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Am I eligible for California residency for tuition purposes? For grad school.?

  • I'm a 20 year old Junior/ undergrad attending a California college. I've been here since freshmen year and I intend to remain in California indefinitely, hopefully forever. However, my parents do pay 1/3rd of my tuition which is only about 4,000 bucks a year. They also have claimed me as a dependent in the 2009 tax year. I live in an apartment and am on the lease. I work in California and pay my own rent, food and groceries. Other than tuition from my parents I receive no other financial assistance. I have a California drivers license and I am registered to vote in the state. When I graduate from college I will have had a California license for 3 years, worked in California for 2 years, and maintained a residence in California for 2 years. I plan on telling my parents not to claim me in the 2010 tax year. I do not want to return to my home state and I have not relinquished my residency in my home state. I want to go directly into grad school after completing undergrad in 2012. Please tell me that I'm not going to have to jump over the grand canyon in order to receive in state tuition.

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    no, you won't be. because of all of the reasons that the previous poster stated also because of the fact that you are still a dependent of your parents (for financial aid purposes) it doesn't matter if they claim you on their taxes or not. you're under 24, not married and have no dependents.. therefore, you will be considered a dependent until one of those things changes.

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Better get a running start... since you moved to the state of CA for the soul purpose of going to college 3 years ago you will ALWAYS be an out of state student in CA no matter how long you live there. Everything else you mention, the drivers license, the time in CA, the being claimed by your parents (or not), all those things don't matter because they override the fact that you moved there for the single purpose of going to college. You also are not financially independent among many other things that exclude you from being a resident. normally I would say, short of you going and buying a house (in CA) to show your intent, you won't be reclassified, but in your case, even that wouldn't get you in-state tuition. It's going to be a long jump, and even when you do... you won't make it to the other side. Unfortunately, going back to your home state won't solve your problem now. If you return, you will be charged out-of-state tuition there as well because of all you have done to try to get residence in CA.

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