<p>okay, thanks for that. what scholarships wait until february of your third class year?</p>
<p>Can you prepay for some of these items without taking out a loan? I guess with 1000+ cadets ea year, the accounting would be awful.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure they make you take the loan and go through their payment plan.</p>
<p>Hey, just a thought. I read about the whole state of residence thing for taxes...
Would you (anyone) recommend declaring Colorado as the state of residence right away, or holding off? Any advantages/disadvantages? Depends on home state?</p>
<p>it really depends on where you're from and where you want to go back to. you will pay taxes in your SOR (state of residence), so going from somewhere like FL to CO would be silly in that aspect. a SOR should be where you want to live.</p>
<p>for most ppl, you must be a resident of the state in which you live. for military, you may keep an old state IF you plan on returning there upon getting out of the service.</p>
<p>so if you want to live in CO when you get out, i'd switch. if not, i'd wait and keep with your current SOR</p>
<p>Colorado state taxes are also relatively high, so a lot of people choose to remain residents of their home states (myself included).</p>
<p>It depends. If you are mainly concerned with taxes, Colorado residence is not so great. I'm probably going to switch to Colorado to get away from some crazy Illinois laws that would complicate buying a pistol for the team I shoot with.</p>
<p>If you are from Texas you need not change your residency status...ever! No state income tax, freedom to own and carry you hand gun of choice, etc. Many servicemen (and women) take advantage of basic and change their residency to Texas. So, the first time you are stationed here would be the best time to change your SOR, IMHO!
You need to check the state rules (your current SOR and CO). When I was in college (it was just last century) most states would not allow you to change you residency if you moved to that state for the purpose of attending school. Hopefully that has changed!</p>
<p>I do enjoy having my TX residence. Made taxes nicer. :)</p>