Moving to a new state for a year to establish residency for tuition purposes

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<p>I am interested in going to the University of Michigan, but the OOS tuition, plain and simple, sucks. </p>

<p>I have pretty good stats and I think I have a pretty good chance of getting in. But I don’t think I have that great of a chance of getting much merit $. But I’m still holding out hope. </p>

<p>So UM will give me IS tuition if I’m able to defer admission(But I doubt they will let me defer) or reapply and get in and go the next fall after living in MI for a year? I’d be living on my own, but I think I’ll still be considered an independent for FAFSA and my parents live(and I do now) in Ohio, so I hope I’m still not considered an OH resident. </p>

<p>Unfortunately I have no family living in MI, so that will make it a lot tougher, could have saved money on rent. I’ll probably try to find a cheap apartment, but in a safe, preferably suburban, area, so I may have to pay a bit more.</p>

<p>I know it will be very hard to find a job for me to find a job, being a 18 year w/ a H.S. diploma when many college grads are currently unemployed. But hopefully in 2 years, the economic climate will be tad bit better, but I’m really not expecting anything. Which is the big hitch in my plan…</p>

<p>Do you think I could find work and a minimum wage job? I’m not sure if that will be enough to be able to support myself, and I’m sure my parents would be able to help my out a little. But I’m a pretty frugal person and I think I can get by without too many excessive things.
Any suggestions on how to find a job while living in OH</p>

<p>I probably won’t be terribly far from home, both Ann Arbor and Detroit are about 3 hours away from my house, and I’d probably like to live somewhere close to one of those cities, but I guess anywhere in MI will do. </p>

<p>This is kind of a pipe dream and I’m not sure what kind of advice I’m going to get, but I’d like to hear stories of people who have done similar things. </p>

<p>The crazy thing thing is Notre Dame is my number one school, as of now and probably will be in the future. So I guess if I get into ND and get an affordable FA package, I’ll probably go there. So I may not even have to worry about this…</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>yeah, I know I’m crazy :)</p>

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<p>You may want to check on the rules in Michigan regarding residency for tuition purposes. For example, in our state you have to get your driver’s license changed to our state if you are here for even 6 months because they consider you a resident then. BUT for tuition purposes at the flagship state University, residency takes four years to establish for tuition purposes.</p>

<p>Bottom line: legal residency does not equal in-state tuition residency.</p>

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<p>I absolutely do not recommend moving to Michigan right out of high school. It is VERY, VERY difficult to find a job right out of high school right now in Michigan (or at any education level for that matter).</p>

<p>Just trust me, it is not worth it. U of M is a wonderful school, but it is not worth deferring admission and trying to get a job when, to be honest, there are no jobs to be had and I doubt there will be in 2 years. </p>

<p>I wish you all the best, but please think very very very long and hard about this.</p>

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<p>[Residency</a> - Office of the Registrar](<a href=“http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/resreg.html]Residency”>http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/resreg.html) </p>

<p>Read that. U of M’s residency req seems pretty strict.</p>

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<p>You will have problems with this plan for several reasons. 2 are</p>

<p>“you are 24 years of age or younger and a parent lives outside the state of Michigan.”
“you are 24 years of age or younger and have attended or graduated from a high school outside the state of Michigan”</p>

<p>–UM registrar</p>

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<p>One of mine did the “live there and get in-state” route in a different state. Hugely painful and took 2 years. that’s not even considering the fact that there are no jobs in Michigan. Your chances of supporting yourself for a year or 2 are in the negative numbers.
It’s a great school, but not worth what you would have to do… find a new school to love!</p>

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<p>Have you considered doing two years at your local community college and then transferring?</p>

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<p>The big problem I see with your idea is that you are not considered independent of your parents as Mafool points out. Now if one of your parents makes the move with you, you’ll be in business.</p>