<p>Well...I just got accepted to UNC from Florida, and now it is time to consider the financial cost. Although I will be receiving a token amount from UNC($1000/yr) for National Merit, do you guys know how hard it is to establish NC Residency. I read the official requirements, and they seem pretty easy to do, like "live off campus" and "register to vote in NC" "get a driver's license and register a car in NC" and "prove that you want to stay in NC beyond schooling." However, I can easily see how an applicant could be denied, even if they fulfill all of the suggestions(I haven't listed them all.) Do you know if it is difficult to establish NC residence and get in-state tuition?</p>
<p>oh my god no effing way... you get 1k a year being a national merit finalist? or do you have to actually win the thing?</p>
<p>pertaining to the question, i don't know about your specific situation, but if i don't get in anywhere else i want to go, my mom is going to move to north carolina. i think that counts.</p>
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<p>Do you have the link for the requirements?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>From what I've heard, it is very difficult to establish residency for tuition purposes here in NC and in other states. Primarily for these reasons:</p>
<p>"2. Student first begins living in North Carolina only
after enrolling in a public university;
3. Student lives in the State only while in school and
returns to another state during vacations and
holidays;
4. A parent or someone outside North Carolina
provides financial support;"
source: <a href="http://www.ncarts.edu/registrar/NCResidencyOverview.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.ncarts.edu/registrar/NCResidencyOverview.pdf</a></p>
<p>Agree with mkm56; it's fairly difficult to establish in-state residency in NC for tuition purposes. Your parents would have to move to NC, work, pay taxes, etc., for at least a year. If you're an older person, independent of your parents, you could move here, work, pay taxes, rent, or a mortgage, and then apply.</p>
<p>Ditto. You would have to not be in school and work/live in NC for a year, complete all of the license, tax stuff. The full year as a nonstudent is the trick. I went to UNC OOS and did not get in state until I was in graduate school (and then it was a waiver reserved only for graduate students). I tried several times and worked part time (fulltime in the summer) throughout undergraduate school. The work didn't help. You have to have the year living n the state and not being enrolled in a state school.</p>
<p>I have lived in North Carolina over two years and still was required to fill out the long form for residency. It is not easy to prove you're a resident of North Carolina. My dad is military and had just retired and apparently that complicated the situation even though myself and my parents all had NC licenses,etc. It's definitely not easy but good luck.</p>
<p>It seems pretty hard, but when I talked to some people who currently attend UNC, they told me it was definitely doable. What they said was that you had to live off campus, and stay there for 1 year before you could qualify in-state. They also mentioned the other stuff like registering the car, etc...</p>
<p>The official document says that 'one must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he/she intends to remain in North Carolina and is not simply attending for educational purposes.'</p>
<p>My parents were thinking of buying an apartment for me to live in anyway, so maybe that would do it.</p>
<p>I haven't researched NC residency as we live instate. However, my d. was in school in VA and we did check that out. There if she did not provide 75% of her financial support, she could not qualify. And yes she had voter's registration, license, worked in VA and we owned a condo (though not in her name). It came down to she did not support herself financially.</p>