<p>I know an analogue to this question is asked with some frequency (how do I gain in-state tuition?!), but I can't seem to find an answer to this specific question. My next step is to call the office of the registrar/financial aid to find out for sure, but I thought I would start here:</p>
<p>It seems that most states (and even a majority of schools in Michigan) allow veterans to make a statement of intent to domicile in Michigan permanently in order to get in-state tuition rates. I can't find anything about this specific situation on UMich's site, was wondering if anyone had experience with this?</p>
<p>You’ll need to call and ask, but here’s all that exists on the UofM webpage regarding residency and military…Will your family be residents of Michigan for at least a year before enrollment? Was your family Michigan residents prior to military… That might come into play also. Regardless you would need to fill out an application and most likely provide documentation and there is an appeal process. UofM has a process for reviewing residency so you’ll need to follow appropriate steps and a call or e-mail to the university will be beneficial if there is ANY doubt about your residency status.</p>
<p>a. Absence for Active Duty Military Service (U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Officers in the Public Health Service), Non-Administrative Missionary Work, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, or Similar Philanthropic Work</p>
<p>If you are domiciled in Michigan at the time of entry into active military duty, missionary work, Peace Corps, or similar service, you are presumed to retain your eligibility for resident classification as long as you are on continuous active duty or in continuous service and continuously claim Michigan as the state of legal residence for income tax purposes. If you are a dependent child of such an individual, you are presumed to be eligible for resident classification provided: (1) you are coming to the University of Michigan directly from high school or have been continuously enrolled in college since graduating from high school, and (2) you have not claimed residency for tuition purposes elsewhere.
D. Special Waiver of Out-of-State Tuition for Regular Active Duty Military Personnel Living or Stationed in Michigan
Regular active duty military personnel who are living or stationed in Michigan, as well as their accompanying spouses and dependent children, will be allowed to pay in-state tuition while they attend the University of Michigan, even though they will not be eligible to be classified as residents under the Residency Classification Guidelines. This waiver is available to persons in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard, and to officers in the Public Health Service. When the military person upon whom the waiver is based leaves the state, a child or spouse who remains in Michigan enrolled full-time in high school or an institution of higher learning will continue to be eligible to receive the waiver. Children must have completed at least the junior year of high school prior to the military person’s departure. In order to request this waiver, the student must submit a residency application by the applicable filing deadline and provide documentation demonstrating eligibility.</p>
<p>Right, I’ll naturally have to go through the established official channel. It seems that a lot of schools keep that “veteran promising to reside there” thing kind of secret for whatever reason - I know a number of schools that do it that don’t openly advertise it (CU-Boulder, UT-Austin, etc). I was just wondering if Michigan did the same. My impatience won’t allow me to wait until tomorrow to make a phone call. :)</p>
<p>And no, I was never a resident of Michigan. I’ve only been in Michigan on a stopover from Europe at Detroit’s airport, actually.</p>
<p>For Michigan, yes, there will be paperwork. I’ve said it before, but kids that go to high school out of state even with parents living in Michigan… sometimes need to fill out paperwork and documentation…so just call and ask what documentation would be required for a review, I have no clue what will be needed. If you sincerely want to attend UofM…one of the better state publics then going through the steps to potentially decrease your costs by 40% is well worth at least a phone call and some effort if, in fact, your family intends to move and stay in Michigan for reasons other than you intending to get discounted tuition. If it’s not worth the effort then just cross Michigan off your potential college list and move on and I don’t mean that in a cruel way…jut simply 40,000 people apply for 5,000 freshman slots and you will need to jump through a few hoops regardless. And continue reading because it might be beneficial for you parent(s) to call in case there is a “time window” to establish the Michigan residency.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a Michigan school since your parents intend to move here…following are Michigan State’s requirements. Basically they need to establish within 90 days of discharge:
A student, the spouse of a student, or the parent of a dependent student who, is a veteran of at least 12 consecutive months of active United States military service prior to honorable separation, or as a member of the Reserve or National Guard, was mobilized for at least 12 months of active military service, and who moves to Michigan with the intent to become a domiciliary of Michigan within 90 days following discharge or return to non-active duty, shall be classified as in-state.</p>
<p>Well, I’m not a freshman, I’m a transferring junior. I’ll be giving UM’s VA rep a call tomorrow to find out for sure. Like I said, many schools in Michigan permit declaring intent of permanent domicile, but UM doesn’t have that option listed.</p>
<p>As an aside, I’m not the dependent of a veteran, and my parent’s are from/moving to Michigan. I’m 26, and a veteran myself. My G.I. Bill will cover OOS tuition either way, but I’d rather save it for grad school if I can get in-state rates and pay out of pocket.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help everyone, I appreciate it.</p>
<p>Hey rra, it’s great to see another vet coming to Michigan! I too am attending as a transfer student for Fall '12 and I can give you a little info about what I have found in my situation. Well to give you a background of myself without going into a lengthy biography I am an OOS student as well (even though my home of record is Michigan). I can reasonably assure you that there is no way of getting around their residency requirements, however as you pointed out it doesn’t really matter because the Yellow Ribbon meshes amazingly with U-M. Another thing to note and this should cause a huge sigh of relief; U-M guarantees that you will always have the Yellow Ribbon Program as long as you’ve received it initially - so if the school decides they cannot sustain the current rate of assistance, you’ll never have to worry. </p>
<p>One thing I noted was you said you wanted to attend grad school there and wanted to use some of the GI Bill benefits for that. I just wanted to clarify that you get the 36 months of benefits and regardless whether you qualify for in-state or OOS tuition (heck even if you got tons of scholarships and GI Bill only had to pay $1/mo) you still have that full month of entitlement deducted. I know you’re a Junior transfer as well so you should have no problem spreading it between undergrad and grad school but just have a backup plan! </p>
<p>If you want to PM me and we can discuss anything in detail I’d be more than happy to chat. Hope this helps and gives a little more clarity into the whole process. It’s awesome that we are in a very similar situation - anyway, what major are you choosing?</p>