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Originally Posted by couggirl
I have been applying to graduate school and noticed that a lot of schools are very strict about giving in state tuition. I have heard a few schools will go out of their to not allow a student to be considered in state for tuition purposes. I guess it is worth while for the school to put in the effort for the extra money, but it seems crazy to me.
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I don't think this is crazy. The point of in-state tuition is to give a break to the people who have been paying the taxes that support the institution. If a student hasn't been contributing to the economy of a state I see no reason to reward him or her with in-state tuition. Additionally (and this is a broad generalization from very brief research), approximately half of people settle in the same state in which they were born. Thus, statistically, charging in-state tuition to those who are actually from the state continues to contribute to the economy and culture of a state.
