<p>I was born in new york and lived and went to school there for most of my life and then transfered to CT to go to my final two years of HS am I still considered a NY resident?</p>
<p>Since in order to transfer to this HS I had to give Guardianship to my uncle does his income come into account when I'm applying to colleges since basically I live with him but everything I need my mother provides.</p>
<p>You are a CT resident. I’m not sure about how guardianship works with FAFSA but others here will comment.</p>
<p>Thats sad I was hoping I would be considered a NY resident cause I hate CT and I’m moving back there after my senior year is done anyways.</p>
<p>Your uncle’s income will not count for FAFSA. A guardian or other relative is not considered a parent by FAFSA unless they have legally adopted you. So only your Mom would count.</p>
<p>Re: your residency…it sounds like you are a resident of CT. </p>
<p>Since your mom provides you with support, you would need to list her financial info on your FAFSA as Swimcats said.</p>
<p>Well the residency might be a tricky thing. Residency is usually based on the State your parent lives in. The fact that you lived with a guardian but that you have a parent may complicate things. You would need to check the residency requirements for both CT and the state your Mom lives in. There was a student lst year who lived with his sister in FL while his parents lived in aother state. he found that FL would not consider him a resident because his parents lived in another state and the other state would not consider him a resident because he had lived in Florida for the previous years.</p>
<p>Hmmm…this may be one where the dependency will look at the tax returns. Tax returns are NOT the acid test for dependency for financial aid purposes, but they could be for residency purposes. Did your mom declare you as a dependent on her taxes?</p>
<p>The thing that I find interesting is that there was a school district in CT that allowed you to live with another family member solely for the purpose of attending school there. There was a recent article in the paper about districts clamping down on “residency”.</p>
<p>It sounds like you want it “both ways”. When it was convenient for you to be a resident of CT for high school…without having to pay tuition to your high school…you wanted to be a resident of CT.</p>
<p>Now you want to be considered a resident of NY because THAT is convenient for you and would result in in-state tuition in NY.</p>
<p>It is possible that you have residency in NY and not CT because that is where your mom lives. BUT beware…the colleges WILL look at the fact that you graduated from a CT public high school and will wonder how that happened if you weren’t a resident of CT.</p>
<p>Typically students are residents of the state in which they graduate from high school (unless they are at a residential boarding school) but also typically, students are residing WITH a parent.</p>
<p>Regardless…be prepared to do some serious explaining to the state…to both states. I’m going to guess that CT is going to wonder how you are a resident there when your parent is not…and NY is going to wonder how you are a resident there when you graduated from a public high school in a different state.</p>
<p>How do states handle the residency situation when parents are divorced and living in two different states (and, therefore, paying taxes in two states)?</p>
<p>mom2collegekids…it depends on the state. Some allow residency if either parent is a resident of that state. Others only allow it if the STUDENT also resided in that state and graduated from high school there.</p>
<p>Midknite, here’s a link to SUNY’s residency page:
[SUNY:</a> Residency](<a href=“http://www.suny.edu/Student/paying_residence.cfm]SUNY:”>http://www.suny.edu/Student/paying_residence.cfm)</p>
<p>For dependent students, the state of residency of the parent or legal guardian is a determining factor. NY does allow residency for students living in NYS with non-custodial parents. I’m not sure how it would be viewed if you’re still under guardianship of CT resident, but I would take whatever steps are necessary to legally end that arrangement so it can be clear that you are a dependent of a NY resident and intend to make your home in NY. If your parent(s) no longer live in NY then you’re not a NY resident.</p>
<p>So, my daughter graduates from high school in Texas next June. Shortly after her graduation, we are moving to Anchorage, AK. As of right now, she is thinking of going to Trinity University in San Antonio. Because it is private, residence probably doesn’t matter too much. But if she were to go to a state school, what would the situation be? Thanks in advance for the wisdom.</p>
<p>Grinch - here’s UT’s page on residency, probably similar for A&M, Texas State, etc. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/residency/[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/residency/</a></p>
<p>It appears to go off the most recent federal tax return, and since when you file next year, it will still have been TX, she should be fine, but I’m not sure what happens the following year when it will have switched to AK.</p>
<p>Since it’s a special case (currently is a resident and likely has been for some time, so you’ve paid your taxes into the state system that funds the school), it would probably be useful to call the admissions office of whatever school’s she’s look at applying to for more information.</p>