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Are there any current students at either FSU or UF who were out-of-state, and then either successfully or was unsuccessful in obtaining Florida residency? What were the biggest factors?

I have received emails from UF telling me what I should do, and that 70% out-of-staters gain residency, and is this realistic?

Thanks for any information because this is a major factor for me deciding between law schools with the in-state tuition being so much less.

maybe many years ago, but Florida has very strict rules regarding residency. One of them is that once you start school as an out-of-stater, u can't gain residency except through marriage, or taking a leave of absence to gain residency the old fashion way while not actively enrolled. So unless you are marrying a Florida resident, or are buying a house in Florida and working fulltime for a year prior, i wouldnt count on it.

I went to Florida from OOS for UG; I've looked into this extensively. I'm curious as to what they're telling you you should do to gain IS tuition rates.

untar614 wrote:maybe many years ago, but Florida has very strict rules regarding residency. One of them is that once you start school as an out-of-stater, u can't gain residency except through marriage, or taking a leave of absence to gain residency the old fashion way while not actively enrolled. So unless you are marrying a Florida resident, or are buying a house in Florida and working fulltime for a year prior, i wouldnt count on it.

I went to Florida from OOS for UG; I've looked into this extensively. I'm curious as to what they're telling you you should do to gain IS tuition rates.

they told me this:

"Also -- you asked this question elsewhere, but it's extremely easy to gain in-state residency as a 2L. Basically, you have to move to the state, get a drivers license, and a couple other registration-type things at least one year before the first day of classes 2L year, and you're set."

Yeah, that person is wrong. Undergrad requirements are different and much more difficult than law school requirements.

minuit wrote:Yeah, that person is wrong. Undergrad requirements are different and much more difficult than law school requirements.

UF counted me as a Florida resident for UG but when applying to LS told me I was not a resident. I'd been living there for 17 years, but I guess having a parent who had't paid a dime for me since I was 16 living in some state I didn't know made me no longer a Floridian.

tl;dr they'll screw you however they can

Antrim wrote:

minuit wrote:Yeah, that person is wrong. Undergrad requirements are different and much more difficult than law school requirements.

UF counted me as a Florida resident for UG but when applying to LS told me I was not a resident. I'd been living there for 17 years, but I guess having a parent who had't paid a dime for me since I was 16 living in some state I didn't know made me no longer a Floridian.

tl;dr they'll screw you however they can

I dunno what to tell you about UF. I assumed that they'd be comparable to FSU, but that sounds pretty shitty of them. My experience is limited to FSU, and I know lots of people who do it every year without any issue as long as they follow the directions FSU provides.

http://www.flbog.edu/forstudents/ati/re ... ements.php

see 4 and 5. This is not specifically for UG or and grad/professional program

Based on the bolded in the opening paragraph, it seems the school could deem you a resident in spite of these rules if it so desired, but they're under no obligation to do so, and would go against their general standards:
http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/pdf/residencyreclass.pdf

untar614 wrote:http://www.flbog.edu/forstudents/ati/re ... ements.php

see 4 and 5. This is not specifically for UG or and grad/professional program

Based on the bolded in the opening paragraph, it seems the school could deem you a resident in spite of these rules if it so desired, but they're under no obligation to do so, and would go against their general standards:
http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/pdf/residencyreclass.pdf

Yes, but you see... there's this thing in law school called registering for the bar... and Florida lets you do it as a 1L... so if you register for the Florida bar, presumably you are going to take the Florida bar, and you will work in Florida... so number 4 is satisfied. I'm not even sure registering for the bar is a necessary requirement at FSU law, though, but it is surely sufficient.