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<p>aunt bea - Please provide a citation to a statute or regulation imposing such a requirement. Not saying it’s not true, but I’ve never heard of it and am unaware of any high school with such a graduation requirement.</p>
<p>ElectroPenn…your information is inaccurate, even if the OP moves to CA and lives with relatives for the rest of high school, he will still have PARENTS who live elsewhere. His state of residency will still be the state where his parents reside.</p>
<p>It is possible that he would qualify for a Calgrant IF he lives in CA for three years starting NOW and graduates from a CA High school (I am not a Calgrant expert so hoping someone else will pipe in). But Calgrant is for families with incomes less than $80,000 a year, so that would likely not happen. </p>
<p>Plus…the student would still be an OOS resident for tuition purposes.</p>
<p>Moving I with relatives who are not your parents does NOT entitle you to instate residency in CA for college tuition purposes.</p>
<p>Dodgersmom: I don’t know the statute because the kids cover California History in social studies for grade 4. It used to be standard 4.2. But I always hear the counselors at my local HS telling the new kids that they have to pass that test. I would assume it’s somewhere? Unless it’s just a local requirement for our county? The County board does have that option for history.</p>
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<p>I have to ask… are you sure you even want to go to college? Because any college requires going to college and studying, which I assume are the boring bits you are referring to. I don’t know why a private college would be more boring than a public one. Are schools like USC, Duke, Vanderbilt, and Georgetown “boring”? I don’t see it… and small size is not necessarily “boring”, either, depending on the academic and social life in the area of the college.</p>
<p>Thumper, you’re mistaken. A student who qualifies for CalGrant necessarily also qualifies for in-state tuition under AB 540. CalGrant eligibility is based on, among other things, AB 540 eligibility. And it doesn’t matter where the parents live - if the student attends (for 3 years) and graduates from high school in California he or she is eligible for in-state tuition.</p>
<p>Aunt Bea - I’m guessing that might be a local requirement. My kids took California history also when they were in 3rd or 4th grade (and so did I, once upon a time) . . . but a high school graduation requirement? Never heard of such a thing!</p>
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<p>Oh yes, I am SURE that I want to go to college. Not an option, I will go. I assure you that the college experience is completely differs on which school to go to. Some colleges are top tier, looking for only serious students, while others are different. My whole life has sucked thus far, and I want to make college extremely fun and memorable because after college is over, you work until you retire/die. That’s no way to live if you ask me, so college is my chance to get the wild out of me while I still can. Don’t know if anyone understand my point but I guess I explained as well as I could…</p>
<p>It’s possible to be a serious student and have fun at the same time.</p>
<p>And plus, what am I doing on a forum like this if I don’t want to go to college?</p>
<p>I’m counting on college…</p>
<p>Life is what you make of it. If you incur a ton of debt to finance an expensive excuse to party, you probably are going to be stuck with all work and no fun for a very long time. Less expensive to move someplace you think will be fun, work late morning to early evening, then party all night. You only need enough money to cover rent (which need not be that much if you have a cheap apartment with roommates), food, and fun - and you’d need to work for some of that even if you were in school.</p>
<p>When the thrill of partying every night wears off, you won’t be saddled with debt, or a <2.0 GPA, or not being in good academic standing - all of which are likely consequences of going to school primarily to have fun.</p>
<p>It’s not just for fun, I never said that. Nor did I say that I’m going to party every night. I still have 3 years until I leave for college so I’m SURE my point of view will mature quite some, and I will at last see exactly what everyone was trying to tell me.</p>
<p>I’m a very serious student. After screwing up my freshmen year I am taking my grades as seriously as possible.</p>
<p>Re: post 85… Then the student needs to move there MIGHTY soon as school starts very soon, and he will be starting his sophomore year.</p>
<p>But it doesn’t matter at all if the family earns more than $80,000 and the OP says they earn $100,000.</p>
<p>I would suggest this student work very hard to get the best possible grades, and the best possible SAT or ACT scores. Once he has those things to report, he will be in a much better position to discuss potential colleges.</p>
<p>But for research purposes, this student should be looking at a multitude of options…including instate affordable public universities in HIS state.</p>
<p>Thank you for all your help thumper:)</p>
<p>You need to do some research on other schools that have the qualities you like about UCSB, but aren’t prohibitively expensive. </p>
<p>I’m not sure why you’ve chosen UCSB, so it’s hard to suggest schools, but one option to consider is USC. USC gives pretty generous merit scholarships.</p>
<p>I’m not sure why you’ve chosen UCSB, so it’s hard to suggest schools, but one option to consider is USC. USC gives pretty generous merit scholarships.</p>
