I am a transfer student out of a California CC and was accepted to UCLA and Berkeley (just decided on UCLA). The last week or so I have been trying to figure out if I will qualify for in-state tuition, which in my case is very complex because my father now lives in Virginia, but he moved recently and otherwise he and my mother have lived in California my whole life (and I have lived with both of them on and off my whole life).
The reason I am concerned about my admission being rescinded now is because I went back to check what I had answered in regard to the State of Legal Residence on my UC Application and when reviewing my application it says “Father/Parent 1 Present in CA for last 3 years: No” for both parents. I am not sure why I answered this way because although it is true for my father it is not true for my mother with the exception of some vacation time that does not exceed 6 weeks.
I am incredibly worried that now, filling out the official Statement of Legal Residence for my SIR that my admission will be cancelled due to different information on the app and this document. Should I be worried about this? If they ask I intend to respond that I didn’t understand the question because although I don’t remember well I think that is the case.
Any suggestions for what I should do about this???
No, I do not believe you will be rescinded for this, however, I’d email the admissions department to give them a heads up and to make sure you still qualify for in state tuition. I believe you do qualify for in state tuition.
Have you done your SIR yet? They ask similar questions.
I have been working on my SIR today. The questions on the Statement of Legal Residence portion of the SIR are what have raised my concerns. They are essentially the same questions asked again, and I am paranoid that by answering differently, I will be accused of falsifying information initially on the application.
Eh, I think by falsifying info they mean if you say you’re instate when you are really from Wyoming. If you email them and say ‘Ooops, I goofed’ it shouldn’t be a big deal.
Then you’re fine. Also, I may be wrong, but I think if they deem you a non-resident, you are sent some sort of email after you SIR, about it or are directed somewhere. Or- they would have contacted you for clarification.
See the rules at http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/paying-for-uc/tuition-and-cost/ab540/ It sounds like if you attended a CA HS for at least 3 years and got a CA HS diploma you get in-state tuition even if they end up classifying you as a non-resident. So either way, resident or non-resident, you’d get the in-state rate. Final interpretation of the rules, of course, is up to ucla.