Moving from CA to IL, and want to switch State Residence

[Shibbyboi182]

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I just graduated from California where my family is from and where I went to college. I'll be moving to Illinois in May where I'll live there for 14 months while I'm applying to schools.

From what I've read, applying out of Illinois versus California for an average applicant is a much different ballgame. Would I be able to count myself as an Illinois resident? Is there anything I can do to make sure that by submission in June 2013, I can count myself as an Illinois resident?

 

[notbobtrustme]

You would need to prove IL residence by showing strong connections to the state (eg parents' residence or job or paying taxes).

 

[Catalystik]

Get married to an Illinois resident. 🙂

 

[NickNaylor]

IL law says that you become a resident if you spend the entirety of a tax year in the state. Thus, barring some kind of legally dubious plan, you likely wouldn't be a resident by June. You would have to spend all of next year in IL, and THEN you could claim residency, but that would require you to delay your app by a year.

You might want to check on this as I may have it wrong, but this is what a quick Google search turned up.

 

[mzarrowsmith]

Will you be working full-time in IL? Will you own property? Can you demonstrate that you came to IL for reasons other than education? I would think your best COA is to keep the CA residency and focus on California schools.

 

[ShenanigansMD]

Besides in-state tuition at U of I - Chicago (okay, $70,000/year base tuition would be terrible), I don't see why the CA to IL jump would make you a more desirable applicant.

Well wait... it might be debated that the medical school applicant market is "oversaturated" with Cali residents, making them less desirable compared to other states..

 

[Josh7]

I'm also curious about the reason for the switch. Illinois only has two in-state medical schools and only one of them would be considered "easy" to get into (SIU has lower averages). SIU requires strong ties to central and southern Illinois in order to be accepted so I don't know if it's even worth applying there after living in Illinois for only a year (probably in the chicago area?)