<p>I have gone to schools in Michigan my whole life! but my dad lives in Texas, so I've been classified as oos. I sent the forms yesterday. Will it reach them before an EA decision is made? And if not, will it hurt my chances? I applied for the engineering college and here are my stats.
3.781 GPA (max 4)
Rank 18/184
34 ACT
Good EC's
Excellent recommendations
Hispanic
Can I get in if I'm classified oos?</p>
<p>I think you have a great application. What is your financial status in terms of paying for college? It was my impression that being able to pay as much as possible helps with an OOS application. </p>
<p>Otherwise, though, I think you sound like an awesome applicant. I hope it works out for you.</p>
<p>Did your dad just move to Texas?</p>
<p>Where is your mom? If she is in Michigan, can you re-visit this issue with the residency office?</p>
<p>He’s lived there for a few years. But my mom and I have lived in Michigan for over a decade.</p>
<p>OOS applicants will be judged by a different set of standards than in-state. You need to get this corrected ASAP. And you really don’t want to be paying OOS tuition either. Get your GC involved to get this reclassified, and be prepared to provide proof of Michigan residency, tax returns would be good, and the divorce decree awarding your mother physical custody, if that is applicable in this case.</p>
<p>UMich is balancing their budget through OOS students, so you need to get this issue corrected ASAP. See: [Enrollment</a> trends: Out-of-state students form 42.6 percent of University of Michigan’s freshman class](<a href=“http://www.annarbor.com/news/university-of-michigan-sees-increase-in-out-of-state-students/]Enrollment”>Enrollment trends: Out-of-state students form 42.6 percent of University of Michigan's freshman class)</p>
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<p>and to Mr. Mom’s point</p>
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<p>The big issue is that Michigan will be a lot more expensive if you are classified as out-of-state.</p>
<p>Be sure to have affordable safeties in your application list (e.g. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-20.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-20.html</a> if you are uncertain that you can be classified as a Michigan resident).</p>
<p>Yes, being OOS will hurt your chances. You should have sent it in earlier.</p>
<p>I still think you have a good chance OOS because you are a URM for engineering. If you get it changed to IS though you are in.</p>
<p>Get your residency corrected ASAP, if you have lived with your mom in Michigan that should be conveyed to UMich admissions.</p>
<p>Your stats would put you at a match/low match</p>
<p>Given the university’s residency classification requirements, if you graduated both a Michigan middle school as well as a Michigan high school, you are considered an instate student. If accepted, there is a zero percent chance that you will have to pay the out-of-state price as long as the paperwork is sent in (which you already did). As for admissions, it is preferable to be considered an instate student. As long as Michigan gets the documents before they send out your decision, it will be considered in your application. You should be aware that if you just sent out the appeal they might delay sending you your decision if they don’t have enough time to look at the paperwork before they send decisions to everyone else.</p>
<p>^Kron…I don’t know that I would guarantee what you’ve represented above, because I believe it does hinge to some degree on the custody agreement.</p>
<p>Eg. my ex and I had “joint” custody in our agreement and while my son had attended middle and high school in Michigan and lived with me 100% of the time, we had to clarify and submit a bunch of documents, including those from birth father saying he did NOT spend equal time, etc.</p>
<p>-- So to the OP – IF YOUR CUSTODY AGREEMENT says you’re to live with your mom and in reality you live with your mom, you should be good. If the agreement says it’s joint custody, you may wish to submit affidavits to clarify ;)</p>
<p>One of my good friends had a heck of a time establishing residency for MI, even though he went to middle school and high school here, because he was an immigrant (legal). I don’t know why it was so hard but persistence paid off and he was eventually correctly classified (ended up going elsewhere though… I don’t even know if he got in). </p>
<p>Call the school and explain your situation. You SHOULD definitely be a MI resident but they’re sticklers and weird things can flag you as an OOS student. Someone on CC said their child got classified as OOS at MI because she did a summer program at an OOS college during high school. </p>
<p>[Residency</a> - Office of the Registrar](<a href=“http://ro.umich.edu/resreg.php]Residency”>Residency | Office of the Registrar) here’s the contact info. Call tomorrow if you haven’t yet.</p>
<p>This is the part that applies to you: </p>
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<p>^the severing out-of-state ties part is where joint custody can be sticky…you have to show visitation only.</p>
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Not exactly. All you need is to show you’ve attended both middle school and high school in the State of Michigan. The custody agreement is completely irrelevant.</p>
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<p>Kron, with all due respect, MY Son did exactly that and we STILL had to prove residency and that there was a “severance” of ties, including an affidavit that I was the residential custodian, NOT his father who didn’t live in Michigan.</p>
<p>So the poster’s mileage may vary ;)</p>
<p>Every single kid I know who has applied to Michigan in the last two years has been classified as OOS until they prove otherwise, including both of my kids. My D was still accepted with no problems and I didn’t deal with it until they sent a financial aid package because I thought, from the criteria, it was clear she was NOT out of state. However, all it took was a quick phone call. I didn’t do all that paperwork. </p>
<p>I should call about my son- thanks for the reminder. FYI- Both of my kids were born and raised in the same zip code that both of their parents live in. Both parents born and raised in Michigan. Same school district their whole lives. There is no reason for them to have been flagged at all. When I called about my D, they said it was because she went to a one week summer program at Barnard which flagged her as attending college out of state. My son has NO such events on his application. There’s no reason. </p>
<p>I think they’re hoping people accidentally don’t change it and pay OOS tuition without realizing it or something. Actually, I think their system is broken for flagging these things.</p>
<p>I just called the office for residency classification and she reviewed his application and said she can’t see any reason for the non-residency classification. She said they will fix it within two weeks. I asked if that would have a bearing on his admission decision because it is more difficult for OOS students to get in and she said the admissions office says it has no bearing- they go by address, not residency status. </p>
<p>She also said they’ve been getting a lot of these calls!</p>
<p>“Please note that the process for determining eligibility for in-state tuition is handled by the Residency Classification Office, not the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. If you have questions regarding your classification relating to residency or need assistance with the application or process, please call the Residency Classification Office at 734-764-1400.”</p>
<p>I got an email too, but this indicates that it wont affect any admission decisions.</p>