Establishing in-state residency

[cp9321]

I have two questions regarding establishing in-state residency.

1) I am graduating this December and have yet to get any acceptances. If I don't get an acceptance, I will take a gap year. Hypothetically, say I moved to Minneapolis this winter. Then next year I get accepted to Minnesota. While I am in mpls, I work a job and establish residency after a year (before classes would start). Would I then get in-state tuition even though I was considered OOS when I was accepted?

2) Say I got into Minnesota this year (or next year). My boyfriend and I move there from out of state together at the beginning of dental school. After a year, he establishes residency. We then get married after he establishes residency. Would I then get in state tuition for the following years because he has established residency and we get married?

***I am just using Minnesota hypothetically. I am asking this as a general question for any state.

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[Typical Average Student]

It depends on the school. Midwestern is a private school so tuition is the same for in state and out of state students.

 

[cp9321]

Sorry, I just meant the question as a general for any school/state. Let's say I'm talking about Minnesota then.

 

[strep mutans]

Depends on the state

 

[fogorvostan]

Depends on the state. For instance, I just moved from GA down to FL, but UF considers me an in-state student because I work for a public school district even though I haven't been living here for a year yet.

 

[akog]

There are many levels of complexity, both at the state and school level. Some examples: for Colorado, it takes almost two years after you move to become eligible for in state tuition at UC Denver---and those two years have to be before you start school. For UConn, you can get in state tuition after a year of just being a student, guaranteed I believe.

There are some threads around the place that address the issue. Most address getting residency after become a student. Gap year scenario answers are hard to come by. My recommendation would be to consider the places you'd potentially like to move, then research them heavily, here on SDN and on state and university websites.

 

[NAVY DDS 2010]

Texas is a great state for d-school - cheap, great acceptance rates, low cost of living. My wife and I moved there to set up residency. The state makes you prove why you moved there. My wife is a pharmacist and worked for Walgreens at the time. It was very easy for me to claim we moved there for my wife's job due to transferring. If your spouse gets a job there, you can claim you moved for your spouse's job as long as 1 year passes before matriculation.

 

[ajj70]

Minnesota is one of the harder states to gain residency for. There are other schools out there that are fairly easy, live there for a year (even while in school), get a driver's licences there, register to vote. MN is one of the states where you have to not move there just to go to school so if you live there for a year before applying, you can gain residency, but if you move there now, apply in June, you probably won't be granted residency. Getting married in your example would not give you residency either. MN bases it more on where you grew up and where your parents live. I'm sure there are some exceptions but overall, not likely.

 

[EasTexan]

Texas is a great state for d-school - cheap, great acceptance rates, low cost of living. My wife and I moved there to set up residency. The state makes you prove why you moved there. My wife is a pharmacist and worked for Walgreens at the time. It was very easy for me to claim we moved there for my wife's job due to transferring. If your spouse gets a job there, you can claim you moved for your spouse's job as long as 1 year passes before matriculation.

I'll second this with a similar story. Although my wife was originally from Texas (as am I) she didn't qualify as in-state after moving away and not graduating HS here. She moved back to finish undergrad, but that still didn't meet the TMDSAS residency standards. So, we decided not to apply that cycle (2014) and waited for this one. In the meantime we went ahead with our wedding that we had already planned and that qualified her as instate this time. She was accepted to Baylor 2 days ago. The wait was definitely worth it.

As far as establishing residency while in dschool, that's totally dependent on the school, some allow it some don't. Also, I don't know the details for AADSAS, but for Texas and the TMDSAS application, the state and TMDSAS define residency differently... Make sure you check in to the details of establishing residency in whichever state you move to.

 

[RuffDay]

I'll second this with a similar story. Although my wife was originally from Texas (as am I) she didn't qualify as in-state after moving away and not graduating HS here. She moved back to finish undergrad, but that still didn't meet the TMDSAS residency standards. So, we decided not to apply that cycle (2014) and waited for this one. In the meantime we went ahead with our wedding that we had already planned and that qualified her as instate this time. She was accepted to Baylor 2 days ago. The wait was definitely worth it.

As far as establishing residency while in dschool, that's totally dependent on the school, some allow it some don't. Also, I don't know the details for AADSAS, but for Texas and the TMDSAS application, the state and TMDSAS define residency differently... Make sure you check in to the details of establishing residency in whichever state you move to.

You applied as well? Did you receive any good news?

 

[EasTexan]

You applied as well? Did you receive any good news?

Oh, no, just her.

 

[akog]

This is like getting adopted and--looking out the back window of your new parents' car as it drives off--seeing the faces of your friends still at the orphanage, wondering when they'll get a family. Next year? Next month?

Edit: wrong thread

 

[Pro-Dentite19]

I have two questions regarding establishing in-state residency.

1) I am graduating this December and have yet to get any acceptances. If I don't get an acceptance, I will take a gap year. Hypothetically, say I moved to Minneapolis this winter. Then next year I get accepted to Minnesota. While I am in mpls, I work a job and establish residency after a year (before classes would start). Would I then get in-state tuition even though I was considered OOS when I was accepted?

2) Say I got into Minnesota this year (or next year). My boyfriend and I move there from out of state together at the beginning of dental school. After a year, he establishes residency. We then get married after he establishes residency. Would I then get in state tuition for the following years because he has established residency and we get married?

***I am just using Minnesota hypothetically. I am asking this as a general question for any state.

It is different at every school. Sometimes you need to own land or have paid state income tax before you can be considered a state resident which makes sense, State schools are funded in part by real estate and income taxes. One thing is for sure, they don't make it easy on you, after all the higher OOS tuition goes a long way in supporting the school's operating budget.