Ravindranathan v. Virginia Commonwealth University

In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court erred in approving a university’s decision to deny a student’s request for instate tuition charges.

Meera P. Ravindranathan, then a first-year medical student at the Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University (“VCU”), filed a request for in-state tuition benefits. She stated, in her “Application For Change of Domicile for Virginia In-State Tuition Rates,” that her specific reason for changing her domicile from Illinois to Virginia was because her “boyfriend” resided in Virginia. She stated that her present intention was…