Residency in Georgia

Paying for College
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<p>Hello I live in Northern Virginia, however my cousins live in Atlanta. How hard would it be to establish residency there and get in state tuition at Georgia Tech by the 2014-2015 school year.? (I'm a junior in HS) Only informed people please and thanks in advance</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.gsfc.org/main/publishing/pdf/2014/2014-Residency.pdf[/url]”>http://www.gsfc.org/main/publishing/pdf/2014/2014-Residency.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This link on Georgia College 411 website should answer your questions officially, but in practice it is often more difficult than this. Having cousins living here won’t really help you in establishing residency. It is likely you will need to move here, “establish a domicile” and then wait 12 months. “Establishing a domicile” can be a quick or lengthy process, so check with Georgia Tech for their take on it. Residency in Georgia is likely checked more closely because of the HOPE scholarship only available for residents.</p>

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<p>If you and your parents move right now you can establish residency in time for the 2014-2015 school year.</p>

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<p>Here is the specific residency info on GTech: [GT</a> Catalog : Financial : General : Out-of State Tuition Waivers](<a href=“http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/financial/general/waiver.php]GT”>http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/financial/general/waiver.php). Bob Wallace is right.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. I didn’t expect it to be easy but it definitely isn’t worth moving there now. I was hoping I could move there like next summer or something.</p>

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<p>You and 10,000 other students were hoping it would be easier…</p>

<p>Georgia appears to be one of the easier states to establish residency status. Many states (including your home state of Virginia) now require that not only have you and your family have lived in the state for at least 12 months, but that you moved there for a reason other than to obtain in-state tuition. For example, someone who lives just across the state border in Maryland could not qualify for in-state tuition at Virginia universities simply by moving 20 miles across the border before their senior year of high school.</p>

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<p>As a Georgia resident as long as you graduate from a Georgia High School, then you are considered a resident or you can live in the state for a full year. The good thing about being a Georgia resident is you get hope or Zell scholarship which cover 90 percent and 100 percent of your scholarship. I’d say it is worth it, but you would have to lie to the school when you register which is immoral.</p>