Some schools let out of state students apply for in-state tuition after their first year if they live off campus. Was wondering if IU does the same
I think the issue is going to be that you have to live on campus your first year at IU.
No.
You’ll be considered in-state only if your parents have lived instate for a year and paid taxes there.
If you are OOS and need in state tuition to afford IU then you can’t afford IU. Do you have other affordable choices?
@MYOS1634 my MOST affordable choice is UCF but I really would rather not go there. I can probably afford IU with some help just wondering if it was a choice.
Print out the net costs and bring it to your parents. Ask if they can afford it.
You are allowed a loan for 5.5k freshman year. That’s it. Everything else has to come from your savings or your parents’ income& savings.
What’s your budget?
What’s the net cost at each university you’ve been admitted to?
Did you get into UCF Honors?
Are you still waiting for admissions?
You also need to consider the variable costs for housing after freshman year. IU is in the midst of a mold crisis in many of their traditional freshman dorms. Dealing with it is causing a housing shortage for next year. There are no guarantees as to when the renovations will be complete although they “hope” to complete them in a year. For this university or any university take a good look at the surrounding area and have grasp of housing prices including monthly utility costs. Next year all returning students are going to have to live off campus, some are just finding that out now as the university is pulling back signed contracts for on-campus locations to give them to freshman instead for next year. Be long sighted in terms of total cost of attendance at this or any university. There is a variety of housing that will be offered to freshman on campus as various price points and the same is true of the surrounding town but this year’s freshman class of 8000 was the largest ever, and they are planning on another 8000 for next year. With uncertain housing inventory on campus going forward and also IU health currently building a large campus next to IU,no one knows how that will affect supply and demand pricing for housing. That’s a big part of the ticket to attend any college so be sure you consider factors beyond freshman year.
Regardless of living on or off campus you will NOT get in state tuition. As mentioned you and your parents would have to move to Indiana a year before you start at IU to get in state rates.
Universities that make it easy to get in state rates after freshman year are schools that attract few out of state students. that is not an issue at IU.
You can get discounts at a few colleges.
University of Maine at Orono is offering flagship-matching scholarships.
There are two categories of grants, above 3.0 average and below 3.0 average
https://go.umaine.edu/apply/scholarships/flagship-match-first-year/
University of Wyoming
http://www.uwyo.edu/admissions/scholarships/non-residents/rms.html
University of Alabama at Huntsville
https://www.uah.edu/admissions/undergraduate/financial-aid/scholarships/freshmen
CUNY has fairly easy residency requirements in that you can live in the City for (double check my memory here!) as little as 6 months before attending CUNY (might be 12 months) and you would receive in-city tuition costs. CUNY is super cheap regardless. There are dorms. – http://www2.cuny.edu/current-students/student-affairs/student-life/housing-residence-life/fun-facts/
CUNY is a university SYSTEM, not a single school. The system includes everything from community colleges to four-year research universities and tech schools. The Colleges of Staten Island has 100% acceptance rate. In contrast, Baruch (the B-school) is extremely competitive to enter – as it’s literally in the middle of the Wall Street area and its graduates have excellent prospects, and the tuition is negligible. http://www2.cuny.edu/admissions/undergraduate/explore/programs/
Here is the Macaulay Honors program – free tuition plus room and board for in-state students. https://macaulay.cuny.edu/ It attracts Ivy-level students.