<p>Dorm or apartment, it makes no difference because that’s not the problem. For instance, look at CA:</p>
<p>[Establishing</a> California Residence for Tuition Purposes, Office of the Registrar](<a href=“404 - Page Not Found”>404 - Page Not Found)</p>
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<p>This question of establishing residency while attending school comes up multiple times each year. THINK people, are states really going to let huge amounts of revenue slip away in the form of OOS tuition?</p>
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<p>For all schools, the bulk of merit scholarship money goes to fr admissions, with a very small fraction going to transfers, and many of these scholarships have very specific guidelines (eg. PTK, from instate CCs, etc.). Don’t worry about NYU, they will get plenty of people to fill their transfer spots for 30k+.</p>