Connections with states/residency status

[TheBoneDoctah]

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Two questions:

1. I have heard before that some states have "ties" to other states. For example, if you live in California, maybe they have a tie with Arizona and AZ schools will give Cali residents in state tuition. I'm not saying that Cali and Arizona have this, but has anyone heard of anything like this?

2. If you move to a new state, after the first year or so, do you pay in state tuition since you are paying taxes to the state now?

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

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[otterxavier]

1. This is definitely true for some states that don't have their own medical schools -- for example, students from Wyoming, Montana, Alaska, and Idaho pay in-state tuition at the University of Washington. I don't know of any states that have their own public medical schools but also have in-state tuition agreements with other states... doesn't mean they don't exist, I just can't think of any.

2. Depends on the state, but most states specify that if you move there for the primary purpose of attending school, you can't establish state residency while you're a student.

 

[Law2Doc]

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2. If you move to a new state, after the first year or so, do you pay in state tuition since you are paying taxes to the state now?

Every state school system has it's own rule as to when you become an in state resident, so there truly will be fifty different answers to this question. Many require even longer than a year. You need to look at the rules of the schools that interest you.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Thank you for replies

 

[Why Not MD?]

University of Nevada, Reno is interesting. They say this year there are 70 spots for students, while up to 10 of these spots will be offered to out-of-state applicants only from the following states: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming.

 

[otterxavier]

University of Nevada, Reno is interesting. They say this year there are 70 spots for students, while up to 10 of these spots will be offered to out-of-state applicants only from the following states: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming.

Those students still pay out-of-state tuition, though.

 

[Why Not MD?]

Those students still pay out-of-state tuition, though.

Oh right. Sorry I misread the thread hahaha. There goes my verbal reasoning score.

 

[mvenus929]

Two questions:

1. I have heard before that some states have "ties" to other states. For example, if you live in California, maybe they have a tie with Arizona and AZ schools will give Cali residents in state tuition. I'm not saying that Cali and Arizona have this, but has anyone heard of anything like this?

2. If you move to a new state, after the first year or so, do you pay in state tuition since you are paying taxes to the state now?

1. As above, the only situations I've heard of students getting IS tuition at an OoS school is when their home state does not have a med school. This really only applies out west, through the UW and UColorado programs. And in those cases, I believe they still get charged OOS tuition, but their home state makes up the difference between the two.

However, for some state schools, having 'ties' to the state can make it more likely for you to get an acceptance as an OOS student. For instance, I was a resident of Colorado, and applied to U of South Carolina for med school, and ultimately got accepted, but this was because I had lived there and graduated from high school there. A random person from Colorado who had never been to SC likely wouldn't have gotten an interview.

2. It depends on the school/state. Virginia doesn't allow you to become a resident if you move here for school, so the only way you can get in state tuition after you've been accepted as an out of state student is for you to marry a Virginia resident. On the other hand, South Carolina allows you to become a resident after living a year there, so long as you switch your drivers license and voter registration.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

1. As above, the only situations I've heard of students getting IS tuition at an OoS school is when their home state does not have a med school. This really only applies out west, through the UW and UColorado programs. And in those cases, I believe they still get charged OOS tuition, but their home state makes up the difference between the two.

However, for some state schools, having 'ties' to the state can make it more likely for you to get an acceptance as an OOS student. For instance, I was a resident of Colorado, and applied to U of South Carolina for med school, and ultimately got accepted, but this was because I had lived there and graduated from high school there. A random person from Colorado who had never been to SC likely wouldn't have gotten an interview.

2. It depends on the school/state. Virginia doesn't allow you to become a resident if you move here for school, so the only way you can get in state tuition after you've been accepted as an out of state student is for you to marry a Virginia resident. On the other hand, South Carolina allows you to become a resident after living a year there, so long as you switch your drivers license and voter registration.

Oooooooo I applied to that extremely expensive South Carolina school!