Between residencies?

[Psorophoraferox]

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Assuming I don't get accepted to any schools this cycle, I need to decide where to live after I graduate in May. Nothing against Texas: I've enjoyed my stay here, but I've kind of done my time and am ready to move on. Preferably to somewhere that doesn't have 90something 100+F days in the summer. 😉

But if I move 4-5 months before this next fall's application cycle, what state will I claim as my residency? I'll be living somewhere Not Texas, and will have my permanent address/license/auto registration/voter registration/etc. in that state, but I'll not have been there long enough (365 days) for most schools to consider me a "resident". Because I no longer have all the above stuff (permanent address, license, etc.) registered in Texas, I don't think Texas will approve me as a resident either.

Will I not have any residency at all? If so, I'm considering skipping this next cycle and waiting until I have an official residency in whatever new state I find myself in, to both better my chances at my new IS and decrease my tuition if I'm accepted at my new IS.

 

[TigerWillow]

Well California is a nice change!!

Don't know if I can help you on the other stuff, but one of the vets I worked for research which school took the most IS/had better chances at with her grades, and she found that to be Oklahoma. She moved there, took her last prereqs and everything. She calls it her "sneaky plan."

OK is also cheaper than CA. just my two cents!

 

[Virginger]

I have heard really good things about Colorado. Alabama has a small IS class I think (dunno how hot the weather is tho). Kansas gives most of it applicants interviews.

Remember that most schools have it set to a "year prior to matriculation" ... so moving this summer and getting a job before august, then you need to just register yourself w the state/etc. ... that should set you up for IS residency in most schools. I guess the hard part is securing a job somewhere in that short time frame.

I understand where your coming from with looking to spread my wings a little and move.

 

[psilovethomas]

Michigan! Not a great job market, though.

 

[Katie8]

While I would love to tell you north Carolina because I absolutely love it here, I had a nightmarish experience confirming with them that I was in fact a resident of this state. Seriously, my permanent address has been here since 2006, but I lived in Michigan prior and started college there. My parents moved to NC while I was a student and I moved back "home" in 2010 after I didn't get into vet school. I've literally worked here full time since 2010 and it was tooth and nail with the admissions committee to confirm I was a resident. My parents had to send a signed affidavit confirming situation. This was in addition to the 7-page "long form" they required for residency verification.

That being said, that was just my drastic probably out of the ordinary experience and it could be totally different for you!! I LOVE this area, and Raleigh was voted one of the best places to live and I think it has a really good job market for young professionals. I live in Durham, previously chapel hill, and have loved each! AND rumor has it the class size for veterinary school has expanded to 80 in-state students!

Perhaps calling schools of your top choice and asking them what the process is? Maybe it will be easier than you think.

 

[Psorophoraferox]

Michigan and Colorado would definitely solve the too-much-of-a-good-thing hot weather problem!

Remember that most schools have it set to a "year prior to matriculation" ... so moving this summer and getting a job before august, then you need to just register yourself w the state/etc. ... that should set you up for IS residency in most schools. I guess the hard part is securing a job somewhere in that short time frame

Good to know! In retrospect I realize that a lot of the "365 days" stuff was "365 days prior to matriculation". I swear I actually did do fairly well on the reading comprehensive portion of the GRE. Haha.

Perhaps calling schools of your top choice and asking them what the process is? Maybe it will be easier than you think.

Why is it that the most obvious solution is the one I never see?

I freaking LOVE North Carolina. It's very high up there on my list of "maybes" (would have been a "definitely omg yes", but there was that pesky rejection email they sent...)

That's so crazy that they were so rough on you about residency, when they're (from what I've read on here) very generous about granting IS status to students after the first year. Guess it was an IS/OOS admissions thing?

 

[Chebanse]

I would look at the residency policies of several states that interest you. Some, if not many/most consider you to be a resident if you have lived there with all of the proper documentation for 365 days prior to matriculation, not application 😎

I moved to Colorado in May 2011 and was considered IS for CSU this application cycle. I will matriculate in August, so I even got a little "cushion" by moving in May.

Edit: Sorry, I was busy typing when you posted. Guess you already figured that out.

 

[Psorophoraferox]

I would look at the residency policies of several states that interest you. Some, if not many/most consider you to be a resident if you have lived there with all of the proper documentation for 365 days prior to matriculation, not application 😎

I moved to Colorado in May 2011 and was considered IS for CSU this application cycle. I will matriculate in August, so I even got a little "cushion" by moving in May.

Edit: Sorry, I was busy typing when you posted. Guess you already figured that out.

Awesome! I've been looking at several of the schools' sites, and yeah, most actually do say "365 days prior to matriculation" not "prior to application". Yay! This makes things so much easier. And I realllllly didn't want to skip an application cycle entirely.

 

[Trilt]

And to try and be a tad bit more on-topic... if you have relatively diverse experiences and good GPA, NC is the cool kid place to be, in my opinion. 80-person in-state class now, you can apply during your "establishing residency" year and only pay one year of OOS tuition if you manage to get in, and in general it is a nice state. Doesn't get nearly as ridiculously hot as Texas, and in Raleigh I sometimes even forget I'm in the South.

I had a really easy time fixing my residency status here, despite being both a Canadian citizen and being stationed for military family.