Do I Qualify for In-State Tuition?

thumper1
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:30:19 +0000

What matters is where you live NOW…not where you lived for 14 years at another time in your life. The only “family” that matters is your PARENTS. Your state of residence will be the state in which your PARENTS reside.

I see that you are a high school junior. If you want to be an instate resident for Massachusetts, YOUR PARENTS and you need to move to Massachusetts no later than next summer. In most cases, your family would need to reside in a state for ONE FULL YEAR prior to enrollment in college to make that new state your state of residency.

So…what state do your parents live in NOW? That is your state of residency for instate tuition purposes now. If your family doesn’t move to Massachusetts, it will remain your state of residency. If it’s not Massachusetts, you will be considered out of state for MA.