@mom2collegekids okay lets say I rent a room at my friends place for $425 a month with utilities and wifi ect. Food, car insurance, and maintenance would come from parents. That would be $5,100 a year for rent and about $6,500 for tuition and fees. Which would come out to $11,600 a year which I can pay for with a job. The only thing left is figuring out wether UCF will count me as independent if my parents are paying for my food and car and insurance. How would they even know if my parents are paying for insurance and food?
I would focus more on finding someplace in Texas that you find appealing. I don’t like UTArlington, either. But Texas has hundreds of schools and many different regions - look at TAMU-Corpus Christi if you miss the ocean.
This is the part you aren’t understanding. If your parents are paying your expenses, you aren’t independent and even if you file the taxes that way, the school will want proof that you are supporting yourself. Sure they can give you a birthday present and I don’t think anyone will question it if they pay your cell phone bill and you are entitled to be on their insurance until you are 26 (although will it work in Florida? Florida doesn’t have medicaid expansions so you may not be able to afford insurance) but if they are paying for half your expenses, you aren’t independent.
You are giving up a lot of free schooling that you obviously worked hard for to MAYBE get to go to college at UCF for an instate rate. It will still cost you $7000 to go to UCF as an instate student. Not free. You’d get your PELL, but it might be reduced either because your parents’ income goes up because they aren’t claiming you as a dependent, or because your $10k in income would now count (only $6300 is excluded from student income).
Really, it’s not a good plan and you might be risking a lot of Texas benefits. Think carefully.
You must also realize that you are talking about making $11,000 **after taxes and payroll deductions which could easily be 30%. So in order to net $11,000 you need to make almost $15k.
It’s a little better in Florida since there is no state income tax. It is also easier to have 3 jobs in Orlando because everyone is always hiring so I think a 19 year old willing to work a lot can easily make $15k per year, but it’s a lot of work.
Yes I qualify as a resident of Florida. I don’t know what frag is but it’s not like I need more money for school so.
It’s $3000.
For this conversation just wondered if you’d completed the form that establishes Florida residency after starting college in Florida and whether it had been accepted. Since you are at a private school, it would only be for FRAG and any state need based aid, which you probably don’t qualify for based on your income.
You’ve been given exceptional advice and calculation assistance. You are young and don’t realize how tolerating a school in Texas until you graduate is not just a good idea, it sets you up for much better life. You can transfer in Texas, take classes during the summer at your school or a community college and graduate early at a very low cost. If you move and have to work a year or two to afford a Florida school and actually become independent, you will have thrown away the benefit of your hard work in high school and your opportunity to just focus on your education.
I worked full time and went to grad school. I understand hard work, home work, and stumbling through the day on two hours sleep. If you focus on taking classes year round in Texas, you will be free to move to Florida on your terms. Not living with someone and hoping your parents can/will still pay your bills. Unfortunately, If you do your Florida plan, you can’t undo it. I’m pretty sure your Texas scholarships will be gone.
A bird in hand is better than 2 in the bush.
@twoinanddone is FRAG available to students who didn’t graduate from FL schools?
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is also easier to have 3 jobs in Orlando because everyone is always hiring so I think a 19 year old willing to work a lot can easily make $15k per year, but it’s a lot of work.
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Maybe, but really this is so silly. How much better could it be to live in Florida over UT-Arlington if doing so requires working THREE JOBs, going to school and literally having NO LIFE???
Working full time during the 12 weeks of summer might mean earning $5000…Working part time the other 40 weeks (assuming no time off to travel to Texas to visit family), might mean earning another $8k-10k.
I think it would be very difficult to pay for college and living expenses while only earning about $15k per year. You’d lose your Pell Grant because of your earnings.
If living in Florida would mean traveling back to Texas for Christmas or other family visits, then there will be travel costs plus loss of work time.
If you love FL so much, then maybe get a summer job in Orlando…and go back to school in Texas.
Thanks for all the advice everyone, after long thought you guys are probably right it wouldn’t put me in a good situation moving, especially since I plan on going to med school it would be hard to do my volunteering hours and shadowing while working a job and attending school. I will probably end up finishing school here, may transfer to UNT, and possibly move to florida after i finish school to take a gap year and attend medical school in florida if i get accepted at UF or Miami or wherever, if they allow me to.
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may transfer to UNT,
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Premeds should not transfer. Stay put. Your profs are getting to know you. Ask some if you can assist them with any of their research projects.
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I also plan on living in florida after completing college,
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You really have no idea where you’ll end up. You don’t know who will accept you for med school…and after that, you have no idea where you’ll match for residency.
I think so. It is a benefit for Florida residents who go to private schools. If you move to FL at age 18 and don’t go to college until age 22, why shouldn’t you get it?
The added info,about you possibly attending medical school in the future is important…and might have been helpful in your OP.
Stay put. Save money. Don’t move until you get accepted to Medical school. You have NO idea where or if you will be accepted.