Editor:
I am writing on behalf of many soon-to-be resident students at the University of Utah.
Most of us came to Utah last summer in pursuit of a higher education at the university. We have been working hard on obtaining residency for the last year. Now, changes in the residency requirements have not gone over well with us. Obtaining 60 out-of-state credit hours is out of our range.
How can the state of Utah attract out-of-state students when they would have to overcome this before obtaining residency status? This is unfair for those who have been working for this past year.
Most of us can only afford the minimum 12 credit hours for full- time status with our student loans. Why should potential residents live here for another two years, paying high out-of-state tuition when they can go to other states and obtain it in the standard 12 months?
Tuition has been raised more than 9 percent for next year. Making residency nearly out of reach is not right. Many have planned to stay in Utah after graduation, but now that cannot be possible with this change in residency policy. THIS POLICY NEEDS TO CHANGE.
Going after struggling students is not a way to raise money.
Andrew Batteen, Sophomore, Pre-Business