<p>This needs some clarification. Most students at USC receive nothing in merit scholarships. They give half tuition scholarships to NMFs. They give some full tuition scholarships to students with very high test scores, but those awards are not assured at all. My friend’s D was top of her class, had a 35 ACT, and got ZERO from USC. She’s now at MIT. </p>
<p>Plus, merit gets applied to “need” so for this student, it would likely mean nothing if he somehow got a merit award from USC. The parent contribution would still be uncovered. </p>
<p>If this student has to pay for all college costs, then he needs to find schools that will give him massive merit…more than full tuition, so that a student loan of $5500, a summer job, and a part time school year job can cover the rest. </p>
<p>He should try: Miss State, UNew Mexico, Troy Univ, LA Tech, UAB, and a few others that might give him lots of merit if his stats are good enough. I’ve seen OOS students grab near-free-rides from Miss State w/o having too high of stats.</p>
<p>Ah…</p>
<p>[University</a> of Iowa Is Top Party School | TIME.com](<a href=“http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/06/university-of-iowa-is-top-party-school/]University”>University of Iowa Is Top Party School | TIME.com) </p>
<p>Now I see where the OP got the idea that he has to go to school at UCSB – and why he didn’t tell us his reasons. Didn’t want to go to Iowa, but #2 on the list sounds great to him. I am signing off from this thread, not interested in helping a student figure out how to afford the highest ranked party school he can get into.</p>
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<li><p>University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa</p></li>
<li><p>University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif.</p></li>
<li><p>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Ill.</p></li>
<li><p>West Virginia University, Morgantown W. Va.</p></li>
<li><p>Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.</p></li>
<li><p>University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.</p></li>
<li><p>Ohio University, Athens, Ohio</p></li>
<li><p>University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis.</p></li>
<li><p>Penn State University, University Park, Pa.</p></li>
<li><p>Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.</p></li>
<li><p>University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.</p></li>
<li><p>Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.</p></li>
<li><p>DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.</p></li>
<li><p>University of Mississippi, University, Miss.</p></li>
<li><p>University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas</p></li>
<li><p>Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, Ohio</p></li>
<li><p>University of Maryland, College Park, Md.</p></li>
<li><p>Tulane University, New Orleans, La.</p></li>
<li><p>University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.</p></li>
<li><p>University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.</p></li>
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<p>Read more: [University</a> of Iowa Is Top Party School | TIME.com](<a href=“University of Iowa Is Top Party School | TIME.com”>University of Iowa Is Top Party School | TIME.com)</p>
<p>This list seems odd. Iowa is the top party school? </p>
<p>I’ve been to UIowa. Maybe it’s because it’s in the middle of nowhere so kids have nothing else to do but sit in bars, etc? Would that also be true for UIUC and PSU??</p>
<p>I think it’s funny that some well ranked schools are on the list because people often equate higher rankings with “less parties”. (I know that’s not really true. MIT kids party hard, too).</p>
<p>Go to a state university in Texas (not called UT-Austin) or try to get scholly $ from a privates school. Also if your parents are broke look for Universities that have Co-Op programs. California is a nice place if you have a lot of money. The are reasons that Texas is adding population from other states like California.</p>
<p>Also, if you can’t get scholly $, call a Texas National Guard recruiter and inquire about how much of your tuition the state of Texas will pay you if you join. I joined the Ohio National Guard and they payed 100% of my tuition. I paid all of my college living expenses including car, food, Frat dues, rent, insurance etc., worked part time, did my Guard drills, graduated with virtually no debt. Don’t rack up a ton of debt. </p>
<p>When I was 18 I thought the Army was likes the movie Stripes, it isn’t it is serious stuff and was an 11 B Infantry soldier. There are MOS (military occupational specialty) that are not combat related though.</p>
<p>Hi! I’m from Texas too, and I 100% understand the desire to leave, however…it doesn’t really seem like you have much of an option. (thinking financially)</p>
<p>I’m not sure why you chose California of all places because those schools are incredibly selective and expensive. </p>
<p>Texas is huge, so if the goal is to get away from your parents, that is certainly attainable. Even if you don’t get into UT, theres UTSA, UT Tyler, UT Arlington, and Blinn if you’re an Aggie fan but can’t get into A&M, or Texas Tech is a good option too!</p>
<p>If you really need to leave, I would recommend checking out one of the threads that lists schools that offer full merit scholarships and study hard for those standardized tests!</p>
<p>sorry if this didn’t help much, but I’m trying here!</p>