<p>UCSD - I will be paying $31,500 / $52,000
Pepperdine - I will paying $23,000 / $66,000</p>
<p>The money is the biggest issue. In the short term, Pepperdine is the cheapest. In the long term, UCSD is the cheapest. The only thing that prevents me from committing to Pepperdine is that although I will be receiving a lot of aid for the first two years, but the following will be a major problem. My parents will not be living in the country, and I will not be able to apply for FAFSA. Since Pepperdine is private, in-state and OOS is the same price...I was thinking of transferring my junior year to UC's since by then I'll be counted for in-state tuition...any opinions? Should I just go to UCSD?</p>
<p>You cannot get in-state tuition at UCSD, full stop.</p>
<p>To be eligible for in-state tuition rates at a California public university, you and your family must be California residents, or you must have graduated from a California high school. If you move to the state for the purposes of education, you are classified as a non-resident, and you are considered to be a resident of your home state or the state where your parents reside.</p>
<p>The only exceptions apply to adult students (24 and up), service members, married students or students who have not been claimed as dependents for at least two years and who are demonstrably financially independent.</p>
<p>Unless any of those apply to you, you will not be allowed to qualify for in-state tuition at any California public university.</p>
<p>Yes I am aware of that but my parents are also planning to move to apply as Californian residents by the time I hit my junior year in college. I would be considered in-state by then, am I not?</p>
<p>No. Your parents would have to be there for one full year before applying.</p>
<p>Moreover, once you moved there to attend Pepperdine, you would be presumptively considered to have moved to California for the purposes of education, which means the 366-day residency clock never even starts. You must move to California with the intent of making it your permanent home in order to begin the residency clock.</p>
<p>No. If you move to California so that you can enroll in Pepperdine, you will have a very hard time proving that you did not move for educational purposes.</p>
<p>You would need to move to California with your parents and wait one full year before enrolling in any college or university in the state.</p>
<p>I will be moving for the purpose of education, but that does not matter since you quoted it is the parent’s intentions that matter. Since my parent’s intention is to reside in California, wouldn’t it work?</p>
<p>I’m also not sure why you want to go to a really expensive private school for your lower-division education with the HOPE of transferring to UCSD.</p>
<p>The vast majority of UC transfer slots are reserved for California community college transfer students. Thus, if you want to attend UCSD, but can’t enroll as a freshman, the best and cheapest method would be to enroll in a California community college and pursue a transfer curriculum.</p>
<p>Because Pepperdine is offering more aid in the short term (2 years)… I would save up in UCSD in the long term but according to what you’re telling me, I’m not sure anymore because after two years I would neither be counted as in-state.</p>
<p>If you have time, please consider my previous post and I think you’ll see where I’m coming from</p>
<p>First you say your parents will be living out of the country. Then you say they’ll move to CA by your junior year. Then you say they will move there before your freshman year. And it doesn’t matter. If you start school in CA, you will have moved their for education and you will not become a CA resident,.</p>
<p>Why won’t you receive financial aid at Pepperdine the second two years if your parents liver overseas?</p>