I'm still a Texas resident, right?

[Morzh]

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Sorry my post got a little long. Short version: I was a resident my whole life and graduated from a TX high school, went to college OOS and got married while doing so, and thus am no longer a dependent of my parents. Will I qualify as a Texas resident when I apply next year?

More detailed version:

I'm applying next summer and have always assumed I would qualify as a Texas resident, but I'm a little worried after reading residency qualification guidelines on a few schools' websites.

I was born in Texas and always lived in Texas until I graduated from a Texas public high school. Then I went to a private, out-of-state university for undergrad, which I am still attending. I've always had the intention of applying to and hopefully being accepted by a Texas medical school and then happily returning to live in Texas for the rest of my life. My parents have always lived in Texas as well and will continue to do so probably until they die.

I still have a Texas DL, TX voter registration, and my permanent address with my university's registrar is my parents TX address.

But I got married while out of Texas and no longer qualify as a dependent of my parents. Since I will still be out of state when I apply next year, I won't technically meet the requirement of having physically lived in Texas and established a domicile for the 12 months prior to the application deadline next October.

From reading the websites it would appear I'm NOT a resident, but that doesn't make any sense. There have to be hundreds of people applying every year who really are Texas residents but just went to school out of state and for whatever reason are no longer considered dependents of their parents by the IRS by the time they apply to med school.

Isn't there some clause for residents who were absent only temporarily for education purposes? I'm especially interested in answers from people who are or have been in a similar situation.

 

[Jolie South]

As long as you're only out of the state for educational purposes, you're still considered a Texas resident. I'm no longer a dependent of my parents either, but it didn't make a bit of difference to TMDSAS because everyone is considered independent at this stage.

 

[armybound]

yes, you'll still be a TX resident.

I moved out of Texas for a couple of years to live with my wife who was going to school out of state and they still considered me a resident since I was only out of Texas for school, even though it was my wife who was in school, not me.

 

[Dookie2010]

if you will still be in school when you apply, you should be fine. However, if you will have graduated and will not be moving back to Texas, it could get a little complicated because you won't be out of state for educational purposes at the time of application. I'm not sure how it is for Texas schools, but most public universities have a residency office. I would call them and explain your situation and get confirmation that you would still be a resident.

 

[Morzh]

Thanks everyone... I always thought that was the case and its certainly the logical way, but I just got freaked out cause after reading through both BCM and UTHSCSA's websites I found no mention of such an exception.

 

[armybound]

TMDSAS handles the residency issue