<p>Hello. I am an Out of State student who will be attending UCLA as a freshman in the fall. </p>
<p>Since I am not a native of California, the decision to choose UCLA over the public universities of my native state was a difficult one. </p>
<p>The OOS tuition is just overwhelming and I am extremely interested in establishing California residency. I have always dreamed of living in California, with its pleasant weather. </p>
<p>So I was perusing the UCLA website and it said that I must be financially independent in order to be considered for California residency. The website went on to say that The financial independence requirement makes it extremely difficult for most undergraduates whose parents are not California residents.</p>
<p>So my question is, is there anyone out there that has successfully established California residency at UCLA, or any UC, for that matter. I would love to hear your story. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>If you get a job and stop living with your parents and your parents provide no financial support for you, then you’d be financially independent. So you’d have to have an apartment or house or something of your own and declare it as your permanent address. Also your parents would have to stop declaring you as a dependent on their tax forms.</p>
<p>^^^ I thought of the same thing… but you can’t… They have blocks for nearly every loophole. You have to show them that you are “emancipated” and basically 100% cut off from your parents. If your parents buy you dinner one night, UCLA will use that against you and say you are a dependent.</p>
<p>Thank you for your responses, blinks02 and nodnarb. If there are any sophomore, junior or senior at UCLA that have successfully established California residency, please tell me your story.</p>