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  South Carolina Residency
Applicants for admission and students not now holding the status of resident of the State of South Carolina but who are seeking to be classified as a resident of the State are advised to file a petition requesting to be granted that status. Residency is determined by the University Residency Officer in the Office of Enrollment Management, according to the Code of Laws of the State.

Procedure and timelines
Petitions for classification/reclassification are available both in PDF format (available by clicking below) or in paper form in the Office of Enrollment Management, 41 Bee Street, on the campus in Charleston.

General information about residency filing deadlines and requirements is available on the first page of the PDF format document which can be found below.

Deadlines to apply for residency for Tuition/Fees purposes:

  • March 1 - Summer Semester
  • July 1 - Fall Semester
  • November 1 - Spring Semester

Items recieved in the Office of Enrollment Management or postmarked after deadline are guaranteed for review for the following semester only.

General Information and Petition for Classification as a South Carolina Resident
This is a PDF downloadable form. The form also contains more general information.

South Carolina Code of Laws Governing Residency
The detailed description of the state law.

Questions not answered in these Web links or problems with the application download should be addressed to oes-web@musc.edu.

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