I would have to double check Michigan's university rules, but I believe here a full time student pays in state tuition costs after having an in state address for one year. The one year wait is due to the assumption that the individual will be paying state taxes since he or she is living here and probably working here as well while going to school. Been a while since I was in school and I frankly don't care enough to look it up and verify how it works but I think that was the way it worked last I knew. But my point is still the same, if I'm going to be living in a state while going to school then why wouldn't I just get a darned ID and establish residency? For military personnel, I could definitely understand the reasoning for not changing residency, but for a student it would be highly beneficial due to the super high non-resident tuition rates. Overall, I just find the whole "why won't they take a student ID" argument to be retarded. Heck, I don't think my university ID even had a birth date, address or anything on it except my picture and student ID number.