Let’s say that a student’s family lives in Montana, but the student goes to school in Wisconsin. If the student transfers to a public university in Wisconsin, do they get in-state admit rates? I know they wouldn’t get in-state tuition, but the internet is so vague about admit rates.
The student would be OOS.for both admission and tuition.
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Alright, thanks, do you know how/if it would be possible to get IS admissions? ie if the student was in dorms, had been there for over a year, etc?
Depends on the state, but often you would need to establish residency for a purpose other than attend school. E.g. live and work there for a year, but not be a student.
You cannot get residency status for admission because you lived in a dorm as an out of state student.
And actually, if you are under 24, the state of residence of your parents is your state of residence for all college purposes.
If you are already a college student in this state which is not where your parents live…there is NO easy way.
You can leave college, rent a place to live, get a job and pay ALL of your own living expenses (that’s everything), but really until you are 24, it’s going to be tough for you to be considered a resident of a state (for college purposes) where your parents don’t reside for college purposes.
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I can’t think of any way around the rules, other than to wait until 24 & live/work in the state for whatever time period is specified in the school’s residency rules.
Since you acknowledge they won’t get in state tuition (post one), and you are asking about admit rates - are you hypothesizing a college will have a higher acceptance rate for residents and consider your student a resident for admit, not tuition, purposes ?
Not all schools favor residents over non residents (school dependent) but your student is a non resident and would be applying as a non resident.
In the end, they need to ensure they have schools on the list they can get into and if you’re targeting just one school, then apply and what will be will be.
If it’s a school in the same system, like CSU to CSU, perhaps there can be a path but again school dependent.
Good luck.
Here are University of Wisconsin’s tuition residency rules: https://registrar.wisc.edu/residence/
Other schools and states may differ.
There is no substitute for taking the time to research the requirements for the school(s) you are interested in.
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The OP was asking about residency for admission status…
But probably the requirements are the same for admission as for tuition.
Take note…one can become a resident of a different state than their parents for other things…like voting, drivers license, income taxes in the state, etc. BUT this doesn’t impact college residency requirements.