<p>I'm not exactly sure where this question goes, so I'll ask it year. Anyways, my parents are in that awkward state of finances where college may be too expensive, but I can't apply for financial aid. If I get accepted to a state school (I am from California) like U of Oregon or UT Austin, is there any way to take a year off and live in the state? Would I have to apply again next year, or would I get a cheaper tuition?
Thank you!</p>
<p>If you are an undergrad student, your state of residency is where your PARENTS reside. So…unless your parents move to Texas or Oregon, you would not be a resident of either of those states for college tuition purposes even if you move there by yourself for a year. You are a resident of California for instate college tuition purposes.</p>
<p>Does Oregon/California have a WEU relationship? </p>
<p>I have to ask…what is the matter with ALL of the UCs and Cal states…not to mention the huge network of community colleges in CA?</p>
<p>Are you Calgrant eligible.</p>
<p>Just FYI…ANYONE can APPLY for financial aid. Eligibility for need based aid is another thing…but anyone can apply and see.</p>
<p>For some public colleges and universities what you are proposing is indeed possible. For most, however, it isn’t. Use the search function at the website of each OOS institution on your list, and look up the Residency Policy. That way you will know what is possible right now. But please do remember that the state legislatures and the institutions themselves can change that policy at any time. What is possible now might not be when you are ready to begin classes.</p>
<p>How much will your parents pay?</p>
<p>You won’t be able to get instate rates because your parents live in Calif.</p>
<p>Besides, even if you got instate rates, how would you pay the instate COA? </p>
<p>A CSU will probably cost less than the instate rates at those schools.</p>
<p>Most state universities that have a sizeable OOS population and are well known outside of their state have strict rules in terms of who gets OOS tution rates, and those rules are not usually determined by state residency, and even sometimes admissions granting state residency status. As Thumper says, it often comes down to where your PARENTS live, not you, that determines what rate you pay. So you have to make that determination school by school.</p>
<p>I have seen situations where a student graduates from a high school in a state, has lived in the state,and gotten into the state as a resident, has drivers license, car registration worked there, paid rent there, and then when it comes to the registrar’s office and payment, if students are under 24 and do not meet any of the other non dependent stipulations (marriage, veteran, etc) then they are still dependents of their parents for financial aid purposes and they have to pay OOS rates if a parent does not have in state residency. Enforcement varies among schools as well and that’s a tough one to get a handle on. </p>
<p>On the other hand, states are very generous, from what I have seen in giving in state rates to kids who have hardly set foot in the state if there is a parent living there. I 've known any number of NCPs whose kids are getting and have gotten state rates at colleges in their state, and the schools seem to be very easy on that situation.</p>