<p>I just finished my junior year in CA and would love to go to UCLA. My family is moving to Arizona in October, and I will not be able to afford tuition as an out-of-state student. I've seriously considered staying behind for my final year and living with a close friend, but I'm not sure if it would even be useful. Does anyone have experience with this?</p>
<p>When do you turn 18? I think if you turn 18 before your parents move and you finish your shcool here, you will be considered instate. Can’t they delay moving?</p>
<p>You and your parents need to read the residency reqs carefully to see if there is any way</p>
<p><a href=“UC Legal - Office of the General Counsel | UCOP”>UC Legal - Office of the General Counsel | UCOP;
<p>Start on page 11</p>
<p>Usually a student must be financially independent from out of state parents to be considered instate. Then how would you pay for school? However, under exceptions:</p>
<p>the student reached the age of majority in California while his parents
were residents for tuition purposes of this state AND the California
resident parents left the state to establish a residence elsewhere AND the
student continued to reside in the State of California after the parents’
departure</p>
<p>They could delay moving, but their taxes would be paid in AZ as that’s where the job is. I have seen this form, but I wanted to know how it’s worked in practice. Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Well you just use Federal Taxes for fafsa. So if they can delay until you turn 18 and you don’t leave the state it seems you will be eligible. You can’t expect to be guaranteed to UCLA though you may get in another.</p>
<p>I think if you stay and live with friends or relatives and graduate from your California High School you would qualify. We know people that have done that when a parent had to relocate for work before a student’s senior year, so I hope it is correct:
“California High School Graduates (AB 540 – Cal. Ed. Code § 68130.5)
A student who attended a high school in California for three or more years and who graduated from a California high school (or attained the equivalent) will be exempt from paying nonresident supplemental tuition until s/he meets the University of California residence requirements.”</p>
<p>Under AB540, if you attended high school in California for three or more years and graduated or gained a GED in California, you pay in state tuition, regardless of actual residency. For example, I was born and raised in California, and moved to Colorado after I graduated high school. I got an ID, so I lost California residency. Later on, I moved to Montana. After a year, I got an ID there. Tried to go to college, got classified as out of state because I hadn’t had my ID long enough, even though I’d been in state long enough. I returned to California and enrolled in college after 4 years of being a resident of two other states, and fully qualified for in state tuition under AB 540.</p>
<p>The big issue is going to be which state you graduate high school in. If you graduate high school in California, you pay in state. If you graduate in Arizona, you probably pay out of state.</p>