Locked out of college?

Question:I've been living in my home for about 5 years and have wanted to finish my degree. I was accepted at the only college for about 200 miles, but they refuse to grant residency even though I can prove it by the document they gave me(and the state legislature approved for residency). I feel like they'rer just trying to rip me off, there's a 4000 dollar per semester difference.
Who do I complain to? It is a partially publicly funded community college.

Answers:
Partially publicly funded? What kind of half-horse, half-alligator system does your state have?

Well, OK. First contact the college and ask them for the procedure you should follow to appeal their residency decision. Then do it.

If the appeals process at the college doesn't work in your favor, then try contacting the state office that coordinates higher education-community colleges. That will be a different title and a different entity in each system.

Your last option will be to retain an attorney and sue their greedy butts.

Good luck with it. Remember to remain professional and courteous at each step of the process, even when you're dealing with a grinning idiot who thinks that explaining their misinterpretation of a policy is going to make you go away. If the first person you deal with is not helpful, at some point you get to say "this is not getting us anywhere, I need to talk to someone with more authority". If you keep climbing the ladder of command (and sitting patiently through hearing the same stuff at each level), eventually you'll find someone who is willing to be reasonable and helpful. Well, almost always...
Talk to the Admissions Officer or Director of Admissions or the Campus Director/CEO/Chancellor whatever it takes. Don't get angry, if you get angry and start yelling then it wouldn't matter if you were saying the sky was blue and they said it was orange with pink pokadots. So stay calm, bring your documents and talk to them.

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