<p>Got a letter in the mail today stating that even though I currently live in North Carolina, and have lived in North Carolina since the summer of 2005, I am not being considered in-state by UNC.</p>
<p>I thought the requirements were that you had to live in NC for 12 months to be in-state. I've been here 15 months, got my driver's permit and license here, my mom has voted here for about 10 years, and they still consider me out of state?!?</p>
<p>They sent me a form stating that I could apply for the military tuition benefit (which would have them consider me in-state for admissions purposes?) and I'll do that, but I'm worried that I'll get rejected as an OOSer before I can get that form in.</p>
<p>If you live near Chapel Hill you can appeal your residency decision. It is rare to win an appeals, but many, many graduate students (including myself) have had to go through it in an attempt to be classified in-state.</p>
<p>I've decided to appeal and UNC has made the whole military tuition benefit easy (they even sent me a pre-addressed envelope), so hopefully things will work out well. </p>
<p>I guess I was just a little surprised at the classification...being new to the process I thought that these residency things were mere formalities and were pretty much automatic.</p>
<p>Oh well, its not too much of an extra hassle! Just a bit more stress (waiting for a decision that comes in January is already stressing enough) but hopefully it will be well worth the extra work.</p>
<p>That's so strange (I'm not too familiar with it either though)... well good luck, I hope it works out for you. It would be such a shame to actually live there and be judged OOS!</p>
<p>I suspect you may be a military dependent whose parents claim a permanent residence in a state other than North Carolina. If this is the case, merely living in North Carolina does not make you a resident, as your residence would be deemed to be that of your parents. If this is the case you can get some information regarding your situation here:</p>