So I moved to a bigger city in Oct 2013, moved back to my hometown in Aug 2014. I still have the driver’s license for the bigger city, however I updated my hometown license when I moved back.
I called the university I want to attend in the big city and they say all I need to provide is my drivers license for proof of residency. Which I do still have.
However I later lied and said that I moved to my hometown for just the summer and had to renew my license to work for a couple of months. They said it that would negatively affect my residency.
Can I get away with lying about residency and get in-state tuition if I enroll for this school in person and said that I lived there the entire time? Will they run background checks on my ID?
Is there a way past this? Out of state tuition is 3 or 4 times more expensive. I would hate to have to start all over again.
Yes you can, but if they find out, you will be expelled right away and be blacklisted. They may rescind you diploma, if they find out After your graduation as well.
Are both of those cities in the US? If they are, you can’t hold drivers licenses in both places. That violation can cause you a whole bunch of other trouble.
Beyond potentially serious university sanctions, this is outright felonious fraud. Make no mistake about it, if detected you can – and likely would – be expelled and forced to repay the avoided tuition and fees with interest and perhaps penalties AND you might also be arrested and prosecuted.
It’s a terrible, despicable, shameful and immoral idea. The plain fact is, you would be stealing – through knowing deceit – many thousands of dollars. That this theft is perpetrated against the state, the university, and the taxpayers makes it no less heinous than stealing from an individual.
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You will get caught. You will get fined. You will get expelled. Make no mistake, bud. You’re either going to have to pick a new school or pay OOS tuition. You’re not a special case.
I can understand everyone’s point of view in this conversation. I am also a student currently paying out of district and I’m looking into how I can switch to in state tuition. It is really hard for me to pay for my education at the moment. How do I find out what schools I qualify for in state tuition? I understand that most of you feel strongly about this but what is not explained here is how to switch to in-state the right way. I’m hoping someone here could answer question and provide me with some info, it would help me out a lot and I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
Don’t lie. I personally know someone who was kicked out of SDSU while I was a student there. She couldn’t go to school ANYWHERE. She lied. She got caught, not immediately, but she got caught. So not worth it!
Depends on your state @srg4lp. (Next time start your own thread. It’s considered “hijacking” when you add your question to the original post.)
If you are in California, then it won’t be possible if you came to California for “educational purposes”. In other words, its the main reason you arrived to the state.
In California, if you attended a California public school for three years and lived with your taxpaying parents, then you’re a resident.
If you came to California, let’s say, 4 years ago, started working full-time, continue to work and have been paying California taxes and now decide you want to go to college, then you would be considered a resident.
If you came to California last year, because your parents got jobs in California and had to move, then you are considered to be a California resident since your parents are paying daily into the State.
Most states just don’t have the money to supplement non-residents at the public universities. California is an extremely popular college destination, so the public universities had to start charging full fees to non-residents.
For instance: To “switch” to instate in California, a student would have to
stop going to school,
find a full time job and housing (pay the going rate for rentals-with paperwork in their name),
work for 367 days with no financial help of any kind, from relatives or friends (including reduced rents, bartering, etc.)
Plus, the student would have to pay STATE and federal taxes indicating and matching budgeting salaries with state expenses.
This is extremely hard to do for new transplants because the rents and expenses in California are outrageous and they don’t match the minimum wage salaries.
Residents of California have been living for years in properties that have risen in value. But the residents also pay huge amounts in state taxes which helps to fund the public schools.
You chose to go to a public school as an OOS, so you have to pay their fees.