<p>We live in New Jersey. My son is a freshman at Penn State University. I(Dad) now own my Parents home in Pennsylvania after my Parents died. How do I change my son's residency and receive the in state tuition from Penn State University? I want to remain living in my house in New Jersey and not physically move to PA.</p>
<p>I don’t think you will be able to change your son’s residency if you remain in NJ. The Penn State website is pretty specific:</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Degree Programs: General Information](<a href=“http://bulletins.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/general_information.cfm?section=Tuition2]Undergraduate”>http://bulletins.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/general_information.cfm?section=Tuition2)</p>
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<p>The only way for you to get instate tuition for your undergrad son is for YOU and the family to move to Pennsylvania. As long as you live in NJ, your son’s permanent residency will be NJ.</p>
<p>My child also attends PSU and we live in NJ too. We have owned a second property in Pennsylvania for several years, even before she started at PSU. However, since NJ is our state of residence we cannot get instate tuition. This is addressed on the faq page someone linked above.</p>
<p>Most people I talk to assume we get instate tuition (knowing we have the other property). I checked into it thoroughly and there is no way. I wish we could!</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply. How thorough were you on changing to PA residency from NJ? Were you actually turn down by the committee after submitting the(some) paperwork? How much time does it take for the committee to make a decision on the case?</p>
<p>BriFri - we also own my DH’s mother’s house. Looked into the residency thing…no go!</p>
<p>I think the only other option is for your son to quit school for a year (completely), and live/work in PA (driver’s license, pay taxes, etc).</p>
<p>Why would you think your child is entitled to instate rates if you are not paying income taxes in the state of PA? Seriously, the fine public schools in your own state will be happy to offer him instate rates…the folks in PA are working to subsidize their own kids!</p>
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<p>This might not work. The son would have to demonstrate that he earned enough money to pay for ALL of his own expenses, housing, utilities, insurance, cars, food, clothing, etc. </p>
<p>And even IF he did that, he might still be considered a resident of NJ because his PARENTS are residents of NJ and in most cases it’s the residency of the parents that determines the residency of undergrad college students.</p>
<p>^^ Thumper I think these sentences from the link in post #2 explains:</p>
<p>“A student under the age of 21 is presumed to have the domicile of his/her parent(s) or legal guardian(s), unless the student has maintained continuous residence in the Commonwealth for other than educational purposes for a period of at least 12 months immediately prior to his/her initial enrollment at The Pennsylvania State University, and, the student continues to maintain such separate residence.”</p>
<p>Okay - so it’s “initial” enrollment. Oh well…another option bites the dust! Just gonna have to go back to plan B - having him ask everyone he sees on campus for $1!!! That should about cover it!</p>
<p>Grcxx3 - as a mother who just had to tell her DD that we simply can’t afford the OOS tuition at Penn State, I had to laugh at your plan B. It just might work though - good luck!</p>
<p>proudmomof2 - I only wish!!!</p>
<p>Wouldn’t you also lose your ability (and the $$$) to claim him as a dependent at tax time if he’s supposedly not living with you and in another state? It does seem like you should get some sort of OOS tuition break since you are paying taxes in that state on the property you own there.</p>
<p>I’m with sk8rmom on this one. Yes, it would be nice to have in-state tuition at the out-of-state state university that one chooses to attend, but what makes anyone think that they are entitled to it? Universities are wise to pretty much every scheme that has been dreamed up to beat the system, so stop trying to obtain something to which you are not entitled. As others have pointed out, the only way for a student to be eligible for in-state tuition is if s/he is actually a resident of that state. And, the only way for an out-of-state student to do that is to no longer be a dependent, and live in that state for a year without going to college. I know students who have done this, and although I still wonder if they are deserving of in-state tuition, at least they have earned it legitimately.</p>
<p>D1, I don’t know how it works in other areas, but my property taxes do not fund state universities…property taxes fund the cities, towns, and counties as well as the local public schools. Income taxes provide support to the colleges.</p>