Hi. I was just wondering about in-state tuition eligibility. I currently attend an out of state school. However, if I rent an off-campus apartment, live there, and work in my new state over the summer would I be eligible for in-state tuition after 12 months? Thank you.
It depends on the state and the school. It is not typical, however, once you enroll OOS you are almost always locked into that. You should start by examining the college residency policy that you should be able to find online. Look specifically for details about reclassification.
Usually your state of residence if going to be your parent’s state, there may be some exceptions if you are entirely self supporting and not taking any money from them for college.
Why do you have a thread about picking colleges for fall? If you are not in college yet don’t pick a school that you will have to transfer from. I also saw you have a thread looking for transfer aid from Pitt and were told that transfers don’t get merit aid and you will find that so at many other places too. What is the real deal here freshman or transfer, regretting your choice in advance?
Make up your mind. All of these can’t possibly be true for one person. Or are you sharing an account with multiple siblings or friends?
According to other posts, you are a resident of Illinois (although your credibility is doubtful right now). That is the state where you will have in state tuition. Think about it…if all it took was renting an off campus apartment, and working in the state for the summer, there would be mostly instate tuition payers after the first year of college. And that is not the case.
This is what you wrote…and this is true.
OOS schools usually frown on someone establishing a residence primarily for educational purposes with the intent too get instate tuition. They make it hard for someone to establish instate residency, especially if they are already attending a school as an OOS student and/or are dependent on their OOS parents.
There should be no shortage of schools in Illinois that should be affordable as an instate student.
It’s better to plan to attend a university for all 4 years than to transfer.