<p>I don’t get the lease thing unless she’s living in university housing… but she may not realize the way it works.</p>
<p>Otherwise, the simple fact is it sounds like it would be harder for her to leave the state than for you to go there. Is there a way for you to go to for a ‘trial run’ (the summer or part of the summer) before you uproot your life? </p>
<p>Oh, and to answer your question: Would she ever get aid/ instate tuition from Ohio? Yes, she could move there and eventually qualify as a resident for instate tuition. I do not know what aid Oh gives instate residents. You can find the rules for instate tuition on each school’s website (and they can vary between different public colleges in the same state) but a very typical rule is that a person has to have been there at least 12 months, file taxes in the state, etc. I know of at least one OH school that, on its website, will give a student immediate residency for tuition purposes if they accept a ft job there and go to school parttime-- however, I don’t know if that person would still have to wait longer for any kind of state financial aid. Really, if she is accepted somewhere in PA and can finish up, she may be better off just finishing there.</p>