<p>How difficult would it be for me to obtain residency status for in-planet tuition purposes on Mars? Though I have lived in western Kentucky all my life, my most distant ancestors, according to my grandmother, were extraterrestrials, or ETs, from the Olympus Mons region of the Red Planet. </p>
<p>If it is not possible to establish residency merely by paying taxes on Mars, obtaining a Martian drivers license, or volunteering for paid medical experiments, how difficult do you think it would be for me to move there and support myself while obtaining resident status? What is your best guess as to how many space bucks this move might set my parents and me back?</p>
<p>Please, serious responses only. I dont want to hear about how irresponsible I am or how my home state of Kentucky has such a great community college system. Mars is my dream planet, and I am am determined to make this work, with CCs help of course!</p>
<p>From venusthe Extraterrestrial acceptance
rates are at an all time low. There’s just too many kids from Venus who are making it tough on everyone else.</p>
<p>Have you done any research into the matter at all? Mars doesn’t accept Class C drivers licenses. You need to have operated a rover for at least 2 years before you can even rent a cavern in Mars. </p>
<p>Also, I’m not sure that the Mars’ colleges are worth the hassle. After all, they have remarkably poor programs in world history, English, Spanish, and basically every other humanity type major. Although I believe their geology and astrobiology departments are out of this world.</p>
<p>Oh and sosomenza, don’t you know that the Venus kids are subsidizing the Mars ones? Their admissions requirements have no bearing on whether or not some kid from Cydonia gets in. In fact, it’s because of kids from West Eistla that the Cydonian gets such great financial/merit aid.</p>
<p>Be sure to read the fine print. They nonchalantly mention that you have to live there for a year to gain residency. They never tell you that Martian years are 687 days long!</p>
<p>Gotta admit, I didn’t think of a lot of the things you guys are mentioning. Nobody has said it would be impossible, though, so that gives me some hope. </p>
<p>What if I got two jobs and saved all my money, took a gap year, and did both the SAT and the ACT? </p>
<p>I thought Mars’ atmosphere might be my biggest problem, but now I know there are other obstacles as well.</p>
<p>Have you looked at the list of extraterrestrial full ride scholarships yet? Without stats it’s hard to say whether or not you’d qualify, but some schools like Southern Hellas Impact Basin Tech have fairly low requirements. </p>
<p>Also make sure to account for travel cost. You’re going to be flying for about 131 Earth days (at least), which means you’ll need to pay for food, fuel, etc. I’d expect that it will cost you around $2 billion. As a minor YOU can only borrow a maximum of $31,000 for the course of your education. How will you come up with the extra $1,999,969,000?</p>
<p>Also, you need to think about where you’ll be living. Good oxygen on Mars is ridiculously expensive, and you’ll need to find a place that doesn’t get to below -50C. Rent in the equator is among the highest in the solar system and the cost of extreme home heating (necessary for humans) is nothing to sneeze at.</p>
<p>My head is swimming right now. I thought if I could get past the atmosphere problem, that the hardest part left would be the culture shock of adjusting to living on a planet other than earth. You CC adults sure are a buzzkill.</p>
<p>Look, I’m not trying to be a buzz kill. There are ways to afford going to Mars. Most of the schools in the Margaritifier Sinus League are full need for inter species students. That means most will pay for not only your interplanetary trek, but also your tuition, room and board. However these schools are extremely competitive, particularly for non Martians. If you manage to do extrodinarily well on your SAT and ToMLfNM (Test of Martian Language for Non-Martians), you might qualify for huge merit aid at some less selective, but also worse schools like Ares Val University (I know a guy who went there and loved it, although he ended up suffocating…).</p>
<p>You can also enlist in the IPDL (Inter-Planetary Defense League) which after serving 4 earth years will pay for not only the full cost of transportation, but also tuition, living accommodations, and Earth food at virtually any university in the solar system. </p>
<p>Remember the majority of Earthlings don’t leave the planet for college. Most of them, because of money, personal commitments, or a number of other reasons stay here for college. Going to Mars is a luxury.</p>
<p>Those are some interesting suggestions, and I admit I haven’t done enough research to know much about some of them. I have a lot of allergies though, so the Margaritifier Sinus League doesn’t sound like a good fit for me. And I’ve seen in all five of the Starship Trooper movies the harm that giant insects can do to a human body, so “thanks but no thanks” to four years in the IPDL. </p>
<p>I guess I didn’t realize that so many kids actually stay on earth to get their education. My cousin’s friend’s friend goes to a school on some other planet (I think it might even be in another solar system) and her family isn’t even rich. I don’t know why I pushed myself and worked so hard in hs if I have to end up going to a crappy Earth school. . . . Sigh . . .</p>