Please Help, Crazy situation (long post)

[Rx126]

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Hello All, hope you guys can help, I have a crazy thing happening to me. I was accepted into my state school and turned down a 3 year private school due to tuition costs. However, I received an email the other day stating that my state school planned on considering me a non resident. The state is crazy strict on who is considered a resident. I have owned a home here for 3 years, I figured that would be enough. However the rule is, I needed to take a full year off before I can start any school to be considered a resident. I waited 10 months when I started undergrad. However, one of the exceptions was, if I can prove (which i did) that I moved here for employement reasons they will consider me a resident (which they did). Only catch however, is I have to maintain a full time status at work throughout my whole 4 years of pharm school!!! That's insanity!!! I do work a laid back desk job overnight 3 days a week: wednesday, friday, saturday. I have been doing this throughout my undergrad, but from what I read on this forum NOBODY WORKS FULLTIME in pharm school!!! I turned down the 3 year program but I wrote them an email asking to reinstate my accpetance. Not even sure if thats possible though. What should I do... Any one work full time or know someone who does through school. The out of state tuition is same as the private school tuition, but the private is only 3 years. I am so confused on what to do... Any advice appreciated!

 

[evilolive]

I would try to barter with the pharmacy school and state that it's unreasonable to work full time while in school. Give them proof of everything and make appeals to everyone you have to. Don't give up! A lot of money is at stake.

 

[Rx126]

Wow! thanks for the quick response. They said the only thing I can do is file an appeal, but pretty much said that no one ever wins those. Secondly, the school wrote an official letter to my employer stating that they must notify them if I do not maintain a full time status. Pretty serious about this I guess. Problem is the 3 year program starts in June, and I have to move cross country to attend. UGH!!! So confused

 

[evilolive]

Well time to look into their policies for yourself and do a little legal investigation. You can't really expect to win an appeal unless you know much about it yourself! Find out what exactly is considered an in-state residency and how the university determines tuition as such.

 

[rxlynn]

I agree - educate yourself about the process and appeal as high as you possibly can - even if you have to go all the way to the dean or the president's office or whatever. This sounds like a totally ridiculous policy to me - I think it's more normal for people to have to pay out-of-state tuition the first year, and then they convert over to in-state after that.