My daughter was accepted EA to FAU. During the tour/orientation the admissions counselor spoke of many students becoming in-state after their first year. He made this process sound relatively common and super simple - so too good to be true. He used the in-state tutition as a selling point, which now after looking at the stringent requirements, seems very misleading to put it kindly. Has anyone had success at transitioning from Out-of State to In-State?
@twoinanddone your thoughts?
I think it is very unlikely.
When we were instate residents and my kids graduated from a Florida high school, I had to fill out a one page form to ‘get residency.’ I had to fill in the date I moved to Florida, provide a lease or the copy of my mortgage, utility bills, etc. I only had to do this once, and I actually moved out of Florida and my daugther stayed there in school. She went to a private school so no difference in tuition, but she continued to get her Bright Futures scholarship, a residency grant (to go to a private school), and some Florida grant money.
There are now Grandparent tuition programs where if a grandparent lives in Florida the student can get instate tuition (limited in number and it is school by school), and some schools award instate tuition as a ‘scholarship.’ Maybe FAU does that after a year?
But I’d get it in writing.
Most students are dependents and their residency for instate tuition is based on their parent’s residency. If you move to Florida and establish a home and residency, then your dd might be eligible after 12 months for in state tuition.
Your daughter on her own wouldn’t be a resident for in state tuition purposes on her own.