<p>On my last thread, everyone told me i cant get instate tution for my situation:</p>
<p>"Im from NY and I want to go to university of central florida but the outstate tuition and instate tuition is vastly different. I can't afford the outside tuition and I am curious what is needed for instate. My grandma is moving to Tampa florida next month and I will move with her if anything is possible. I would stay they for a year and go to a community college there for one year than transfer also. Just please tell me if its possible to recieve instate tuition. Thanks"</p>
<h2>except one of the members (redslash) from here gave me a good reply:</h2>
<p>"What that means is, your strategy to pay instate is:</p>
<p>June: move to Tampa, live with Grandma, claim that as your current address, get a drivers license, register to vote, etc. Enroll in community college (paying out of state tuition for that).</p>
<p>January-ish: Apply to UCF. Claim in-state status.</p>
<p>April (or whenever): when your family back home claims their dependents, they CANNOT claim you. </p>
<h2>August: Attend your first classes at UCF, hopefully by now paying in-state."</h2>
<p>I am thinking about doing this and I just wanted to know if this is a good plan to do cause paying almost 19 thousand for going here over florida residents with 4 is a huge difference.</p>
<p>You can. Once you claim residency, it will usually have to be valid for at least a year. The only problem people say not to do so because claiming dependency is risky, and if your parents plan to contribute even with in-state, it is hard to justify that you are truely dependent.</p>
<p>A person in the other the other forum gave me this:</p>
<p>I got this off of the florida department of education site. Before I'd make any huge, life-altering decisions, I'd make sure I got good counsel about this subject. You and your parents need to go The Florida Department of Education website. All the particular info you need is there, and I'd call and speak to someone at UCF, as well. </p>
<h2>"b) However, with respect to a dependent child living with an adult relative other than the child's parent, such child may qualify as a resident for tuition purposes if the adult relative is a legal resident who has maintained legal residence in this state for at least 12 months immediately prior to the child's qualification, provided the child has resided continuously with such relative for the 5 years immediately prior to the child's qualification, during which time the adult relative has exercised day-to-day care, supervision, and control of the child."</h2>
<p>not clearly sure what this means...especially when it says "such relative for the 5 years prior to the child's qualification"? also does this affect the plan that i stated above</p>
<p>I think what they are referring to is financial dependency with the adult you will be living with, which I don't think you are trying to do? The whole OOS to instate for tuition is a problem if you do not intend to be the only one paying for college. Unless your parents move too, it would be difficult for them to contribute to your instate tuition when they no longer claim you.</p>
<p>true...good point, is there a way though they can help me with some of the money like putting it in my bank accounting or something...cause i can pay for the 4 gran if i get a job but the dorm is like another 8 gran and i might need help on that.</p>
<p>It could be the suspicious outflow of cash from your parents, the suspicious inflow of cash to you, or both that could be harmful during taxes or something else that could get you get caught from not really being dependent like you claim. ...unless they have the money now and transfer it to your account, or you get like a 10,000 cash birthday gift every year lol but even those may be risky..
All in all, claiming dependence is claiming financial dependence and it'll just get messy if you cannot really be 'dependent'.</p>