<p>hi guys, I recently got accepted as a transfer student to Clemson. My question is concerning in-state tuition rates.</p>
<p>I've lived in SC for a couple of years, but recently had to move to Florida for my sisters cancer treatments and my fiance's grandma was very ill and actually passed this past January.</p>
<p>Thing is, I had to get a Florida license and register my cars here because I was here for an extended period of time. However, I was planning on moving back as soon as all of this was done and it just happened to coincide with an acceptance to Clemson in the Fall.</p>
<p>Also, I still have a place in Spartanburg and am actually planning to move back up there next week and get my license, registration, and tags back to SC ones. What's the likelihood of the University granting me in-state tuition when I show up to Orientation with SC documents but my transfer app had a Florida address?</p>
<p>Yeah, I saw those, I was just wondering how the University is about it all. Like if they have leniency and/or review on a case by case basis given certain circumstances or if they just go down the list and are almost automated in the process if criteria isn’t met.</p>
<p>I would still be a resident if it weren’t for the extenuating circumstances is the point. I still have property and never had intent of moving. I would have kept all my SC credentials if I could have, but I couldn’t.</p>
<p>My application for in-state tuition isn’t for the sole purpose of getting in-state rates (like they seem to make clear they will deny if that’s the reason), I just happened to get accepted around the time I’m moving back. I feel like if I had the opportunity to explain this (or somebody at the University would listen) I would have a decent shot, but by the black and white view, I don’t meet criteria like you say. Just wondering if they review each application on a case by case is all.</p>
<p>I think they review each application on a case by case basis but I would make it as clear as possible about your circumstances on the application as possible. Good luck!</p>
<p>It used to be, if you earned a $500 scholarship from a college in SC, you could also get in-state. Sounds like you are a non-traditional student, check into whatever small scholarships they have for you.</p>
<p>Beware: the gap between in-state and out-of-state in SC is not as huge as in other states. Of course, every bit helps. Good luck!</p>
<p>IPTAY is an athletic boosters club, none of that money goes into academics or scholarships. Vanderbilt is a private university. They have rich kids whose parents are donating tons of money to the university and tuition is like $60,000/year</p>
<p>Well, part of the decision of this is that I got accepted into RPI and Carnegie Mellon as well. </p>
<p>RPI’s financial aid package came in and they’re willing to absorb $40k of the $60k COA. It may even go down more because they’re factoring in on-campus room and board and I won’t be living on campus. It’s more expensive to attend Clemson as an out of state resident than it would be for me to attend RPI! Not sure how I feel about that. RPI is higher ranked in every aspect as far as engineering goes. Conversely, I’m not sure how I feel about going to a research dominated university as an undergrad. Grad school, sure, it’ll be beneficial for me. But I don’t want my classes to be 2nd priority for professors and given Clemson isn’t as research focused, it would probably be a better choice as far as that aspect goes. I could be completely wrong though. Those rankings are also probably politics dominated and skewed like anything else.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon hasn’t gotten back to me yet on what they’re offering, but I assume it’s probably in the same ballpark.</p>
<p>other than money, is RPI or Clemson offering you something else (like honors, research etc…)? If you can’t afford Clemson, I would go RPI (or Carnegie Mellon if the fin aid package is right)</p>
<p>Nah, neither offered me those other things, just acceptance and financial aid packages. My heart is with Clemson as far as things outside of college go, but my ego and pride say CMU and RPI. </p>
<p>Go with RPI (or CMU if they give you a better financial offer), graduating as close to debt free is probably a little bit higher priority than listening to what your heart is telling you in my opinion</p>