I was admitted to UT Arlington
However, my dream schools are UCs and I love California
If I go to CC, it would be easier for me transfer to UC but I will lose the fist two years university life and internship
If I go to UT Arlington, harder transfer to UC, but better chance to transfer to other private schools compare to CC
Which should I go to? university or CC?
Do you mean that you are considering a California CC? Also for an out of state student, tuition is very expensive, an extra 23k per year that there is no aid for.
Yes, I’m considering California CC.
If I stay at Cal and go to CC, I can change to in state tuition after one year. Likewise, I can change to in state tuition after studying at UT for one year. (I’m US citizen and now living in foreign country, I have no residency in any state)
No you likely cannot change to instate tuition for a year. Are you independent financially from your parents?
I’m dependent
I’ve looked up the website and it said:
(10) Established domicile in Texas–Physically residing in Texas with the intent to maintain domicile in Texas for at least the 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the census date of the term of enrollment, allowing for documented temporary absences.
http://www.uta.edu/admissions/_downloads/general/ResidencyRulesAdoptedJan2012.pdf
Residency requirements can be tricky. I think CA is one of the tougher states for a student to gain residency. I’m not sure about TX. Check the regs to see if they require you to be in state for at least a year for purposes other than education and whether or not you have to be self-supporting during that time.
When you say you could “stay at Cal,” do you mean a college or the state of California? Nobody in the lower 48 refers to California as Cal (or Cali), so if you mean the state it will be less confusing for other posters if you use the state’s abbreviation (CA).
@austinmshauri
This is what on Foothill College’s website:
- PHYSICAL PRESENCE: A person capable of establishing residence in California must be physically present in California for one year and one day prior to the residence determination date (1st day of the term) to be classified as a resident for that quarter.
- INTENT: The law and regulation require both physical presence and the intent of the student to make a home in California. Physical presence in the state solely for educational purposes does not constitute the establishment of California for residence regardless of the length of presence.
This is a list of objective manifestations of intent to establish California residence. No one factor is controlling.
a. Showing California as home address on federal income tax forms. **
b. Payment of California state income tax as a resident. **
c. Ownership of residential property or continuous occupancy of rented property in
California. *
d. Registering to vote & voting in California. *
e. Licensing from California for professional practice. *
f. Possessing a California driver’s license. *
g. Possessing California motor vehicle plates. *
h. Maintaining a permanent military address of home of record as California. *
i. Establishing and maintaining active California bank accounts. *
j. Continuous presence in California except for absences, which can be explained
without conflicting with establishment of residence. * (*)-Main factors ()-Supporting factors
What does it mean ‘solely for educational purpose’?
I will rent an apartment, have part-time job and pay tax during my study, does it show that I’m not educational purpose?
You need to go live and work there for a year BEFORE enrolling in college to be considered for residency. Going to college for a year paying out of state tuition won’t count in that year:
quote An individual whose initial purpose for moving to Texas is to attend an institution
of higher education as a full-time student will be presumed not to have the required intent to
make Texas his or her domicile; however, the presumption may be overruled by clear and
convincing evidence.
(g) An individual shall not ordinarily be able to establish domicile by performing acts
which are directly related to fulfilling educational objectives or which are required or routinely
performed by temporary residents of the State.
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In addition to living for 366 days in CA, renting an apartment, working, paying CA taxes, and having a CA driving license, you can’t be enrolled in a CA college more than part-time in order to demonstrate residency. It means you’d have to move within 2 or 3 days of HS graduation, start working full time without taking any class, register for one class at a local community college while supporting yourself, transferring your driver’s licence, etc, and only Fall 2016 could you be considered “in state” for CC tuition purpose. If you take 1 or 2 classes per quarter, you’d likely have 3-4 classes already. How many AP credits do you have?
CC may be more lenient, but if your parents are paying your tuition and you are a dependent you will not get instate tuition in CA until you are 24.
You can’t just look at this casually. You have to know and read the official booklet, otherwise you are going to be stuck. They are making sure to block people who intend to come here to get instate tuition. Generally a dependent student’s residence officially is the residence of the parent until 24. Unless you are self supporting and self paying school, and have established that and residency for at least a year before you enroll in any classes.