<p>I want to come to Michigan State for college in the fall and my uncle who resides in Michigan offered me a job there. In order for me to take this job and move there I would have to get a car. I currently live in New York and my car would be the only way I could get home over vacation as well. Is there a wavier or someway that I could keep my car there during the year? I also plan to live on campus, I'm not sure if that effects it in any way.</p>
<p>Perhaps you could get a on-campus job or something nearby for the freshman year and then work for your uncle the next year? You could save your money for a bus, train or plane home rather than spend money for parking and gas.</p>
<p>No, I need to start this summer immediately after I graduate from high school. I’m going to be trying to get residency for my sophomore year. There is no public transportation in that part of Michigan. Is there a way I could have a car on campus?</p>
<p>You can petition to get a car for work purposes. I’m not sure how successful it is.</p>
<p>Also, if you have anything other than “freshmen” standing, you can get it. I wasn’t listed as a freshmen when I started so I’ve had my car since my first year.</p>
<p>My daughter is a freshman at a Big 10 and we let her take her car. Many of her freshman friends have cars too. What’s to prevent you from renting a parking space that is close to your dorm? </p>
<p>I’m sure that there are plenty of private parking spots available to students. Obviously you’ll have to pay for the spot, but you would have to pay for a parking space through the University too.</p>
<p>If you can’t find a spot close to your dorm then you might have to consider parking further away and taking a cab or bus to get to the parking garage.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t count on getting residency for your second year. If your parents live in New York, you will probably be considered OOS irrespective of where you work or live during the summer.</p>
<p>Oh yeah I missed that. res is right. If your parents are in NY, you are a NY resident.</p>
<p>Well my parents are going to no longer list me as their dependant and my Grandma who resides in Michigan will. I will no longer be financially supported by my parents, I will live with my Grandmother.</p>
<p>Don’t think it matters. It still goes by your parents. Check with financial aid to be certain.</p>
<p>I’ve been studying the requirements for residency vigorasly. If this plan does not work then I will simply take a year off and I get automatic residency.</p>
<p>There was a thread in the Financial Aid section of CC just a few days ago about someone trying to get residency for Michigan State University. Just living with a relative won’t work.</p>
<p>I read the info about residency and think it means you would have to have a place of your own, not living with a relative, for a whole year and work full time for a year to get residency.</p>
<p>I believe one of the requirements is that you prove you support yourself and live here for something other than education. Can you prove you pay your own expenses and school costs?</p>
<p>And no, it isn’t automatic. It specifically says that the one year living is never the sole criteria for instate tuition.</p>
<p>And you will still need to use your parents for FAFSA. This means you are a dependent on your parents and therefore NY resident.</p>
<p>“A person who physically resides in Michigan for 12 consecutive months without enrolling in any academic courses at any two-year or four-year degree granting institution may matriculate as an in-state student immediately thereafter.”</p>
<p>Yes, all you have to do is take a year off and you get residency. </p>
<p>[MSU</a> RO: Out-Of-State Tuition Regulations](<a href=“MSU RO: Error 404: Web Page Not Found”>MSU RO: Regulations for Qualifying for In-State Tuition)</p>
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<p>Well then the article contradicts itself. Besides then that year off I will get a full time job and then I know I can get residency.</p>
<p>I would really, really check with financial aid before you make ANY plans. You’re not going to get independent status for FAFSA just because you don’t live with your family, and therefore I’m pretty sure you’re going to be a resident of where your parents live.</p>
<p>I called. If you work full time for a year you get residency.</p>
<p>If you plan on taking a year off and reapplying to MSU (unless you are able to defer for a year?), it may be very difficult for you to get accepted as an IS student given your low stats. State like OOS students, so it’s easier for them to gain admission. Just a thought.</p>
<p>You can defer for a year. My mom did that when she went there.</p>