The reason I asked this question is, every one has their own definition for "resident". For instance, IRS considers you resident of a state where you lived for more than 181 days in a year. The same may not be true for colleges. Some one told me that you should have resided in the state for past 2 years and some one told me that you should have paid taxes to that state for 2 years.
I am sure there are many people who live in NJ and work in wall street. All of them pay taxes to NY. What do colleges consider as home state - the tax home state or the "living in" home state ?
Any information on this will be very helpful in estimating the real tution costs.