I live in Nevada and attend community college, but I want to tranfer to a different state, how?
I want to transfer to GSU, Georgia State University next fall 2010, and I am currently attending a community college, I have already talked to my counselors at both schools, so I have the classes that I want to transfer, and I am taking more next semester, but out of state tuition is 30,000 and I want to know if there is a way I can declare residency, or at least some scholarships that I actually have a chance to win. Thank you
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Answer 1 :
If you want to declare residency for that state you must have live there for at least one entire year. After that you will qualify for in state tuition. Also you will have to fill out a Georgia State Residency form. Stating that you have lived there for over a year.
Answer 2 :
Okay the other answer is just blatantly wrong. You will not get instate tuition after you have been in Georgia for a year. You can not use time living in that state while you a college student towards your residency. Period. The laws are such to make it VERY DIFFICULT to switch your residency and short of you going and buying a house and working full time for a few years.. you WILL pay out of state tuition at Georgia. This is why staying in state is so popular. Why on earth would you pay 30K for an education when the person sitting next to you is paying a heck of a lot less because they are local? If you don't have about 25,000 saved up, or a parent willing to fork over that much money to help you go... then you can not afford an out of state school. Federal aid doesn't nec increase because you choose the expensive out of state option.
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