<p>I lived in Jersey freshman year, New York junior and senior year, and I will be starting senior year in Florida. So do I qualify for in-state tuition in NY or Florida. I am unsure on the residency guidelines when it comes to senior transfers. Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>I would guess Florida. Check out the college websites. You’re lucky–FL has some great options!</p>
<p>Generally, the SUNY’s will grant instate tuition to those coming from other states if they attended a NY HS for at least 2 years, graduated from a NY school, and apply within 5 years of graduation. It doesn’t sound like you’ll meet that standard if you didn’t graduate.</p>
<p>Why are you doing senior year twice? Where are your parents living and do they intend to stay there or is this a temporary move to FL? Most states have a 12 month residency requirement - make sure your parents keep documentation as you may have to prove you meet FL requirements.</p>
<p>Oh sorry i meant i lived in New York sophomore and junior year. Any yes, moving to Florida is a permanent move. The move to NY was just a in between point between my parents divorce. My father lives in NJ.</p>
<p>Some states will grant residency if either parent lives there and is a resident. You can check each state’s official policy on the college board site…or google for it!</p>
<p>[Guide</a> to State Residency](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/international/state]Guide”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/international/state)</p>
<p>More than likely, your state of residency is with your mom if you live with her. For undergrad students in MOST cases, it’s the permanent address of the custodial parent (which is usually where the kiddo lives most) that is the address of residence. If your mom and you have moved to Florida and will be residing there for your senior year, your state of residency is most likely Florida.</p>
<p>However, as noted, because your dad resides in NJ, you MIGHT also qualify for instate residency there. You need to check NJ’s requirements for this.</p>
<p>I do not believe you qualify for instate residency any longer in NY.</p>
<p>Are you a senior in high school? In that case, you will certainly be a resident in Florida – not New York. </p>
<p>Don’t think you can game the situation. It is stupid easy to catch a student who tries to. “Hey, Glenda, I just got an application from a kid who is graduating from Orlando High and he’s saying he’s an NY resident!” “Hahaha! You are kidding me!!” </p>
<p>There will be a ton of correspondence from your high school to the college (transcript, letters of reference, counselor mail, etc). They will know where you have been living. </p>
<p>So, lots of Florida options – or you can pay $$$$ and go to NY. Choices, choices!</p>
<p>You are better off with in-state in FL and OOS in NY because the OOS surcharge in the SUNY system is relatively small but it is quite large at UF. So, there’s a happy ending :)</p>
<p>In general, kids I have known with divorced parents in different states have been able to claim residency in both states. So NJ and Florida look like the possibilities.</p>
<p>Sometimes a student is caught between states during a move. One of the admissions people at UMIch had to pay OOS rates at the school for her kid, because UMICH requires a full year of living in state to get the in state rate. The student did get in state rates, the following year.</p>
<p>It is the college, not the state that provides the criteria for in state tuition, by the way, so you do have to check with the school itself. Some schools are easier than others even within the same state.</p>
<p>Some states require that you be a resident for a minimum period of time, to try to make it harder for kids who start as an out of state resident, and then try to switch to in state. I remember UVa handed out a sheet on how to qualify as a VA state resident- I don’t remember what the time period was.</p>
<p>Does anyone happen to know which states grant residency to students if their NCP lives there? I knowthat KY does, but it would be handy to have a list as this question seems to come up regularly!</p>
<p>Wisconsin grants residency to students if the NCP lives there but they have to claim them on their taxes the year before. This would work for Minnesota as well because of reciprocity.</p>
<p>It appears that FL and TN also grant residency if one parent resides there, regardless of tax dependency.</p>
<p>lol @Olymom. the only reason I asked is beacuse I was genuinely worried I wouldn’t be qualified for Florida instate tuition, but cool jumping to conclusions.</p>
<p>ANyway, thank you all for your help. Greatly appreciated. :)</p>
<p>Glad to help (even with the giggles). We had one guy post here who lived in one state but the family had a cabin in another state. He was hoping to use the cabin address to get an instate tuition break. Bad idea. </p>
<p>Please keep in mind that the folks on an internet forum are opinionated but not decision makers. The people who count are the folks in the Admissions department of the schools that interest you. Visit their website. If the residency rules aren’t posted, then fire them an email and ask. You will sleep far better because you KNOW the official answer to your situation. If the answer isn’t too your liking, you still have time to argue your case or pick another school – and you won’t be living in fear that you will be “Found out” half way through first semester.</p>