Medical Do Residency programs/applications ask/take into consideration state-of-residency status?

[MusicDOc124]

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Hello, I am a California applicant (to medical school), but if I choose to attend a medical school outside of California, I may try to obtain the status-of-residency there to lower my tuition burdens. However, if in the future I wish to come back to California for medical-residency-programs, I am wondering how this may be looked upon by medical residency programs, if at all. Do medical residency applications ask for state of residence? Also, Do students in medical schools elect to change their residency so they lower their tuition fees? And do they ever change it back? Thank you!

Your application will include a section for "Hometown," "Present Mailing Address," and "Permanent Mailing Address."

Regardless of where you go, your hometown will remain. Everyone's present address will change as they move for school. Your permanent address will depend on if you're changing your residency with your move for school versus if you have another address to use such as parents or siblings in a home state will will not be moving, thus an easy address to defer to.

With that said, double check with the school which you will be attending. Some schools do not allow students to obtain state resident status for tuition purposes if your reason for moving is to be a student and/or if you have not lived there for X amount of years prior to starting school. Most also dont count time as a student for time towards residency in the state for tuition purposes. Some schools also determine that whatever your state of residence is at time of application and/or matriculation is your state of residence for tuition purposes for the duration of school.

I hope this answers your question and points out something to be aware of. Feel free to ask for clarification if needed.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Just to clarify: you're talking about residency and fellowships?

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[gutonc]

I am talking about just residency programs. I was wondering if residency-programs look at students differently based on in-state vs Out-of-state, similar to how medical school application process is.

Some programs, in some places, take it into account. But nothing at all like for med school.

I personally think it's a stupid thing to consider at all. But that's not a universal sentiment unfortunately.

 

[lord999]

Some programs, in some places, take it into account. But nothing at all like for med school.

I personally think it's a stupid thing to consider at all. But that's not a universal sentiment unfortunately.

I agree in most cases, but there are some funding considerations involved for certain sites. For instance, Alaska and the Michigan Upper Peninsula do need to ask the question as CMS and/or other relevant Title 42 law specifically funds for homecoming residents in those areas for political reasons. This came up with some of the co-funded VA residencies and fellowships in Anchorage and Iron Mountain.

In the majority of cases from VA Office of Academic Affiliations work, I doubt it is even considered if within the US, it does have some implications if an applicant is not from the US and has a non-US address in their application to us.