<p>I guess I am confused.
Student wants to become a resident of Oregon in order to attend U of O and get instate status & save money over non- resident fees.</p>
<p>This assumes student is willing and able to work ( assuming she can find a job in Eugene that pays enough for this), enough to pay for her expenses, including possibly 8 credits of out of state tuition per term.
If her job * doesn’t * cover all these expenses, this time won’t count as the year of establishing residence in Oregon without primarily being a student.</p>
<p>However, say she is wildly successful at finding employment/housing and she is established as a resident. She will need to continue to pay her own expenses in order to continue consideration as an independent student.</p>
<p>I have a better idea.
Given that she has the first two years of college taken and paid for, and that she has taken a gap year that I assume has added to her resume, she may be a very attractive candidate for merit aid.
My oldest also applied to U of O out of state, and recieved enough merit aid to make it a very attractive offer.</p>
<p>If your daughter was able to do that she would be able to attend full time sooner and not have to try and game the system and the ultimate cost might even be much less.
( my D ultimately decided against U of O, but did choose to attend a school in Portland, where she still lives).</p>