Is it possible to apply to a lot of different schools and then spend a year in the state of the school that I choose to attend before starting classes to be charged instate tuition?
Or would a person have to move to a state and live there for a year, then apply to the school after living in state for a year? I think this second option sounds unideal. I would prefer to do the first somehow.
Each state has its own rules. I think Utah’s is the most lenient and allows you to declare residency there rather easily–for tuition purposes. Check the rules for each state. Often a college / uni will have info on their site about how to qualify for in-state tuition. Often it’s not just the student’s residence for a period of time but their PARENTS’ state of residence. Therein lies the trickiness. … Unless you’re above age (I think it’s) 23, the rule of where your parents live probably applies to you. Utah is easy. There’s one other easy state but I can’t remember which it is. It used to be that NY SUNY (state unis) schools had a slightly different in-state residence rule compared with CUNY schools (the university system within the city of New York)–and I often wondered if that was because of NYC’s extraordinary number of immigrants both from abroad and within the US–many of whom work at an early age. That combined with city administrations that are generally supportive of the benefits to the City of such early and independent workers might have led to this difference between state and city rules. But then it may have come to pass that the state moved to align the practices of the two systems. You may want to check those rules to see if there are any differences still. Like if memory serves me it used to be that SUNY’s required a residency period OR graduating from a NY HS AND parents in the state but that CUNYs required shorter residency and the location of the parents could be different, but again I’m not sure if that exists any more. Short answer: check your preferred school’s website and locate the tab or link that leads to the state’s residency regulations. Google and and it should just come up.
From your other thread it seems you already have a Bachelor’s degree. Is this to get in-state for a Masters?
What’s the matter with the colleges in your home state where you already have instate status??
If you want instate tuition, the best way is for your whole family to relocate to that one state (you can only have instate status in one state except for special situations in some for students whose parents are divorced).
Utah does allow students to establish residency while they are students. Most other public universities do not allow this. Think about it…if that’s all it took, there would be no upperclassmen paying OOS costs. Clearly, that’s not the case.
In the very vast majority of cases, undergrad student residency is based on the residence of the parents of the student. So even if YOU move to a new state, unless your whole family moves too, your residency for tuition purposes will be where your parents live.
Also, check…because in some cases, even if your family moves to a new state after you start college…if you are accepted as an OOS student, that is your status until you graduate.
You cannot get in-state tuition from CUNY or SUNY unless your parents have a physical presence in NYC/NYS or you have graduated from a high school in NYC (CUNY/SUNY)/NYS (SUNY) after attending for at least 2 years.
If you are a grad student, have you considered getting a job in the state where you want to attend school (hopefully with a company that provides tuition remission benefits)
Your other post suggests that you want to go to the West Coast schools (to learn how to surf).
California is one of the toughest states to gain in-state residency, that, and the cost of living will be tough. My daughter’s apartment in San Francisco, (Mission Bay), was $5000 a month for a shared one bedroom. That was for a safe, clean, updated apartment, that she was lucky to get. Public transportation, however, is quite good in San Francisco. (The surf is really cold and rough in the Bay Area.) Living in the “City” to commute to San Jose State is interesting, given the distance, traffic, and planning transportation to get there.
I don’t know the rents in the area of San Jose State. In San Diego expect to pay about $2000 a month for an apartment near SDSU, but public transportation is lousy. So you need a car and all the expenses that go with the car to get to the beach.
The closer you try to get to the beach, the more expensive the rent will be. (SDSU is 20 minutes to the beach by freeway). Ocean temperatures are often not pleasant, unless you thrive in ~60° water? You will need a wetsuit. We don’t have “tropical” waters in California.
You have a degree in computer science. It shouldn’t be hard to find a job in California that can lessen the sticker shock. Some employers will fund your masters in computer science after a probationary period.
I don’t get why this is an issue. You should be able to afford living in California with a computer science job, unless you don’t have any savings, at all, to fund first and last month’s rent and current rent. Getting the time to go surfing will probably be your major issue.
Here is my suggestion. Get a job as an electrical engineer (do you already have a job?). Work and earn some money doing that. Save as much as you can.
Get some experience and then apply for jobs in the Pacific Northwest which seems to be where you want to go. Work there, establish residency, and then apply to grad school.
You know, it would have been a lot easier to answer your question if all the details (like having your bachelors, locations you want, etc) were in the first post.
But really…why not get your masters in the state you reside in now? Then relocate for a job.
OP could also work (or not) and get an online masters of CS. Many highly ranked, elite schools offer online CS Master’s Degrees, as a simple google search will demonstrate.
I’m also on disability for a little while and am 29. I like summer and it sounds like an opportunity to get some more summer in. Also would be fun to be on the coast for a bit. There’s more winter in Minnesota.