So much for anonymity, eh?

Wish I had an answer, or that I could help by doing anything other than cradle-robbing and cheating on the gf.

Well this is friendlier, and less of a chance (I think) that someone in SF State Admissions is screwing off on the job, reading this here.

Plus, she's gonna be 19 by the time she hits the Bay Area and I could do a lot worse for an in-law.

Basically, she needs to spend a full year in California. She can be attending school, but it should look like she lives in California outside the school year. Her getting a job and earning money ASAP is very important. From the SFSU residency page:

[blockquote]Keep in mind that physical presence in California for the specific intention of academic study does not constitute intent to make California your permanent home.[/blockquote]

Basically, she should be earning taxable money that shows she's invested in the state, or whatever.

This is going to be another big, potentially insurmountable? hurdle:

[blockquote]Financial independence from parents for the current year and for three years prior to the current year. (Please note that information regarding financial independence is not required from applicants for admission, but is required from current students seeking residence reclassification.)[/blockquote]

If you are willing to do anything, and your daughter has not been financially independent from you for the last three years, they you need to move to California. If you are a resident of California (i.e., you have a job and a residence there, and you are supporting her), then she is a resident of California.

Gah, can a mod fix my blockquote thingies? I really shouldn't hand type those.

Thanks mudgirl. I have read all of that, and there still seems to be some wiggle room. Since she got accepted, I found out that an acquaintance's kid entered the very same program, and after paying 2 years of out-of-state, she is out of school and working, hoping to get back in.

But upon talking to the mom, it seemed like they were not really together in this.

I COULD use my mom's address, and have it look like my mom is paying, but that would not be retro for 3 years, of course.

I also know that out-of-state is a huge cash cow for the system. That is why my local school is sometimes called the University of California at Eugene.

We'll see. What I do know, with a relatively high degree of certainty, is that daughter is leaving here without the intention of ever living here again.

Really, 8k per year should be relatively easy to make up with scholarships, grants, and loans if you are not willing to move. It depends on the situation, of course - your financial situation, her grades, etc.

We are working on scholarships. No grants, as I make too high an income, but we can pay for the first year easily, then it becomes dicey, or debtey.

The silver lining, as I sorta alluded to above, is the fact that there are a number of LGBT scholarships, all of which she is applying for.