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That doesn’t give you instate tuition in many states. Ask all the people who have condos in Florida and pay taxes if they have instate tuition (they don’t).
The schools I’m applying to in Georgia all state that you qualify as an in-state resident as long as you can 1. Show taxes or bills 2. Have owned property for 12 months prior to the start of your first class or have a parent registered to vote in the state. By UGA, Georgia Tech and Georgia State rules I do qualify as an in-state student and it says so on my application.
But you currently live in Michigan and will graduate from a Michigan high school in 2017?
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I highly doubt that is true.
In fact, there is a parent who was prosecuted and his child had to leave UGA after it was discovered that the parents didn’t live in their GA condo. The parents were forced to pay UGA the OOS rates in “back tuition” after their DD had gone there for a year or two.
Your parent would have to LIVE in GA now.
I seriously do NOT think you will qualify for instate status for fall 2017. Your domicile must be in GA for 12 months prior to your enrollment in college. You would need to be living in GA now.
You will be graduating from a Michigan HS and will be applying to college while in HS in a Michigan HS. This will be a huge trigger for questioning instate status in GA.
Huge!
GA instate requirements…all must be met…
order to prove Georgia residency, we look at three primary determinants:
- Students must first prove that they have established a primary or permanent Georgia home at least 12 months immediately preceding the beginning of classes for the semester in which they were admitted.
Typically, the residency status of a dependent student is tied to the status of the parent(s), or in the case of divorce, the tax-dependent or majority support parent, so the parent(s) must show proof of domicile.
- Invariably, students and/or parent(s) of dependent students should also provide documentation showing payment of Georgia state income tax, as this shows a tie to the state that proves financial support for the Georgia educational system.
Mere property ownership in Georgia, by itself, is usually insufficient.
- The Office of Admissions also suggests that students include copies of any other documents showing their intent to be a Georgia resident.
Accepted documents include: a Georgia drivers license, car or voter registration, home ownership, full-time employment records, etc.
Attending college in Georgia is not proof of intention to be a Georgia resident.
When is your family moving to GA?
Your mom may pay property taxes to GA (for the GA home), but is she paying GA income taxes?
Since you’re now living in Mich, then your GA home is NOT currently your primary resident. Right now, your UMich home is the primary resident…and your transcript will also suggest that.
Either way, you’re not going to get instate rates for Arizona.
And since most private scholarships are only for frosh year, you won’t have scholarship money for years 2, 3, and 4. The idea that you’d just leave after one year is crazy since you won’t likely get ANY scholarship money at the school you transfer to since incoming frosh get the best merit.
Find an affordable school like UAz
What do you like about UAz??
How much will your parents spend each year on college? Ask them.
What are your stats?
How are you coming up with $42k???
When I run the ASU scholarship calculator, an $8k award yields a net OOS COA of only $30k.
What’s your issue with MSU?
She would need to be paying GA taxes as a RESIDENT of GA. One can live and work elsewhere, and still have to pay taxes as a non-resident if they work in a different state.
Simply put…my DH worked in a different state. He paid taxes to THAT state as a non-resident…because he lived in our current state. Our kids were NOT entitled to instate tuition just because he paid state income taxes as a non-resident.
Where does the parent actually live and work? NOW. Where does the student live and attend school…now?
No problem with MSU am applying now