<p>If I wanted to apply for UC admission, and I currently am a sophomore living out of state:</p>
<p>*Would I be considered non-resident all my years of college and have to pay out of state admission?
*Do I only have to pay extra for out of state for my freshman year?
*How long do I have to live in California to be considered a resident?
*How much are total expenses?</p>
<p>You would be an in state student after 12 months of living in California. So you would just pay the out of state tuition your first year, unless you lived at home and went all the way to California from wherever you are right now everyday for class. For UC Berkeley, out of state tuition is 24,000 + 12,000 room & board. In state tuition is 6,500 + 12,000 room & board. It's in the same price range for pretty much all the other campuses.</p>
<p>funkdoc are the OOS rates you are talking about apply to all schools or just UCB. In particular OSU, PSU, MSU, and UMD. Any help would be greatly appreciated</p>
<p>Wrong answer above. You would have to pay oos all 4 years unless you take a year off and live in CA without going to school after high school , paying State taxes, and your parents have not claimed you on taxes for 2 years.</p>
<p>I thought living in a state for 12 months automatically made you a legal resident. At least that's what Rutgers' Residency Petition Form says.</p>
<p>no -- you are not reading it correctly, I am sure.</p>
<p>You have to "establish residency" which usually means living there for 12 months without attending school, be an independent student (or your parents have to live there too), get a driver's license in the state, register to vote, etc.</p>
<p>If you establish residency solely for the purpose of education, it will not count.</p>
<p>they really look hard at these cases and rarely can you find a kid who moved into the state after high school graduation who was granted residency status. Usually this is only if the family moved due to work relocation or if many years have passed since high school graduation.</p>
<p><strong><em>. Screw that then. </em></strong> going to school out of state. ***.</p>
<p>I posted a thread regarding resident status and OOS tution. The answer was, yes, it is possible to pay in-state tuition after your freshman year in college, however, its near impossible to declare yourself as a resident.</p>
<p>that means in-state for me</p>
<p>suze is correct. Back in the dark ages ('80s), you could earn residency within a year in calif, and in the '70's you could petition for residency and in-state tuition after 30 days. BUT, nearly every state has changed its policy regarding residency for tuition purposes. It is very difficult to avoid OOS for four years....it can be done, but only by a few.</p>
<p>"If you are in California solely for educational purposes, you will not be considered to have established residency regardless of the length of your stay."</p>
<p>You cannot get legal residency when you are going to school full time. When you establish state residency you are supposed to be making a committment that you will be living in that state for the rest of your life. When you do it while going to school the state realizes that you only want to get the reduced tuition and that you will most likely move away as soon as you graduate. (As paraphrased from my American Government book). I believe however that if you have a close relative living in that state that they can claim you as a dependent on their taxes and you should gain residencey even if you are going to school full time (not sure if that works in CA). </p>
<p>I am pretty sure that you can get residency while going to school part time but it will take you longer to graduate.</p>
<p>Total expenses are out of this world for OOS students. I really wanted to go to UCLA or UCSD but as it turns out it would have cost me more than going to a private university. I believe that OOS tuition for UCLA hovers at around $30,000. That may be a little high but expect to be paying over 30K when you include dorms and food. </p>
<p>Also I believe that they favor in-state students when giving out aid so don't expect a huge financial aid package (not really sure about that). State universities however, do not give half as much aid as private schools. I think in the long run it costs you less to go private.</p>