In-State Residency question

[FLY]

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I plan to apply to my State school after I graduate from Undergrad. But I plan to apply 1 year after I graduate, as in I will be applying for the entering class two years from when I graduate.

Here is the dilemma, I want to go out of state for 1 year and I will be instate (coming back) while I will be applying for the year after that.

So, could I still be considered an in-state resident if I have an address at a different state for one year? and will be with in the state when I will be applying.

 

[ErinT]

I think it depends on the state you're living in. I know in Massachusetts if I leave (which I did for a year) and then come back, my parents had to stay in MA and claim me as a dependent on their taxes for me to qualify as a MA resident. Your best bet is probably to call the schools you're interested in and ask them. In my opinion, out-of-state experience of any kind is great for med. school, but then again, i'm not on any admissions commitees, so my opinion doesn't count much does it?!

 

[FLY]

NO it doesn't. but Thanks anyway... 😉

 

[XCanadianRagwee]

Fly-

Ask your college or university about the in-state out of state problem. It varies by state, and most are state laws so their hands are tied.

I can pretty much say as long as your parents still claim you (and if they live in NC--I'm assumign that's where you live) then you'll still have NC residency regardless where you move.

 

[coffeespoon]

I had to deal with this issue, as I was a California resident who took two years off to live in Connecticut after I graduated from college.

The whole residency question can be a bit dicey because while I was researching this question, the California system had a weird set of criteria for determining whether or not I was a resident, i.e. if I matched 4-5 out of 7 criteria ranging from driver's license, car registration, and where I paid my state taxes. Even the "Residency Official" at UCSD couldn't determine whether I would still be a resident if, say, I applied my first year out and defered for a year while living in Connecticut.

In any case, what I have learned (and this is based on my own understanding -- I warn you that things may have changed!) was that:

-You can't lose a residency until you gain residency in another state.
-Many states have a 1 year minimum where you must reside in the state in order to gain residency.

So as long as you technically leave before the year is up (or better yet, in 11 or 10 mo), I think you should be fine.

-My advice to you would be to retain as many items that are state related as you can: driver's license, car registration, perhaps even mailing address as your parent's home address.

-Do find out about the dependency thing with taxes that the other posters have mentioned.

-Try to track down the residency official of your state school -- many schools have people who specialize in that sort of thing, and they should be able to help you out.

What happened with me? I "lost" my California residency. I think it would have been illegal to maintain my California residency, and didn't want to try. I do, though, have a boyfriend out in the east, so in the end, I didn't care 😉 .

 

[VienneseWaltz]

I established NC residency right after I moved here, so I can tell you some of the things UNC looks for.

It might not be feasible for your parents to claim you as a dependent, but you can still pay taxes as a resident of NC. That is, even though money earned out-of-state will have taxes paid to that state, you can still file as a non-resident of that state. Say you work in CT. You pay CT taxes, but you file as a non-resident. If possible, it is preferable to have your parents continue to claim you as a dependent if they live in NC.

*Keep your voter's registration, license plates, and DL all in NC.* Vote by absentee ballot (they ask whether you voted or did jury duty). Pay property taxes (eg, vehicle) to NC. Keep a lot of your stuff in NC (say, in your parents' house). Keep bank accounts open in NC. Spend vacations in NC. As coffeespoon suggests, you can also try to come back in less than a year.

 

[Random Access]

Definitely file NC taxes even if you file in another state as a non-resident. (I, incidentally, do this for CT--Non-resident, but still file NC taxes...) But yeah, you want everything in NC, car insurance too.

Originally posted by VienneseWaltz
I established NC residency right after I moved here, so I can tell you some of the things UNC looks for.

It might not be feasible for your parents to claim you as a dependent, but you can still pay taxes as a resident of NC. That is, even though money earned out-of-state will have taxes paid to that state, you can still file as a non-resident of that state. Say you work in CT. You pay CT taxes, but you file as a non-resident. If possible, it is preferable to have your parents continue to claim you as a dependent if they live in NC.

*Keep your voter's registration, license plates, and DL all in NC.* Vote by absentee ballot (they ask whether you voted or did jury duty). Pay property taxes (eg, vehicle) to NC. Keep a lot of your stuff in NC (say, in your parents' house). Keep bank accounts open in NC. Spend vacations in NC. As coffeespoon suggests, you can also try to come back in less than a year.