Policy On Deferring

[russellang]

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I had searched here and didnt see anything specific. Cost of tuition is the number one issue for me . Based on the number of schools that allow you to obtain IS residency after the first year, it is a very short list. The list of cheaper schools that allow you to obtain in state rates after a year that I have come up with is Missouri, OSU, Washington state, UMN, NCSU. However, I heard minnesota is basically a no.

I had read that most schools will not allow you to defer for a year for financial reasons(to obtain IS residency) and only for extreme circumstances. I heard UPENN allows this easily but I will not go there even with IS rates. I was just wondering if there is a list of schools (if any) that allow deferring for financial reasons or anything but extreme situations. However, I have a feeling that if I got accepted and was able to defer that I would have to have several hoops covered during the year before marticulation (working full time, no outside support etc).

Do you have to have full time employment in a state for a year to be considered a resident or is part time sufficient?

Thank you

 

[Minnerbelle]

hmmm... I'm not really understanding what it is that you want to know. Are you someone who has already been accepted who wants to defer? If you haven't even applied yet, my advice is for you to not apply anywhere that you can't go that year if you got in. If you need to defer a year before attending... just defer applying!

It looks really bad if you're accepted, and can't defer, and decide to decline your acceptance and apply again the next year. VMCAS asks if you've been accepted to vet school in the past I believe.

 

[BlacKAT33]

I assume you'd have to call each school and see what they say. I'm not sure if this is a good excuse though, wouldn't ALL of us like to be IS? especially if we could just defer for any school instead of moving somewhere to obtain new residency. This seems too easy. Especially since 99% of us dont have enough money to pay for tuition and we'll all end up taking out loans.

 

[Nexx]

It's my understanding that deferment is meant to be done in cases of unusual circumstances or other hardship such as a death in the family. It's a year long application process (sometimes longer) and not everyone can foresee problems that may arise. Financial status is typically a linear path. That is unless you win the lottery, gamble, or have an unusual circumstance such as medical expenses. Which medical expenses probably would qualify for a deferment.

As it's been eluded to by blackkat, what is to stop everyone who is OOS from deferring for a year with a policy like that? It's unlikely you'll find any university sympathetic that you aren't able to get the 'cheap rates' for their cost of education.