<p>I do have some experience with getting in-state tuition even though I’m out of state. I used something called the Academic Common Market. It is a program that allows students to get instate tuition at an out-of-state school if a certain program / major they want to do is not offered in their own state. Only 16 states participate in this program. Since I don’t know what state your from, I don’t know what programs/majors you could do to qualify for in-state tuition, or if your state even participates at all.</p>
<p>check it out here: <a href=“http://www.sreb.org/page/1304/academic_common_market.html[/url]”>Academic Common Market - Southern Regional Education Board;
<p>I am from Virginia, but the only programs offered to me for in-state tuition at UMD, is Japanese Language and Literature. Since that what I intended to study anyways, I got lucky and I am now able to go to UMD for instate tuition.</p>
<p>Although, I actually know 2 people at UMD that are from Georgia, and they are getting in-state tuition at UMD from the ACM because they are Jewish majors. One of them actually wants the major, the other one is just doing it to get in-state tuition.</p>
<p>Before I found out about the ACM, I looked up what qualifies you to get in-state tuition, and I believe you have to have lived in Maryland for several years prior to your admission at UMD. So even if you did live with your parents in Maryland for that one year, I don’t think it would have made any difference.</p>