<p>That’s good news – I must have misunderstood your post to the effect that she wasn’t. In that case then you do have a state in which you would or should qualify as a legal resident and would have in state tuition there (the state in which your mom pays taxes) as a backup plan. So at the very least, you’d be applying as OOS, which improves your admit chances. Where did you attend hs?</p>
<p>It sounds like if you apply now, you will be considered at best OOS, or worst, an international depending on where you went to school. For tuition purposes, you will be OOS/international, which is around 50k. From fafsa, which will need your mom’s American tax return, the most in pell grants you can expect is about 5kish, so depending on your circumstances, even if you won a merit award of say 20k, it may still be a fiscal reach.
If you can manage to go next year, and your mom moves and works in April prior, you may be able to legitimately get your stays changed in sophomore year. But be prepared to prove that you have no money, property or ties to another country, because it is not a sure fire thing and intent will be examined. </p>
<p>As I attempted to make clear in my very first post on the topic, lprs have more trouble with residency classification. I had to go through the lengthy process despite 7 prior years of living and working in state, the entire time during which my son lived here and attended Michigan schools. </p>
<p>So in final answer to your original question, it is highly unlikely that your FA will be adjusted in April when you move here; yor cannot say on your app this fall that you live in Michigan, and there are still stones in the path depending on the evidence you submit to later being classified as instate – you cannot count on it as a sure fire thing sufficiently to work without a backup plan. So make a backup plan.</p>
<p>If you question stems from trying to figure out if you can afford to attend, you’ll need to discuss with your mom whether or not that first year is a deal breaker, and a plan b in case there’s something in your mom’s paperwork that has unforeseen consequences.</p>