<p>I’m 22 and i have been involved in a long distance relationship for over a year. My bf asked me to move out there and said yes. I’m really excited about it. Right now I am finishing up my associates and I graduate in June.
I want to go to UW Milwaukee for social work. The only problem is the out of state tuition is soo high. I got my award package for 2009-2010 and I don’t even have enough loans to go part time.</p>
<p>Do you think its possible for my to petition for in state tuition because I’m not moving there for school but for personal reasons?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, no. As you’re 22 you also need to talk to them about whether you’ll be a resident after living there 1 year or not before you’re 24.</p>
<p>Actually…if you move there AND go to school, you ARE moving there for school reasons. It doesn’t matter that you are going to be living with your boyfriend. That is a personal decision that the college will likely NOT consider when reviewing your request.</p>
<p>The move is completely personal. To move there for academic reasons would be crazy for me considering I’m short $12,000 for school and their social work program is a bit more complicated to get into then the one in Ohio.</p>
<p>I kind of figured I am screwed in this situation.
I’ve already thought about staying out a year because when the 2010-2011 school year starts I will be 24. The plan before that is to see if I can swing part time but I don’t think I can.</p>
<p>Why wouldn’t you be able to work at LEAST part time in that one year when you are NOT going to school in Wisconsin. Seems to me this might lend some credibility to your instate status request.</p>
<p>"Why wouldn’t you be able to work at LEAST part time in that one year when you are NOT going to school in Wisconsin. Seems to me this might lend some credibility to your instate status request. "</p>
<p>Oh yeah I plan to work as soon as I can find a job out there. If I can’t go to school out there, I would like a full time job or two part time jobs.</p>
<p>“What would your situation be if you married your bf?”
If we married I could always ask the financial aid department to possibly consider me as an independent student instead of a dependent student. I do not know if getting married would change my residency status.
But I would not get married for that reason.</p>
<p>Take a year off and get settled. Establish residency. By then you will know if things are working out with your BF, and you would be willing to commit being in WI for 2 more years to get your next degree. If things don’t work out with the BF, then you would be free to move.</p>