In-State Tuition...for an out-of-state student

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Connecticut
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I’m applying transfer to UConn for the spring semester. Would it be worth talking to financial aid about the potential to get in-state tuition as a Massachusetts resident? I only ask because my mom and I contribute way more to the CT economy than MA. We live on the border and spend more than half of our spending money in CT - groceries, clothes, gym memberships, etc. Additionally I have spent 4 years working in CT since age 16. I have a cousin who is from CT and receives in-state tuition at a southern school so I’m not sure how common this practice is. I am going for an accounting program so I am not eligible for the New England Regional tuition.

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Here are the rules that you should have googled:
https://www.instateangels.com/university-of-connecticut-storrs-tuition-overview/
Why not just go to UMass?

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I toured UConn yesterday and UMass today and it was clear that UConn was catering to a MUCH smarter student than UMass was. In the UMass info session the admissions officer behaved like she was talking to a bunch of idiots. I don’t want to be the smartest person in the room and that was clearly the vibe I was getting at UMass. And UMass has quite possibly the ugliest campus in the world - I didn’t realize how much I was taking Columbia’s beauty for granted. Not sure if I could tolerate going to school that looks like Soviet Russia.

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UMass is ugly! But you underestimate the student body there, especially the honors college. Also UConn may be prettier but it is in the middle of nowhere.

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Uconn= Umass, Im from CT and lots of kids if they don’t get in to storrs they pay OOS tuition for Umass since academic wise… Both are kind of in the middle of no where…Also both are state schools so there will be some very smart students and some none so bright students…(even though Umass does have a better party reputation.) I know a lot of IVY type kids that go to uconn currently. Also for your tuition question Im pretty sure if you dont pay CT tax then you dont qualify but im not exactly sure so it worth a shot.

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Check and see if any of this applies to your particular situation:
http://www.nebhe.org/programs-overview/rsp-tuition-break/overview/

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^^ I was just about to post the same link!