So I was accepted to UC Berkeley as a spring 2017 admit. Like so many other students the financial aspect of school will prove to be the most difficult. This is my situation can anyone attest to my chance of establishing residency while in school.
I'm a 19-year-old living and working in Texas. I stopped living with my parents at 15 to live with my brother and have been personally financial independent from my parents since 15 and from my brother completely since 17. I'm going through an appeal process with the FA department at Berkeley which should be concluded shortly allowing me to finalize my FAFSA as an independent student.
However even receiving aid based on my income alone will still leave paying for school a major burden. As I would like to focus on my classes as much as possible, (and not pay any more in tuition than needed) I'm exploring residency.
If I were to:
A. Receive Financial independence status from Berkeley's FA department
B. Move to California 366 days before August 23rd, 2017, (the fall semester's deadline for residency determination)
C. Establish intent to reside in California i.e. license, car title, rent, job, tax return, register to vote.
Do you think I would have a solid chance of receiving the benefits of instate tuition from the Fall of 2017 semester on?
Granted I would have to pay out of state tuition in the spring; however, this can be managed as I've saved up enough to afford that, (however not nearly enough for the 4 semesters after that).
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