Out -of-State Tuition

To be classified as an in-state student is hard work, the financial aid department expects you to live here for a year and pay taxes here which is fine. But, I have been living here for one year and eight months and I have been employed every since, Even though this is true I still had to pay out of state tuition because I didn’t file my taxes in the state of Georgia. That really hurt my pocket because once again I had to pay out-of-state tuition for school in which I went to the prior year and I have been living here consistently. I thought it was unfair to classify me as an out-of-state student because of the proof I had to prove that I had been living here and going to school here. I think this is a great way for schools to make money off of the students, because they charge us an arm and a leg to go to school in the state of Georgia even if we live here and work here. I have realized that our taxes have a lot to do with the way we pay for school, until this year I did not know how much. I was so excited about being an in-state student and having a little money left over after I had paid my tuition. Then the advisor for financial aid broke the news to me, that I would still be considered as an out if state student.