<p>I'm OOS and I really want to go to UCLA. I got 17k in aid which I'm grateful for but it's not enough for my family. Is there a way that I can declare residency after the first year?</p>
<p>No, I’m afraid not. The rules for “Residency for Tuition Purposes” were tightened up about 15 years ago <em>specifically</em> to prevent OOS freshmen, whose parents have not paid CA taxes, from getting an in-state tuition break.</p>
<p>If you were extremely determined, you’d have to take TWO years off from school, live and work in CA during that time, have your parents not claim you on their taxes, and prove you can pay the $13,000 tuition + living expenses in 2013 without any assistance from your family. It is called Financial Independence.</p>
<p>I have a similar question although my situation is a bit complicated. Basically, my dad recently came back to the States and returned to California after a leave of five years at the beginning of 2011 and has started work full time there. I used to live in California as well until the beginning of my junior year. Not to mention, even though I live in Florida now, I have a California’s driver license since I spend most of my vacations there. My mom still also files California state tax despite living in Florida with me since Florida has no state tax. My older brother also goes to SDSU and is considered as a resident.</p>
<p>However when I checked my financial aid it says that I am considered as an out of state resident. Ive been trying to call the registrar for a while but haven’t been able to get through at all so I resorted to faxing them a letter explaining all of that as well as I mailed them an additional copy. I was hoping that they do consider me as a resident because that is the only way I can afford it.</p>
<p>If you’re dad lives in CA, make it official that he files you as your dependent. Try to show UCLA that you now live with your dad, who is a California Resident. </p>
<p>Register to vote in California,
Get a CA driver’s license with your permanent residence as the same address as your dad
Tell your mom to stop filing taxes for you, instead have your dad.
Get a job in California if possible,
Change all the contact information/emergency contact with UCLA to your dad/his address</p>
<p>After 1 year PHYSICALLY living in California, you may appeal for in state residency.</p>
<p>I was considered Out of State my freshman year and since Fall of sophomore year, I’ve successfully appealed to pay in-state fees.</p>
<p>If the above doesn’t remedy your situation, then you can try governmentally or legally. </p>
<p>UC has a lot of seeming potential legal trouble wrt several things. Those accepted/those rejected, is another. If I were rejected and had really high stats and really wanted to attend UCLA, I’d start a Facebook page for those rejected similarly, and see if I could get someone to take a look at whom UCLA is a/r. </p>
<p>There are some seeming inconsistencies wrt the residence rules for UC. The Dream Act kids and their paying residence fees, mainly because they went to hs in CA. (I belive this is the UC’s most important factor in determining residency, attendance in CA.) I wish them nothing but the best, but I’d think paying CA income taxes by parent(s) would be the most important factor.</p>
<p>You could work and attend cc in CA is the other option as CremieuxR stated but risk rejection upon re-application after, say, two years. Gainfully employed? I don’t think they would contest that if you paid a small amount of CA income tax. Might be tough, though, on the parents though who claim you. If your parents do pay CA income tax already, that’s even better. </p>
<p>Just some ideas… Anyway, best of luck…</p>
<p>“My mom still also files California state tax despite living in Florida with me since Florida has no state tax.”</p>
<p>I don’t understand this. Is she considered a resident of California? Does she own a residence there? With regard to your dad, I believe it might hinge on how long he has lived in California, and when you turn 18. If you turn 18 before he has been a California resident for a certain amount of time, his residency may not have a bearing on yours.</p>
<p>"Dependent child of a California resident </p>
<p>A student who has not been an adult resident of California for more than one year, and who is the natural or adopted dependent child of a California resident who has been a resident for more than one year immediately prior to the residence determination date, may be entitled to a waiver of the nonresident tuition until the student has resided in California for the minimum time necessary to become a resident so long as continuous attendance is maintained at a post-secondary institution."</p>
<p>"Parent’s Residence</p>
<p>For an unmarried minor (under age 18 by the residence determination date [RDD]) student, the residence of the parent with whom the minor lives is considered to be the student’s residence. If the student has a parent living, the student cannot change residence by his or her own act, by the appointment of a legal guardian, or by the relinquishment of the parent’s right of control. If the minor lives with neither parent, his or her residence is that of the parent with whom he or she last lived. Unless the student is a minor alien present in the U.S. under the terms of a nonimmigrant visa which precludes the student from establishing a domicile in the U.S., the student’s own residence may be established when both parents are deceased and a legal guardian has not been appointed. If the student derives residence from a parent, that parent must satisfy the UC residence requirement."</p>
<p>"Moves to or from California</p>
<p>A student who is a minor (under age 18 by the RDD) with a California resident parent and moves to California to begin residing with that parent prior to his or her 18th birthday, may be eligible for classification as a resident for tuition purposes.</p>
<p>A student who is a minor (under age 18 by the RDD) whose parents were California residents who have moved to another state, who remains in California and enrolls in a California post-secondary institution."</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/residence/minors.htm[/url]”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/residence/minors.htm</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/faq/residencefaq.htm[/url]”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/faq/residencefaq.htm</a></p>
<p>If you live off campus and get the apartment in your name with no cosigner, work full time while going to school, and your parents stop claiming you on their income tax and you are completely financially independent for two years it would be possible.</p>