North Carolina - UNC Residency Reclassification Forum

[WatfordForTheWin]

I am from Tennessee but am very interested in attending UNC and practicing in North Carolina afterwards. I know common TLS thought on UNC out of state applicants is that it is harder to get into UNC because of the 70/30 in state out of state ratio. I was assured from an admissions rep from UNC that this is a trend not a standard. With that said I was also told I could gain North Carolina residency during my time there for maybe my 2L or 3L year saving tons of money. My question is has anyone personally, or know someone personally who has tried to gain instate residency at UNC and whether or not they were successful with this. Thanks!

[xRON MEXiCOx]

Why not just move there before attending to get residency.

[WatfordForTheWin]

Because you have to have lived there for 3 years to be considered in state upon applying. And im not 100% sold on North Carolina, just looking for some insight for if I do end up getting accepted and attend

[dandoe123]

i've done it, but it's not the easiest to accomplish, especially if you have no ties to NC. in my case, my wife's lived in NC for awhile and has a permanent job here. that really helped a lot.

if you do decide to go UNC and want to apply for in-state residency in 2L year, do everything you can to convince them that you want to stay in NC for the long haul as soon as you can (e.g. driver's license/car registration/voter registration/community involvement/bank account/etc.). also make sure you save EVERYTHING, cause you'll have to submit proof when applying.

good luck.

[WatfordForTheWin]

Dandoe123 -- Thanks for the insight!

[WatfordForTheWin]

Does anyone else have some insight on this?

[IpleadtheFiF]

Because you have to have lived there for 3 years to be considered in state upon applying. And im not 100% sold on North Carolina, just looking for some insight for if I do end up getting accepted and attend

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I just spoke face-to-face with an admissions officer at UNC yesterday. He was frustrated because he has been trying to dispel that piece of misinformation, which was posted here on TLS, for years. You need to live in NC for one year (I'm not sure if that's 12 consecutive months or one calendar year) in order to be eligible for in-state residency, plus all the supporting documents described by Dandoe123. Why not send an email to UNC?

Edit:
Btw, I'm posted some notes from my UNC tour in the Law School Visits forum sometime today or tomorrow

[WatfordForTheWin]

I thought i got the 3 year thing from the website but i must have heard that on here because the website says exactly what you said. I too talked to a rep face to face this month. I know that you can do it, and some of what you need to do, i am just looking for tips from people who have done it and gauging how possible it is.

[WatfordForTheWin]

IPleadtheFIF- thanks for the clarification