<p>Really? Rent free? Someone else would be supporting your housing, so you still would not be considered an independent student. OOS students pay full fees. Sorry, sad but true. The UC’s are not going to fund students whose parents aren’t paying into the system. </p>
<p>My dd goes to Davis, we pay full fees subtracting her $5500 in loans. We’ve been SO. CA residents all of our lives and CA is not a cheap place to live- ESPECIALLY-LA. So with her in-state tuition and fees, we pay roughly $32K. </p>
<p>Getting a license and working part-time will not get you residency; that residency determination date is stuck with you for 4 years. And working here, (if you can find a job) will not get you anywhere near what you need to pay in tuition and fees. </p>
<p>DD earned $4000 this past summer but she had a higher than average minimum wage. So the rest of the money has to come from somewhere and that would come from your parents and you would be their dependent. Did you not look up this information when you applied?</p>
<p>Oh, and neighbor is a graphic designer, steady work has been inconsistent.</p>