State residency is generally tied to the state your parents live in. @“aunt bea” knows a lot about CA colleges, I think, so maybe she’ll stop by and give you her opinion. If you do a search for CA residency [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/19452990#Comment_19452990%5Dposts%5B/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/19452990#Comment_19452990]posts[/url], you’ll find several [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1921509-receive-instate-tuition-out-of-state-p1.html%5Dthreads%5B/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1921509-receive-instate-tuition-out-of-state-p1.html]threads[/url] about it CA is the hardest state to gain residency in.