What is cosidered a resident of Wisconsin for college? I dont want to pay fees?

Question

I am currently a junior at Neuqua Valley High School in illinois. I want to go to Wisonsin-Madison for college. However, I feel the in-state fees are more realistic for me. I have an uncle and aunt that live in Wisconsin. My dad has done business in Wisconsin and has enough money to purchase property in Wisconsin. What do I need to do to get in while paying in-state fees?

Answer 1

Yes, you have to actually live there to be able to pay in-state tuition.  However, if your family can purchase property and you establish residency at that property, you will be able to claim in-state residency.  Each state has their own time schedule to become a resident-some under a year and others more.  Call the financial aid office at Madison and ask them to give you more guidance.  They will help.

Answer 2

No, you need to live there as a full time resident.  I live in Wisconsin and yes the resident pricing is much nicer than out of state prices, but that's because we pay taxes here and some of that money goes towards the university.  I live in as far as you can go pretty much northern Wisconsin, and there are a lot of people around here that hate people from Illinois because they own land up here that they don't take care of it and it jacks up our taxes.  You can't pay our prices for our universitys I would just say stay in Illinois and stop trying to trick our University system! Even if daddy buys land, you still have to be a full time resident, that doesn't mean you own a cabin up here, that means that's your legal address where you live the whole year.

Answer 3

You need to have actually lived in Wisconsin at the time of applying to the school. Having relatives there or having visited there doesn't count as being a resident. You could lie and say you live with your aunt and uncle but unless you want to risk ruining your academic career by getting caught with fraudulent information by the government I wouldn't recommend that path.

Answer 4

Owning property there doesn't make you a resident.  You actually have to live there a year to be a resident and meet the other requirments listed.

If your Dad has the money to buy property, instead you could ask him to use it for tuition.... just a thought.