Minnesotans!! Help with out of state tuition

Bo_Skis_Mn

Bo_Skis_Mn

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I'm a junior right now in Minnesota. I plan to go to Colorado for college but was wondering how much out of state tuition is and if anybody has gained residency while going to school their first year. I'm thinking about applying to Ft. Collins, Boulder, Denver, and Springs.
 
Don't go to the springs. But you need to live here with a valid postal address and depending on your age (under 24 or something) need to be emancipated from your parents to get instate tuition. My sister went through this for 2 years, paying out of pocket for CMC until my mom FINALLY agreed to emancipate her... she's lived here for almost 3 years and until my parents agree to do that, shes stuck with out of state tuition. Talk to your rents about it first, they are going to have to be cool with no longer claiming you on their taxes.
 
I had like a paragraph explaining why your sister/mother are retarded but I think it's better to just point out that most likely you don't have the full story/know what actually happened.
 
colorado does not want to give instate tuition to people who are coming here just for school and then are going to go elsewhere...

http://registrar.colorado.edu/students/tuition_classification_regulations.html

and just so you dont have to click the link... because you seem a tad ignant...

If your parents are not Colorado domiciliaries, you must be a qualified person [/b]to begin the one-[/i]year domiciliary period[/i]. [/b]A qualified person is someone who is either: at least 22 years old, or [/b]married, or [/b]emancipated[/i], or [/b]a graduate student. Persons who are not citizens of the United States should read the section regarding aliens on page 3 for additional information.

Unemancipated minors [/b](students under age 22) are eligible for in-state tuition if a parent or court-appointed legal guardian has been domiciled in Colorado for one year.

Emancipation [/b]requires that your parents cannot provide financial support of any nature for any purpose. Parental support includes funds your parents may have previously set aside for your current support even if those funds are in your name. Parents may provide reasonable incidental gifts consistent with emancipation but may not provide significant funds that would be characteristic of a continuing parent-child support relationship.

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I got instate from CU a few years ago. Big pain in the ass but totally worth it considering I only owe 25K in student loans instead of >100K.

I haven't heard of anyone from out of state showing up and paying in-state immediately, you would really have to be clever there. I took a year off, which I think was definitely the easiest way to do it.

And like the earlier post, I feel that the emancipation is really all they care about. You're going to have to work for a year or so in Colorado, and file your own taxes. When you prove that, you're in.

I submitted my application and got a response one day later back in 2008. My application had to be a few hundred pages, bank statements, leases, check stubs, proof of voter registration, vehicle registration, etc. but I swear, they flip right to your tax information to see that you filed as an independent.

I heard somewhere that Colorado provides very little funding to the state universities, which is why we will continue to see increases in tuition. From what I witnessed, most of the out of state kids don't care, their parents write the check and the kid will never owe a dime.

Let me know if you have any questions!

 
I was thinking about taking a year off too because it sounded like that had to be done, but my dad didn't want me to do that because he thought I wouldn't go back to school (probably highly likely since i'm gonna be very happy just skiing and working). Do you know if it's possible while going to school if I had my own residence?
 
I was going to explain how so long as you aren't a dependent you are emancipated but okay go ahead and post something that further shows just how "ignorant" you are.
 
If you are going to school and working fulltime you most likely won't end up skiing at all, and thats the reason you moved out here right?
 
could go to cmc and establish residency while taking classes there, i think, then transfer into cu, csu etc.

that could be an option worth looking into
 
Dont go to the springs, its kindve a shithole, good school yes, but my buddies there hate it go to cu or csu
 
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