<p>My daughter goes to college in SC.Charleston Southern University, private. I live currently in Oregon. She is a freshman. Her grades are very good her first semester, 3.69. If I moved to SC could I claim her as a dependent and therefore could she get SC scholarships? How long would I have to live there before she would be eligible? I am getting a divorce and planned to move there anyway as it was my childhood home. No relatives there. I would be a single head of household parent. Thank you for any advice.</p>
<p>If your child is attending a private university in South Carolina, your state of residency doesn’t matter at all. </p>
<p>If you want your child to transfer to a public university in SC, YOU (the parent and your daughter) would need to establish residency in SC which typically means you must live there for 12 months prior to her enrollment in college.</p>
<p>I would strongly suggest you check the websites of those public universities to see what they require for establishing residency.</p>
<p>You need to talk to the college financial aid office as to whether there are some state funds to which your DD has access if you do move there, and what the rules are for them.</p>
<p>What SC scholarships are you talking about? Are you talking about the Palmetto promise? Look at the details for those scholarships. They may require that your child have graduated from a SC school.</p>