Out of State, In-State Tution question..

Paying for College
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<p>Okay, so I have this question. I am thinking about going to a school in California for school after two years at a community college down here in Illinois. </p>

<p>Is it possible that I pay an OOS Tuition for one year, and then gain residency for In-state the next? I heard it is possible, but I am not definite.</p>

<p>I have relatives that live down there in CA, and I want to live there in the future and get a job there. My purpose in going to school in California is to live there, not just to go there and then go back.</p>

<p>Is it possible that I pay an OOS Tuition for one year, and then gain residency for In-state the next? How does it work down there?</p>

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<p>Don’t count on it.</p>

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<p>[Legal</a> Residence Information - Office Of The Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/legalinfo.html]Legal”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/legalinfo.html)</p>

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<p>look here for more info: [Establishing</a> California Residence for Tuition Purposes, Office of the Registrar](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/residenc.htm#overview]Establishing”>http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/residenc.htm#overview)</p>

<p>It sounds possible, but not easy. If your parents don’t live here, you have to
prove that you are self-sufficient. Here is an excerpt:
(the last line of the following paragraph was in bold)</p>

<p>Financial Independence: Students who will not reach age 24 by December 31 of the year in which classification as a resident is requested, and who are not dependent upon a natural or adoptive parent who satisfies University requirements as a resident for tuition purposes,will be required to satisfy the University’s self-sufficiency requirement in addition to the 366 day physical presence and intent requirements. It should be noted that this requirement makes it extremely difficult for most undergraduates who do not have a parent domiciled in California to qualify for classification as a resident at a University of California campus.</p>

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<p>So i wouldn’t be able to live with a relative and gain residency?</p>

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<p>I was reading UCLA’s statement of residency…</p>

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<p>TickTock, make sure you read all of the info UCLA has posted on the Registrar’s pages, including this:</p>

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<p>Right now it sounds like you could only qualify under item 6, and that would require you to be self-supporting and that your parents did not claim you as a dependent for 2009 or 2010 in order for you to qualify for your sophomore year. Have you supported yourself for the past two years?</p>

<p>and this:</p>

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<p>It’s very unlikely that you can go to school for a year, pay all of the OOS costs by yourself, pay room and board to your relative, and hold down a job that will provide you with sufficient income to be considered self-supporting. I’m sure many have tried and very few were successful…that’s why the UC’s put the statement that vballmom posted on their residency pages.</p>

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<p>Probably not.</p>

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<p>So it depends on the school as well right?</p>

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<p>Most states have made the residency requirements stricter in the last generation. I don’t know of any state where you can still game the system that way. And, really, that’s fair.</p>

<p>The UCs are there because Californians have supported them. Californians are the ones who ought to be entitled to resident tuition. Your family has been supporting UIUC, and other public colleges and universities in Illinois. You’re entitled to resident tuition there.</p>

<p>Besides, California is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. If I paid California taxes and relied on California services, I’d be–er, let’s say “annoyed”–if the state gave away tuition discounts to people who are really out-of-staters.</p>

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<p>The CA Board of Regents says that the same policy applies to all of the UCs. There are some schools in other states that have different policies and some publics do not charge OOS students anything extra…but they aren’t of UCLA caliber!</p>

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<p>I can’t live with an uncle or aunt and be considered a resident? I am not aiming for being financially independent. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/NewBruins/SLR_Info.pdf[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/NewBruins/SLR_Info.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
(4) you have legal dependents other than a spouse</p>

<p>Does that count?</p>

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<p>nevermind, i didn’t realize that was what legal depdendents mean.</p>

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<p>No, TickTock17, you cannot live with relatives to establish residency. #4 in the link you provided refers to YOUR dependents - do you have children for whom you provide more than 50% of their support? If not, that does not apply to you.</p>

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<p>Do you have legal dependent of your own? That is one of the ways you can be considered financially independent if you’re under 24, but I think you still have to be self-supporting.</p>

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<p>And please remember that being financially independent (if you do indeed have a dependent that you support with your own wages) does not mean that you are eligible for in-state tuition. You would have to live and work and support yourself (and your dependent, if any) in California for two years - without attending school - before you might become eligible. You would be far better off to use that time to complete your education at your home state university and then, if you still want to make California your home, move to California.</p>

<p>You cannot establish residency while attending a community college or university unless your parents move here as well.</p>

<p>As mentioned in post #9, the UC and CSU systems are partially supported by California taxpayers. We now have to watch while California applicants may be rejected in favor of full-pay out of state applicants - Expect that the already strict residency requirements will become even more strict and will be enforced - the taxpayers of California will demand it.</p>

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<p>Sounds like there is no way to cheat the system. I guess I am lucky that CSU schools are pretty cheap, though they are even cheaper with In-State.</p>

<p>If I want to live in Cali, I should go to college there, amirite?</p>

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<p>Afaik, there is no requirement that CA residents attend shcool in that state…where would you get such an idea? I went to school in NY with many CA kids. And have friends living in CA who went to school all over the place. Why would that matter?</p>

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<p>It doesn’t matter where you live while you go to college. You can still move to CA to live and work when you have completed college.</p>

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<p>Isnt it easier to get a job going to the school of the state you went to?</p>

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<p>How would grad school work?</p>