<p>Hi my name is Evan and I'm from New York, and I am planning on going to UT. Is anyone aware of ways to recieve in-state tuition while living out of state? I heard if you get any sort of academic based scholarship or if you work on campus you receive in-state tuition. Can anyone validate this? Also, my first year I am going to be in the school of communications then I plan on trying to transfer to the business school. Does anyone know how challenging it is to do this? Thanks.</p>
<p>Some competitive scholarships offered by the public universities in Texas (not outside academic scholarships) include an in-state tuition waiver. The program is described in the Texas Administrative Code.</p>
<p>An example of this at UT is the National Merit Scholarship program. National Merit Scholars are awarded $1000, and with the $1000 comes a waiver allowing them to pay in state tuition. Thank you to theloneranger for pointing out this info (on the Plan II page). I do not know how to predict which UT scholarships will yield a tuition waiver.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.sos.state.tx.us/tac/index.shtml[/url]”>http://www.sos.state.tx.us/tac/index.shtml</a>
Click on the electronic access link at the bottom of the page and keep choosing til you get to these headers:
TITLE 19 EDUCATION
PART 1 TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 21 STUDENT SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER B DETERMINATION OF RESIDENT STATUS AND WAIVER PROGRAMS FOR CERTAIN NONRESIDENT PERSONS
RULE §21.29 Waiver Programs for Certain Nonresident Persons</p>
<p>If you have a job as a teaching assistant or a research assistant for 20 or more hours per week, you can get in state tuition. I believe these sort of jobs would almost always go to upper classmen or graduate students.</p>
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<p>Parents have been thinking that there is a reasonable chance that if you actually MOVE to Texas before you start your freshman year, buy a condo or house in or near Austin, and live in that condo or house for a year, register to vote in Texas, register your car in Texas, work, and pay taxes, and can convince UT you have done this because you truly intend to make Texas your permanent home, you have a chance of being considered a Texas resident by sophomore year. (The rules of residency don’t require that you be self-supporting.) We have not heard anyone report that this has worked, it could work.</p>
<p>For your second question, “How hard is it to transfer into McCombs business school?”, I would suggest you do a search on past threads on this topic or start a new thread with that as the header. Good luck!</p>
<p>thank you so much! you have been a great help.</p>
<p>Everyone at UT wants to transfer into the business school after a few semesters. You have to have 24 hours and a few other requirements just to apply. It is extremely difficult to get into the business school by internal transfer because there is such a huge applicant pool for a limited number of spots. However, it is not impossible. If you take all the requirements and make A’s in all of your classes and take some challenging ones to get your hours(Calculus vs. Intro math…) you will probably get in. If you get in you cant slack off though because it is a lot of work and there are plenty of people who would love your spot.</p>
<p>Hey, I’m from KY and received an instate tuition waiver from McCombs. I just emailed them about it and it turns out they give it out to a few kids. IDK about communications but you can try.</p>
<p>MidwestMom, I’m pretty sure it’s state law that ALL scholarships of $1000 or over come with a tuition waiver for OOS students at all state schools. I could be wrong though.</p>
<p>Unless it’s an athletic scholarship, unfortunately. We learned that directly from a track coach, and verified it with other people at UT.</p>
<p>Ouch, that stinks. At least athletic scholarships are usually based on a particular fraction of a student’s tuition and not just on the in-state rate.</p>
<p><a href=“http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.TacPage?sl=R&app=9&p_dir=&p_rloc=&p_tloc=&p_ploc=&pg=1&p_tac=&ti=19&pt=1&ch=21&rl=2263”>http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.TacPage?sl=R&app=9&p_dir=&p_rloc=&p_tloc=&p_ploc=&pg=1&p_tac=&ti=19&pt=1&ch=21&rl=2263</a></p>
<p>The Texas administration code may have changed since the above messages were posted. It now reads:
“The total number of persons receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition in a given semester under this provision shall not exceed 5 percent of the total number of students enrolled in the institution in the same semester in the prior year.”</p>
<p>^Yes, it is different now. You linked to a thread that was over three years old.</p>
<p>Midwestmom,</p>
<p>My d and at least 25 other kids we know, have all successfully become instate for tuition after one year. Many bought homes, got licenses, established banking accounts, and worked over a summer. I know of many who did it, and have not heard of a single person who followed the rules on UT website who was denied. I also know of a couple who did it by working off campus for a full year.</p>
<p>I am originally from Virginia, and after my freshman year was granted the status of Texas Resident and now pay in state tuition. I know the rules have changed - I was the last year that the rules were more lax. For me I had to basically move to texas for a full year, and own land, and I got a summer job in TX so I had a paycheck, etc as proof of staying a full year. Now I believe you have to be in TX a year before you start university, but I am not positive on that. I would look more into it, because it is still possible just a bit more difficult than when I was a freshman!</p>