@thumper1 what’s you opinion about Western Governors University? It’s an online option.
I don’t know anything about that. For info about colleges…try creating a thread in college search and selection.
Did your parents buy a Florida pre-paid tuition plan before you moved? If so, you might qualify (some old plans do).
Other than that, you have to meet the requirements, and that usually means a parent has to be a Florida resident for at least a year. This is an example for FSU https://admissions.fsu.edu/residency/faq/
FSU also has a program where you spend the first year abroad (at full tuition) and you then qualify for instate for the remaining years.
Also, I already have a two-year AA degree.
I’m just so unclear about how this gaining residency in Florida for tuition thing works.
What’s unclear? Instate tuition is for residents. You aren’t a resident.
It sounds like it isn’t possible in your case. You don’t live in Florida and you don’t want to move there and live without attending school. Your parents don’t live in Florida and don’t want to live there. Instate tuition is for residents.
@dano2 , if you continued to study music and were admitted to the music college at FSU, you’d get in state tuition.
You have to check each college for residency requirements and exceptions to those policies. Which means finding someone who knows this stuff at each school.
It’s usually not that difficult to get residency in a state. You move there, get an address with a lease as proof you live there. Register to vote, get bills sent to your place and get a state ID card. Done. You are a resident as far as FL is concerned.
But not for all purposes. If you work in other states or have certain business connections there, those states can claim you as a resident for tax purposes.
Colleges have different criteria. Even within the same state, different schools have rules for state residency and they can vary for application purposes, scholarship purposes and in-state tuition purposes.
You want in-state tuition. Some schools require students under age 24 ( unless veteran , married, etc) to be resident of state of parents. In other words, for you, to whatever state your custodial parent is paying state income tax, is considered your state too. A one year or other time period of residency also often required.
But some schools have exceptions. Or have programs with exceptions. FSU has some such programs. You have to look up what’s out there
So, you see, it’s not a simple, cut and dry answer b
Interesting answers. @twoinanddone, I don’t have Florida prepaid.
Sorry if this is a noob type question but is your final gpa the average of all your 4 final marking period gpa’s?
Hi! I’m a 24 year old guy who has an AA degree and wants to finish a bachelor’s. I live in Panama but am a U.S. citizen and I want to go back to the states to work and study. My dad wants me to go to Florida because I lived there during this year’s spring semester (was studying music at Miami Dade College but didn’t like it) and if I go back for the rest of the year, I can get residency and get in-state tuition anywhere in the state. I just want to know if there are any better options. Maybe a college/university in another state has cheap out of state tuition. Maybe it’d be better if I got an online degree. Maybe I should go to another state, work for a year and then get residency. I don’t know what to do.
Did two threads get merged? The title of this one has to do with getting residency in Florida for instate tuition purposes. So…I’ll answer that one.
IIRC, you need to live in FL for 12 months prior to your enrollment. You left Florida and went back to Panama. To get residency, you will need to move back to Florida.
And I believe you are 24 years old, right? That being the case, you will be establishing your own residency.
Right now…you are NOT a resident of Florida for instate tuition purposes. At all. You don’t reside there. If you wish to have instate status for tuition purposes, you need to move to Florida, get a job, and establish your residency for a full year before you plan to enroll.