<p>Hey I have a few questions regarding in-state tuition and I was wondering if any of you have any personal experience with this. My parents moved to the state of Maryland for work about 1 year ago, and they immediately bought a house. When they moved to Maryland, I chose to stay in the other state and finish high school there. So, when I applied to UMCP, I was automatically classified as an out of state student. </p>
<p>Is it possible for me to now get instate tuition this first year? I've spoken to different people all giving varying answers. In my situation, the people on whom I am financially dependent were paying a boat load of taxes to the state of Maryland for the last 1 year. Their intent to stay in Maryland can also be well documented (Work, community involvement, house etc..). Yet, I the student have not lived in Maryland for 1 year as the petition form says. </p>
<p>I personally think it would be irrelevant whether I lived in Maryland last year or not because most of the taxes were being paid to MD. This is assuming that they are being logically consistent and awarding instate based on the payment of taxes. Anyway, thanks CC.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you are asking us … do we think your appeal will work? Your situation is not unique and Maryland logical consistency seems to focus on where the student lives. Unless someone has pursued a similar appeal and lets you know how it came out I’m not sure what we can add.</p>
<p>PS - An additional question for the board might be if you take a gap year and live in Maryland would that affect your residency.</p>
<p>Thank for reminding me to clarify. I’m asking if any of you have any experience petitioning for in-state and if any of you have some inside knowledge that will help me make my case. For instance, do they even care about my logical consistency point?</p>
I do not know but I seriously doubt it … the policy explicitly talks about the residency of the student … it could have explicitly talked about where the parents pay taxes as the basis of residency but it does not. Your situation is not that unique; living in a different state than a parent(s) responsible for paying … your appeal will not describe a situation they have not considered … a situation the policy does NOT consider a resident. I do not see why they would consider you an exception … that is why I suggested checking into a gap year.</p>
<p>I do have some experience with getting in-state tuition even though I’m out of state. I used something called the Academic Common Market. It is a program that allows students to get instate tuition at an out-of-state school if a certain program / major they want to do is not offered in their own state. Only 16 states participate in this program. Since I don’t know what state your from, I don’t know what programs/majors you could do to qualify for in-state tuition, or if your state even participates at all.</p>
<p>I am from Virginia, but the only programs offered to me for in-state tuition at UMD, is Japanese Language and Literature. Since that what I intended to study anyways, I got lucky and I am now able to go to UMD for instate tuition.</p>
<p>Although, I actually know 2 people at UMD that are from Georgia, and they are getting in-state tuition at UMD from the ACM because they are Jewish majors. One of them actually wants the major, the other one is just doing it to get in-state tuition.</p>
<p>Before I found out about the ACM, I looked up what qualifies you to get in-state tuition, and I believe you have to have lived in Maryland for several years prior to your admission at UMD. So even if you did live with your parents in Maryland for that one year, I don’t think it would have made any difference.</p>