<p>happy, would you be able to list any of those public schools? That would be very helpful. (Probably start a new thread) as many students are dissatisfied with their in-state options and would probably love to know what schools give IS rates to OOS students after a year. </p>
<p>Also, fwiw, just to show even more variety to the original question- my school starts disbursing refunds 10 days BEFORE classes start.</p>
<p>Calif makes it very difficult for young people to establish residency without their parents living there as well. Calif had to do that because its universities are very desirable. If it were simple for young people to establish residency, then the state would totally get over-run with young people from other states.</p>
<p>Calif heavily depends on parents living in the state, working in the state, paying taxes, etc, so that the student will deserve to get instate rates and any eligible Calif aid. </p>
<p>There are some other states that have more lenient policies, but those are generally the states that don’t have the super popular universities. </p>
<p>The info that you used for submitting FAFSA clearly indicates that your parents live outside Calif…you can’t get around that.</p>
<p>My paretns lived in california and paid taxes.
Im emailing the office in sbcc to see what they think about my situation…
my dad can come back to california and live there again so they’d be convinced we’re living in the sate. im pretty sure they have tuition wavier for not yet resident students…
@thumper1 i will enroll(if i come) for spring semester.</p>
<p>this thread really helped, thanks to all of you for your information.</p>
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<p>This is where the challenge lies as far as you being considered an in-state resident; your parents lived (past tense) in California. They do not currently live in california. They do not live in the country, so you are not eligible for California state aid. Also be reminded, that although your parents are not in the country, if they are citizens/permanent residents, they should be filing US income taxes (something else that could raise a flag in your financial aid process)</p>
<p>right…i can remove that “d”, would that help?my father can come back to the state and file the income tax…then we can claim we Live in the state. If my dad could come this easy and leave his job i wouldnt left calif in the first place.</p>
<p>Your father would now have to live and work, file taxes and be physically present in the state for a year (365 days) in order for you to be eligible for in-state tuition</p>
<p>so after all does this thing sound possible or anything close to the word “deliberate”?
you know i gotta go through a lot, considering im currently majoring in electrical engineering in U where i currently live for no cost at all, is it worth the try to come and graduate in a very fine school and finally get a job and pay off my debts?
cuz I’ve seen threads people have gotten into serious trouble affording college costs even though they were in their home-state and still"deep in debt!"…
Unfortunately none my of parents went to graduate schools in the US, they know very little about these financial stuff. In Iran higher education is FREE(or very very cheap) so when they hear people screwing up their life because they can’t afford college they freak out…for instance my mom graduated in 1988 from university of Tehran with a Physics engineering M.S degree, she paid about x50.00x fifty dollars for the entire 6 years. thats unbelievable isnt it? so when I think of united states of america as a world leader in higher education it sounds super odd to me why its so difficult to go to college and graduate(financially)… Am i right or I’m just scared?</p>
<p>CALIFORNIA DREAM ACT(AB131)
This law allows eligible students who’re not California residents to pay in-state fees in CCs and 4-year colleges. Cal grant will be added to the list of grants/aid that students receives.
[Santa</a> Barbara City College | Financial Aid TV](<a href=“http://sbcc.financialaidtv.com/#playlist-9711:video-0]Santa”>Home | Santa Barbara City College | Ocelot)
it says i cannot file FAFSA due to residency status…but i did</p>
<p>The key phrase there is eligible students. The DREAM Act is really for non-citizens. You are a citizen.</p>
<p>No, there’s not always a way to sort it out.</p>
<p>That is for undocumented aliens who are living in Calif. they, too, have to demonstrate that they have been living in Calif the last year.</p>
<p>You’re a US citizen. It doesn’t apply to you. </p>
<p>If the Dream Act applied to citizens living elsewhere, again, students would just move to Calif to go to college.</p>
<p>If you watch the eligibility video, it says that you MUST fulfill ALL the req’ts:</p>
<p>Not eligible to file FAFSA (you are)</p>
<p>graduated from a Calif hs or got GED, (you didn’t).</p>
<p>It also directly says that if you’re eligible to file FAFSA (you are), then you are NOT eligible to apply for the Dream Act.</p>
<p>Did you even look at the videos??? </p>
<p>So, no, you’re still a non resident and won’t get Cal Grants or instate rates.</p>
<p>The OP edited his post so my response no longer really fits. Advice still stands though.</p>
<p>made me excited a little… opinions anybody… my last post?
