<li><p>Does the school run on a 4-1-4 semester schedule?</p></li>
<li><p>For in-state residency requirements, what is it exactly? Do I need to own property here for a year? Do I need to have a job? A car? Do I have to be able to pay my own tuition 100%?</p></li>
<li><p>Am I able to have professor preference when I schedule classes?</p></li>
<li><p>Will I be able to know what text books we’re using when I register for classes?</p></li>
<li><p>Do I need a meal plan all 4 years?</p></li>
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<p>THanks a lot. These questions mean a lot to me and I appreciate any help.</p>
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<li><p>No.</p></li>
<li><p>Don't know.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes, in most cases you will have professor preference when choosing classes. However, if a section does not display a professor's name, you will likely have a graduate student for that class.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes - you can go to several bookstores and look under your professor's name and section number or just use the IU bookstore website to find the names of your books and order them online elsewhere (I.E. Amazon.com).</p></li>
<li><p>You're required to have a meal plan as long as you live in the dorms. Since you're only required to live in the dorms your freshman year, you are only required to have a meal plan for one year.</p></li>
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<p>State residency for schools is very different than regular state residency...</p>
<p>I'm sure most states are very similar, I'll give you some info on MN. Basically you have to live in the state and be able to prove it (ie: bills, job, etc) for 1 whole year without taking an X amount of credits (I don't know of the top of my head how many credits you can be taking, but it's a pretty low number).</p>
<p>If the person who is paying the majority of your tuition, though, has established residency in the state, then you can qualify as an in state..</p>
<p>Hope this helps.. you should call IU, they usually have someone in charged of In-State tuition stuff...</p>
<p>Simply owning property, having a car, voting, or employment in the state for a year does not necessarily make one a resident. Your parents must have moved here for a reason unrelated to your education. If you are under 21 they will look at where your parents reside and work. </p>
<p>Like most state universities, IU has very few loopholes for establishing residency for traditional students.</p>