@Artful4art
I’m not an international student.
Well what would be your state of residency be right now? If you move to Michigan would you be a Michigan resident?
@Artful4art
I have no state of residency.
You have to reside somewhere. You do exist? If you live in a place with a parent, chances are that is your residency in the eyes of admissions officers. If your parent lives in a separate area that could also be your residency.
The OP already stated that s/he is a US citizen living abroad, but is not a resident of a US state. @Artful4art
The op said s/he wasn’t an international just a few posts ago.
Op is a US citizen living abroad. However, his admission application will be read with the international pool of applicants.
Remember many high schools in the south start school mid August. For them Early will be August (as the commonApp opens on August 1).
A US citizen is a US citizen no matter what way you slice it. Some colleges might have a bucket called “US citizens living abroad.” But while a US citizen living abroad might also have a state of residency based upon property ownership/state taxes paid, and the like, it is more common to not be able to claim residency of any state.
Claiming residency, while it varies by state, is usually not as simple as just moving there, particularly for a person living in a state for the purpose of attending university.
The OP is a US citizen living abroad, thus having NO state residency.
@Artful4art
It is as the others have said. I am a US citizen, but I have lived my entire life outside the US and, as such, have no state of residence. My parent is not a US citizen.
Just because you were born here doesn’t mean you have residency here. If you move to a state would you be a resident of the state in the universitiy’s eyes? Or would they look to where your custodial parent lives? If they look at your parent then you will be a resident of that place. Hence you will be eligible for the international housing scholarship. If you’re able to just jump right into residency in the USA, then the other housing scholarship is available once you have established residency which typically takes 90 days. You could get a jump start on such things by having a relative in the United States create a residency for you similar to how businesses setup shop outside of the country.
@Artful4art
I don’t think I would be a resident simply for moving to the state. I am finishing my senior year abroad, and will be coming to the US for university.
I do have a half-sister in Florida, but I don’t know if it’s possible for her to make a residency for me.
I contacted FAMU about the ALEKS exam. Unfortunately, they said it can only be taken during new student orientation.
As I said upthread, claiming residency for tuition purposes is much more complicated than simply showing up in a state and saying, “Hey guys, I’m a resident.” While it varies by state, in almost all cases, there is a waiting period of at least a year.
As an example, for Michigan:
http://catalog.umd.umich.edu/undergraduate/registration-records/guidelines-qualifying-in-state-tuition/
For Florida:
http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/pdf/residency.pdf
Rules about getting state residency for tuition purposes vary by state. Some are more difficult than others. Typically there is at least a year waiting period after moving to the state, and usually a traditional-age unmarried non-veteran undergraduate also needs his/her parent to be or become a resident of the state for tuition purposes.
Of course, state residency would mostly be helpful if in a state where in-state public universities are financially feasable for students from low income families. For example, state residency in Pennsylvania is not all that useful for students from low income families, since the state and state-related schools there have poor in-state financial aid.
@testprepishard My daughter ended up taking the ALEKS exam during her scholarship weekend before the competitive scholarship she eventually received and easily cleared the threshold (minimum of 76) needed to start in Calculus I. One advantage of the ALEKS exam is that it is an electronic based test that makes you prepare for at least 3 hours before you can actually take the test so you would get to see the type of problems that would be on the test in advance and could prepare. I have dealt with FAMU alot and they make scholarship level students come to an event on FAMU’s campus in March and also give those students the ALEKS at that point (My daughter missed that event for the scholarship weekend at the school she ended up choosing). All other students at FAMU take the ALEKS at new student orientation for math placement purposes.
@ChangeTheGame
Well, I can’t just go to the US in March.
Many schools have virtual programs for students living far away and unable to get to campus to do things like ALEKS or course registration.
@testprepishard You can check and see if you can take it where you are. The test is given on a computer so you could be anywhere with an internet connection and take the test. It is just a matter of what each school’s protocol is on giving the test. My daughter took her language placement test with a proctor looking at her (webcam) from the comfort of our living room.
@ChangeTheGame
I don’t think that’s possible. The response I got in the email was as follows:
“The ALEKS will be administered to students by the FAMU Testing Bureau during Orientation.”
I don’t think they give any alternatives.