Changing Residency

[sprsonic75]

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Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you have changed your state residency in order to maximize your chances of getting into medical school? I am considering changing to Ohio(my family has assets, etc there) instead of NJ - any advice? opinions? Are ohio state schools easier to get into(on average of course-since nobody really knows what the admission process is really about) than NJ state schools(all 2 of them =P)? I'd really appreciate any advice. 😀

 

[alec689]

Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you have changed your state residency in order to maximize your chances of getting into medical school? I am considering changing to Ohio(my family has assets, etc there) instead of NJ - any advice? opinions? Are ohio state schools easier to get into(on average of course-since nobody really knows what the admission process is really about) than NJ state schools(all 2 of them =P)? I'd really appreciate any advice. 😀

I didn't change residency specifically to become instate at a better school, although my family moved the winter before I took the MCAT, and my residency changed form Indiana to Michigan.

My advice is to cover all your bases. For UMich, I had to provide ample evidence that my family actually lived in Michigan, not that we just owned a house there. It was quite a pain, and the University of Michigan initially denied my resident status. I appealed though, and a different board approved my resident status.

My advice: Be careful trying to change your residency if you don't actually live in Ohio. I don't know about Ohio specifically, but state schools and states themselves for that matter don't want to use their tax dollars to pay for the education of a non-resident. If you really live in NJ, I'd advise using NJ as your state of residency.

 

[whuds]

All colleges will have a section on residency requirements, usually it's not less than 1 year but could be more. Most student's don't do this for a school though.
Check with the school

 

[oldjeeps]

My advice is to cover all your bases. For UMich, I had to provide ample evidence that my family actually lived in Michigan, not that we just owned a house there. It was quite a pain, and the University of Michigan initially denied my resident status. I appealed though, and a different board approved my resident status.

Based on a comment ("How many students from outside of Michigan do you take?Our aim is that about half the class or more will be made up of non-Michigan residents. The entering class is very diverse.") I saw published on the UMich website (http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/admissions/faq.html) a couple of years back your odds of getting accepted there seem to actually be helped by not being a resident of the state of Michigan. Must be that they like collecting that non-resident tuition.

 

[Emergency!]

IBe careful trying to change your residency if you don't actually live in Ohio. I don't know about Ohio specifically, but state schools and states themselves for that matter don't want to use their tax dollars to pay for the education of a non-resident. If you really live in NJ, I'd advise using NJ as your state of residency.

Actually, Ohio is a fairly easy state to gain residency in for tuition purposes, and all of the state schools will tell you that typically out-of-state residents can gain Ohio residency after the first year when you interview there. If you have a working spouse, it is possible to gain in-state tuition even sooner because there is a clause that grants you instant residency for tuition purposes if you or your spouse move into the state for employment purposes.

All of the state schools in Ohio give preference to residents: about 75%/25%. The number of out of state applications typically far exceeds in-state applications as well. Ohio State is a little less than that, but they still give preference to residents. Case I don't think gives any preference at all, but they are private.