<p>One thing about trying to claim residency is the schools DO check where your high school records come from - where did you graduate from high school??? AND where you have filed your tax returns - they can actually go back 2 years!!! - so unless the state has a very lenient policy - which is VERY rare - it is very very difficult to claim residency for school purposes. If you are trying to do this and get audited by the school - and it does happen - you could actually have your acceptance rescinded altogether and be out in the cold - have seen that happen also - not fun at all.</p>
<p>And yes - I agree - lying is lying - no matter how it may be disguised.</p>
<p>There is one thing that makes a different situation - in New England and in other parts of the country - if your state college system does NOT offer your major - you may be able to attend another state's college system at in-state tuition or at a special rate for this situation.</p>
<p>my dad moved to CA the summer before my junior year and started a job last august (summer before senior year). we now have permanent plans to move there as a family, and when i asked UC about residency, they said i would qualify for in-state tuition -that is, if i get in =P. i would just need to submit documents proving my dad's residency.</p>
<p>Fraud is fraud. There are legal ways to do things and that is the way to do it. You are not saving money, you are cheating the taxpayers of that state out of funds and you are possibly taking the space of some other deserving student with better ethics.</p>
<p>It won't kill you to come into a state work for a while and then become qualified.</p>
<p>My comment was not directed at you simplyxme. When I moved to Ca, part of my consideration was the availabilty of affordable quality schools. I think that is reasonable, but I would not suggest to my child that they go to NY and pretend to be residents so they could get instate tuition at Cornell.</p>
<p>"The only other way is to have at least 1 parent move to that state - establish an abode, have a job, pay taxes to that state and claim you as their dependant."</p>
<p>actually the parent does not have to claim you as a dependent. my parents got divorced and my mom moved to florida and yay for me i was able to get in-state tuition in both ohio and florida. my mom hasn't claimed me as a dependent on her taxes (b/c i live with my dad) and i have still been accepted to FSU w/ in-state tuition.</p>