rent in both places of course seattle was a little cheaper.</p>

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This is the general situation with most CCCs. While Winter and Summer terms may be cut at any given CCC, those terms are short and are designed to help accelerate student’s programs. You should also investigate the situation at the WA CC you plan on attending to see if it fares better.</p>

<p>Also, starting a thread in the UW sub-forum here may help as well.</p>

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<p>Okay I do think California is obviously the smarter choice but thank you for all your information</p>

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