Establishing out of state residence

IRONMAN · Jan 24, 2017

The whole swimming scholarship thread got me to wondering. Isn't is possible for the student to rent an apartment for one year and establish residence in the state to allow for "in-state" tuition costs?

Besides all the other obvious holes in that other article, the website Softball Scholarships & Chances of Playing College Softball gives the 2015 in-state/out-of-state tuition fees of (most) all schools offering softball scholarships is $11,220 vs $34,098 for California state schools. That's a big difference.

Anyone do this or know of someone who did?

Me_and_my_big_mouth · Jan 24, 2017

Would that also apply with a family member's address? I know it can't be done while they're still in high school, but maybe freshman year of university?

55dad · Jan 24, 2017

Could you go live with your "aunt" in the new state and transfer for your senior year of high school to the new state and then be a resident?

MNDad · Jan 24, 2017

I looked into in-state tuition for DD and the requirements for her school go well beyond residing in the state for a year. They have several different criteria, but basically if the primary reason you’re in the state is to attend school, you’re considered out-of-state for tuition purposes. I would assume other states are similar.

Lightning · Jan 24, 2017

For California schools, you need to be in California for a year before you can claim residency. But the residency requirements are pretty strict - not only physical presence, but you have to show that you intend to stay in California (register to vote here, get a CA drivers license, pay taxes, etc.) and be financially independent.

https://students.ucsd.edu/finances/fees/residence/criteria.html

When my sister applied to a state school, she'd been financially independent for more than 5 years and had lived in California since she was about 7 years old, but she still had to fill out a huge questionnaire and provide a lot of documentation before she could claim in-state tuition. California makes you work for in-state tuition.

People I knew who became California residents for lower tuition had to move here, rent an apartment (as opposed to living in a dorm), and not accept financial assistance from their parents at all. They were so busy with school and work that they didn't have time for things like traveling home for holidays.

Me_and_my_big_mouth · Jan 24, 2017

55dad said:
Could you go live with your "aunt" in the new state and transfer for your senior year of high school to the new state and then be a resident?

But then you can't play HS ball Senior year, right? So no 4 year letter? And leave friends behind? DD would shoot me.

JAD · Jan 24, 2017

Different schools will have different requirements. Back when I went to Auburn if you stayed for Summer school (4 consecutive quarters), got an AL drivers license and registered to vote, you qualified for in-state tuition. At the time in-state was @ $400/quarter and out-of-state was @ $900/quarter, so it was not the huge disparity you see now, @ $8K in state and $24K out-of-state.

Check with the schools you are interested in to see what the qualifications are. I bet most use the students HS transcript, so you may qualify if you move and your DD graduates from HS in-state.

djcarter1966 · Jan 24, 2017

Most schools will not let students declare themselves in state as long as their parents reside somewhere else.

Even if you don't claim them as dependents they still don't care the first thing they will ask the student for is their parent last years tax return.

There is just no way around it if you did not graduate from that state unless your parents physically move to the state and then you would still need to wait a year.

Maybe some people get really creative and find loopholes but they are the very few.

Me_and_my_big_mouth · Jan 24, 2017

JAD said:
At the time in-state was @ $400/quarter and out-of-state was @ $900/quarter, so it was not the huge disparity you see now, @ $8K in state .

You totally just dated yourself with those figures!

BobInMadison · Jan 24, 2017

My DD 1 has a friend who is taking a year off between her freshman and sophomore years in college to live and work in Madison, so she can qualify for in-state tuition at U of Wisconsin.

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