<p>Hi, I plan on transferring to UT Austin from a school out of state. I'd like to know how to qualify for in state tuition/get texas residency? My parents do not live in texas, but I do have a family memeber who does. </p>
<p>UT is my first choice school & a top in my program but out of state tuition is more than 3 times in state tuition! Any advice dealing with this?</p>
<p>The rules are in place to stop people from gaming the system like you want to. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t be asking this question if they weren’t; thanks for pointing out the obvious though :-)</p>
<p>If your major is non-STEM or non-business its pointless.</p>
<p>My major is in the Jackson school. </p>
<p>It’s simple. Since you are a dependent, you and your parents need to move to Texas and you all need to establish that as your state of residence for at least one year before you enroll in school.</p>
<p>States charge out of state students more because the universities are funded with state tax-payer dollars. So people who have - or whose families have - been paying taxes in the state of Texas get a cheaper rate. This question is asked over and over again. Having a relative in the state doesn’t mean anything unless that relative adopted you some time prior to your enrollment in college (not sure if that’s just one year or longer).</p>
<p>so if you declare yourself an independent, and own property in the state of texas (have a mailing addess) for a year, is that enough to be considered an in state resident for the purposes of tuition?</p>
<p>Would the fact that you’ve been attending school in another state prior to transferring be a clear contra-indicator to this or would it not be checked?</p>
<p>Get a $1,000 competitive scholarship for which at least some TX residents have applied. Doesn’t have to be a UT scholarship, though that works. But if an outside scholarship, has to have TX applicants. Then they waive the OOS portion of tuition for that year. If scholarship renews, then the waiver continues.</p>
<p>It’s here: <a href=“Tuition, fees, charges, and deposits | Office of the Registrar”>http://registrar.utexas.edu/schedules/082/tuition</a> Scroll down to waivers. </p>
<p>It’s a Texas thing. At A&M you can join Corps of Cadets and they’ll give you the $1,000 you need for the waiver. Don’t know that UT has anything like that. </p>
<p>It might be more efficient if you read the rules established by the State of Texas, found here: </p>
<p>file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/wrighm1/My%20Documents/Downloads/ResidencyRulesAdoptedJan2012.pdf</p>
<p>The definition of dependent is tied into federal tax code and whether your parents declare you on their taxes. I’m sure you can find information on that at the IRS site.</p>
<p>Maintaining domicile is more than owning land. You have to be able to answer questions and produce documentation that you are actually residing in the state, such as providing proof of employment (which would mean you’re paying taxes - which is the whole point), as well as showing property ownership, or marriage to someone with Texas residency, or business ownership in the state. They can ask you to provide a Texas driver’s license, passport, lease agreements, utility bills, voter registration, canceled checks, pay stubs, business license, all kinds of documents showing that residency was established at least 12 months prior to enrollment. </p>
<p>Again, the in-state tuition break is designed to benefit the people who have been contributing to the cost of maintaining the school - not out-of-state folks who have never, and may never again, contribute to the state’s tax revenues.</p>
<p>For those interested…
<a href=“Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin”>Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin;
<p>^^^Seeing how sharply state support has dropped, even Texans may not get such a break in the future. Someone has to pay the bills…</p>
<p>Start your own business.
Of all the options to qualify for in-state tuition, it’s probably the easiest.</p>
<p>Wait, what? Seriously? Starting your own business is a) easy and b) waives tuition? links so wanted. </p>
<p>I’m fine paying the bill, just not >3x the bill. And besides, why me when it can be someone else 
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<p>And, I’m not trying to be discouraged into resignation and paying 15k+, I’m trying to beat the system! Just a note to those who do not seem to understand that. I’m aware out-of-state tuition exists for a reason, I just don’t want to pay it. </p>
<p>Read the rules. Starting a business can ‘lend support’ to the residency claim, but it has to have been established at least 12 months prior to the semester in which you are trying for resident tuition. And it isn’t a given that that on it’s own will pass muster</p>
<p>My son was able to get in-state status in 2011, starting his sophomore year, but it took a lot of work, and they’ve tightened the rules since then. The residency people at UT were very willing to talk to me and answer all of my questions. They don’t discourage you from trying - they never made me feel as if I was gaming the system. I didn’t feel too guilty - my great-great-great grandfather was responsible for bringing more families to the state of Texas than anyone other than Stephen F. Austin, and my dad has been a UT prof since 1965.</p>
<p>All of that work, then my son had to withdraw for medical reasons just a week into his sophomore year! You sure can’t predict what life is going to throw at you.</p>
<p>I think posters understand you’re trying to beat the system. Personally, I don’t have much respect for that approach. Especially since you’re asking others to do the legwork for you. If it works, more power to you, but you’ve sure got an uphill battle.</p>
<p>I don’t think this is something you would have to understand as if it was implied. I don’t know how I can say any clearer that this is <em>exactly what I am trying to do</em>. Gosh. </p>
<p>And answering a question voluntarily is not legwork. I didn’t specifically point to you and threaten you to answer- you are (I presume) an adult and fully in control of your own decisions. Don’t answer questions you don’t want to answer. </p>
<p>I could care less who is trying to make who feel bad for what- unless you’re going to pay the thousands of dollars I would potentially not have to pay by doing something you happen to have a moral issue with, you can take your opinion and do some things with it that aren’t appropriate for a CC forum. </p>
<p>That said, celestrobert left the best (and most doable) comment. Thanks, person!</p>
<p>I somewhat agree with Indigo and bod, if people in Texas pay good money to keep UT public for their kids, then a cartbagger shouldn’t be allowed to skirt that responsibility. However, the state has done all but eliminated tax payer support of the University of Texas, and what little they do give, somehow empowers them to believe they can dictate what should or shouldn’t be taught at the school. The fact is UT gets it’s revenue from many other streams like their alumni and unfortunately tuition. Moreover, the reason the university has all these new fancy buildings, and why they fought to reduce the 10% rule to a lower the amount for auto acceptance is in part so they could attract out of state students. This means OOS students need to pay up. Let me be honest here, if they really wanted you in particular, as opposed to another student, they would have given you a scholarship. </p>
<p>However, the OP is really only asking, what can I do at such a late date to be eligible for in-state tuition? That is a perfectly valid query. My answer to the question is a compound question. Who has paid more than 50% of your living expensive, and did they live in the state for longer than a year? </p>
<p>@wannabebanana, your answer reflects well on your level of maturity. There are multiple threads on here from kids who applied to out-of-state colleges, KNOWING what the tuition costs were for out-of-staters, who suddenly feel since they’ve been admitted the rules should not apply to them. </p>
<p>The rules are clearly outlined on the state web site. There are multiple ways available to you to prove residency, and they pretty much all involve starting at least one year before enrollment in the school. So, marry someone in the state and move there, have your parents move there, move there yourself and either get a job or establish a business, or any of the other ways to become eligible. No one is going to wave a magic wand and suddenly grant you eligibility just because you think you deserve it.</p>
<p>If it’s any consolation, based on the way the state legislature is de-funding tuition, in-state tuition will have to start rising sharply, closing the gap between in-state and out-of-state. In a direction that is no longer favorable to in-state students.</p>