I just registered for the first time in the state of California !! Yayy how exciting right?! Who knew "I" would be able to go to school here in this marvelous state! I start school August something I believe of this year. Guess how much I'm paying for just two classes? $1,000 and some dollars and that is not including books, parking fee, health fee, or all the fun stuff like gas and lunch. -_- GREAT! The good thing is that I did qualify for financial aid. I will see how much they are willing to pay for my tuition on Monday with the "proof of purchase" lol.

    You're probably thinking why the heck am I being charged so much right? I forgot to mention a slight detail that I am not a CA resident according to the school.The sucky part is that technically I have been physically here for an entire year (12 months) this year! But little did I know was that once you move to this state you must get a state ID, driver's license, register to vote, or transfer your vehicle's registration. Anyway once I found out it was February of 2013 and got a state ID. Not a driver's license because I thought I would have to change my plates and pay registration fee when mine have not even expired yet; that would have been a whole lot of money!
   My boyfriend on the other hand has to pay about $300 for the same amount of credits/units, actually one more than I.  Life in unfair I know but come on! Oh also I year ago as I was only brainstorming ideas about how I would transfer from AZ to here I came up to the conclusion that tuition is cheaper for out of state people that want to go to school in AZ. For example if you wanted to go to Arizona Western College from another state your nonresident tuition would be only 10 dollars more than normal residents hence $84 per credit; normal residents pay $74.
http://www.azwestern.edu/business_and_administrative/business_office/tuition_schedule.html

   As I double checked my resource, I saw that the website now says "ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS." Meaning the lucky bastards that want to go to school from Ca to AZ get to pay the same? Are you kidding me? And why isn't it the same vise verse? Also tuition in California is way cheaper than Arizona; does not make sense. It shows as of today tuition is $46 a unit/credit and for out of state (me) $190.00.  That is ridiculous does not make sense and I'm just hoping financial aid helps me pay most of it. I do not want to be stuck another year until next summer to go back to school, I'll end up finishing my associates degree when I'm 30 :'(
http://www.swccd.edu/index.aspx?page=409
   Well guys if you're deciding to move and go to school here in the near future make sure you prepare and prepare to prepare yourself to become a resident before you even move. Get something with the state an ID or something before you even move or move once its been a year and make sure its when a semester starts. A physical address or a bill won't be enough; sad to say. Well, we live and learn right?