Applying for in state residency

[LatifaHB4]

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I will be moving out of state to attend vet school and it would really suck if I had to pay out-of state for the four years. I know that it is very difficult to get in state residency at Purdue What are your thoughts?

 

[kate_g]

I will be moving out of state to attend vet school and it would really suck if I had to pay out-of state for the four years. I know that it is very difficult to get in state residency at Purdue What are your thoughts?

Are you already accepted and going there this fall? Or have you yet to apply? I actually have met a number of people that had a definite target school in mind and moved to that state to work for a year while applying so that they'd be in-state when they started. (Residency criteria for most schools include living in the state for at least one year, working and paying taxes as a resident, without going to school at all - though that last part might be relaxed at some schools if it's graduate/postbacc classes and you're over 24.)

That strategy is a bit of a risk, obviously, because there's no guarantee you'll get in to your target school after going to all that trouble. (Most of the people I know who did this were trying for Davis, which is pretty much impossible to get into from out of state, so moving to CA could only help.)

Penn will apparently let you defer your admission for the express purpose of moving to PA, getting a job to become a resident, and then let you start as an in-state student. I'm not sure that any other schools allow that (and with Penn, it's not like it makes *that* much difference since they're expensive anyway). But, if you're already accepted at Purdue and you're willing to take that route, it wouldn't hurt to call them up and ask.

 

[sofficat]

i'm going thru the same thing. i'm from FL and going to AL in the fall. every school and state has slightly different rules. at auburn, they said that if you start as out of state you pay oout of state tuition all 4 years. however, after i heard that i spoke with one of the faculty and she said that there are loop holes and we can figure something out. i looked it up online and for my case, my hubby has to work 90 days in AL and then we have to fill out paper work and wait ONE YEAR to fully become residents and pay in state (he still has to work through all that). there are also other rules and stuff, but normally i think it may be do-able. even if it is one year- that's 20K we can save! good luck!