@romanigypsyeyes I think if you work hard enough theres always a gateway to whatever you want. its just my thought</p>
<p>*My paretns lived in california and paid taxes. </p>
<p>Im emailing the office in sbcc to see what they think about my situation…</p>
<p>my dad can come back to california and live there again so they’d be convinced we’re living in the sate.</p>
<p>im pretty sure they have tuition wavier for not yet resident students…*</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter that your parents used to live in Calif, they don’t live there now.</p>
<p>What is this “pretty sure they have tuition waiver for not yet resident students”?? Why would you be pretty sure about something that absolutely is NOT true? Are you just making things up because you hope that they are true?</p>
<p>Are you saying that your dad is willing to quit his job, move to Calif now, just to get residency for you? BTW, if he did this NOW, you won’t have residency until NEXT year…after he’s lived here for 12 months. </p>
<p>Has your dad actually said that he’d quit his job and move back to Calif? If not, then you need to deal with reality instead of way-out ideas that aren’t going to happen.</p>
<p>There is a way, but not the easy way you’re looking for.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids, thats the problem i have with myself ! accepting the truth.
My dad doent have to quit a job…hes retired and YES ive told him that he might have to be there for another 12 months(no answer yet).</p>
<p>The easy way? i thought this is the tough one. what should look for? a job?
or wait to see where the flow takes me to?
im willing to hear suggestion.</p>
<p>You could move back to the states and go to college part time while working full time. Apparently in some states you can get in state residency after living and working there for a year without going to school.</p>
<p>living in united states is not the point. that could happen anytime i want but i wanna go to a good school.</p>
<p>My dad doent have to quit a job…hes retired and YES ive told him that he might have to be there for another 12 months(no answer yet).</p>
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<p>Your dad has to be in Calif for at least 4 years…not 12 months. He would have to move to the US now, then live there for the next 4 years so that you’d keep your residency during all 4 years of college. If he moves out of Calif after 12 months, then guess what? You lose residency again. And you sure wouldn’t have residency when you applied to a UC after 2 years if your dad returned to his home country.</p>
<p>If your dad is retired, can he even afford to move here? You say that you qualify for Pell. Well such families generally cannot afford to move abroad, and pay the high cost of living in Calif.</p>
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<p>Option 1: Return to California, get a job, and become entirely self-supporting. (That means no assistance from your parents at all!) Remain entirely self-supporting until you have established residency. That would be a minimum of two years. The requirements for establishing state residency for any UC school are set forth [url=<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/uc-residence-policy.pdf]here[/url”>http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/uc-residence-policy.pdf]here[/url</a>]. It’s possible that the requirements for a CC are different, although I’d doubt it.</p>
<p>Option 2: Complete school in Iran and apply to graduate school in the United States.</p>
<p>I’m going to repeat what others have already said. To establish residency in California, you and your Dad MUST live in the state for TWELVE MONTHS PRIOR to your enrollment in college. If you moved here NOW, you could establish residency by Sept 29, 2014. If the school term started before then (say Sept 15, 2014), you would still be considered an OOS resident for that term. At some schools, the status you have entering the school is what you maintain the whole four years…so if you enrolled as an OOS Student in Sept 2014, you would be considered OOS for the whole time you attended that school. This is NOT the case at all schools, however.</p>
<p>If you wanted instate residency in CA for the term starting January 2013, you would have needed to move her in January 2012. You didn’t do that. You will not have lived here for 12 months prior to enrolling in the spring term 2013 and will therefore be an OOS student.</p>