<p>I guess that is true according to, e.g. the USNWR ranking of colleges.</p>
<p>If your child is specifically interested in the sciences or engineering, or in some of the social sciences, however, then Wisconsin and/or Illinois offer advantages over UNC and certainly over UVA, at least according to the USNWR ranking of graduate schools.</p>
<p>I’m sorry. I guess I’m very immoral. It seems like it would be very easy to maintain an address in NC and get mail forwarded. In the worst case they would charge OOS tuition with a 1 year grace period - not bar my son from classes. I think I would like to retire in either Florida or the New York area which doesn’t do much in terms of college. And my son is not really interested in engineering.</p>
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<p>Again I ask…what is wrong with Rutgers? Why do you really want to move? It sounds more and more to me that you are looking for a way to “game the system” go gain instate tuition for your child. That being the case, I have to advise you that doing anything dishonest in this regard is viewed as fraud.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine putting my or my child’s welfare on the line in this fashion. </p>
<p>And I cannot advise you to be dishonest regarding your state residency. I hppe no one else advises you that dishonestly is a good plan.</p>
<p>Uhhh… blowing the BS whistle. How is it in 2005 you were a sophomore at Michigan, as an OOS student from Ohio?
Is this thread a research paper for an ethics thesis?</p>
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<p>I get it now, this is about not paying retail for a name-brand college, not about choosing a new place to live/retire that happens to have great schools.</p>
<p>I’m outta here…</p>
<p>Just saw jym’s post…</p>
<p>I’m really outta here…</p>
<p>What does your son want? Has he been in school with the same kids his whole life? Would he really want to leave them just for a possibility of getting into certain college?</p>
<p>The colleges Odessa girl liked when she was 15 weren’t necessarily the ones she liked when she was 18.</p>
<p>The following was posted by you…Amazon…on August 27, 2005. At that time, you were a STUDENT (or so you said). Now you are implying that you are a parent thinking about retirement and getting instate tuition elsewhere. This doesn’t all add up. </p>
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you claim to be a student taking the PSAT in 2006. Elsewhere that year you post that you have a dau applying to colleges. This is not passing the smell test…</p>
<p>Geez. just…geez. Nevermind.</p>
<p>This was my daughter. She was a sophmore in high school. She thought about applying to Michigan as an OOS if you read the post. I dont know what you think we’re doing. We would be living in NC for at least 3 years. I’m not trying to get my son in without even living there - just not sure if we want to stay there forever. We;re not talking about murder here!</p>
<p>My daughter and I have both used the same sign on. Is that really immoral too? She just didn’t bother signing up herself.</p>
<p>Your “Michigan” average is something Michigan uses to assess applicants. You people are very paranoid. I have a daughter who is now in college as I mentioned. We were emailing back then - sometimes she did it, sometimes I did it.</p>
<p>You say you would be living in NC for three years. Presumeably that’s the time you would establish yourself as an NC resident in order have you S apply as a instate applicant. And once he gets in UNC-CH (which is not assured but maybe you can figure out a way to beat the system on that too), you’ll move on to your preferred locale of FL or NY? </p>
<p>So you’ll be off sunning yourself in (no state tax) FL getting mail forwarded from your fake NC address while hardworking NC citizens pay taxes to subsidize your S’s great deal education. And it’s fine to do that because “how would they know?”
Wow,Unbelieveable…no, not murder but illegal,immoral,unethical would prob. apply.</p>
<p>First of all, I didn’t think that if I moved out of state my son wouldn’t still be a state resident. I’m still not sure about that. When we moved out of Ohio, my daughter could have applied as an in-state as long as she wasn’t gone for 12 months. It’s not like I’ve been scheming to rip off the state of North Carolina. Don’t people move while their kids are in college? Do the kids have to move along with them?</p>
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<p>Yes…they do move. And depending on the STATE…the sometimes lose their instate tuition status. You need to check on each state’s guidelines yourself. Folks here are telling you that your daughter will NOT retain instate status in Virginia OR North Carolina if the parents move elsewhere. If you want a definitive answer, call UNC-Chapel Hill and UVA and ask them this question. I’m quite sure they will have an answer that is accurate.</p>
<p>And remember, times are changing. States that were more “flexible” may be finding themselves unable to subsidize the instate tuition for kids whose families move out of state (and therefore are paying TAXES elsewhere). What was possible one or two or five years ago, may not be possible now. </p>
<p>Please, for the sake of your child, get these answers before you relocate. </p>
<p>And again I ask…what is wrong with Rutgers? I live in another state and many students here are delighted to go there for college.</p>
<p>We’re VA residents. D was accepted to Michigan and we went to an accepted students day as it was a school she was seriously considering. I was listening with half an ear but seem to recall many parents mentioning difficulty with proving their residency as they had recently moved into the state. Every state is going to be different in terms of residency requirements and how one goes about “proving” and “maintaining” residency. </p>
<p>I would also caution you regarding the difficulty of admission to UVA, Tech and W&M. There are no guarantees your son would be admitted to any of these schools. Yes, a certain portion of spots are allocated for state residents, but depending upon where you live your son may have more difficulty than as an OOS applicant. NoVa is extremely competitive.</p>
<p>From what state do people go to Rutgers? Haven’t heard too much good about it.</p>
<p>Michigan allows the student to maintain in-state status if parents move OOS. I think it should be the kid who’s in-state or not. Just my opinion.</p>
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<p>In most states, it is clear that the student cannot establish or maintain residency WHILE attending college (if the parents live elsewhere).</p>
<p>We live in CT. There are lots of kids from our suburban area who are attending Rutgers. Have you visited the school or talked to anyone who is attending the school? You haven’t been residents of NJ for a long time…so perhaps you haven’t been able to do so…but really…I know a number of folks going there and they LOVE it. And they were very happy to be accepted as OOS students (and pay the fees).</p>
<p>In Texas, a student can gain residency status by buying a piece of property anywhere in the state, getting a driver’s license, registering to vote, and staying in the state the entire year (with only brief visits home). The parents can’t claim the student as a deduction for income taxes, either. So our son will have to pay OOS tuition the first year, but he can pay in-state after that, if we do everything right. I know this is different from a lot of states, but I’ve confirmed it with a couple of different people in the admissions office at UT.</p>
<p>How is your son going to BUY a piece of property in Texas in his name? If you pay for this, won’t it be subject to gift tax? And if it’s in YOUR name…that won’t work.</p>