ucbalumnus, I read those pages, and they seem contradictory to me. It says you’re a resident if you are paying resident tuition. That sure seems to imply that if you’re a nonresident student, you’re not a resident. Can it really be the case that if you’re paying rent to live there as a nonresident student, that alone makes you a resident? Also, there’s the bit about the car being used in California for most of the registration term. That won’t be true for 2017, because school doesn’t start until the year is more than half over, but maybe it will be the case for 2018.
Maybe USC will provide some more guidance on this when she signs up for the parking lottery for campus parking.