Question about state of residency and bad grade

[kcirlu]

Hello,

Regarding the state residency, I am a U.S citizen but I had never lived in the united states until I turned 18 (I lived in the Dominican Republic). I moved to Virginia in 2016 for college, however my dad says I am a resident of New York since that's where my permanent address is (I got my citizenship through my dad). Since I have been living in Virginia for almost two years, does my state of residency change to Virginia? I'm kind of confused about that topic due to the fact that I had not lived in the U.S.A before and don't know how the process works. Furthermore, how does that play into med school applications? Should I apply to New York schools or Virginia schools? I fear that if I apply to New York schools they won't consider me as a true in-state applicant.

Regarding my bad grade, during my first semester of college I got a D in psychology. While I had horrible studying habits and was overall immature back then (I'm a junior now), absolutely disliked the class. I understand that you have to retake classes to show that you understand the material, but should I? I don't enjoy the topic very much and don't think I'd get an A if I take it again. But if I have to then I'll do it. Thanks for your help.

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[Chicken Little]

"Resident -- A person who lives in Virginia, or maintains a place of abode here, for more than 183 days during the year, or who is a legal (domiciliary) resident of the Commonwealth, is considered a Virginia resident for income tax purposes. "

From the Virginia residency website.

I think the consensus now is to not retake courses especially if the rest of your application is fine. Perhaps an AdCom can speak more on this.

 

[RandomChance]

I know that many colleges are now moving to requiring at-least one semester of psychology - hence its inclusion in the new MCAT - and I believe many colleges require at least a "C" grade in many of their prerequisite classes, however I would need someone with more experience to speak on this issue because I don't remember if that's for hard-science courses only?

 

[kcirlu]

I know that many colleges are now moving to requiring at-least one semester of psychology - hence its inclusion in the new MCAT - and I believe many colleges require at least a "C" grade in many of their prerequisite classes, however I would need someone with more experience to speak on this issue because I don't remember if that's for hard-science courses only?

Since psychology is not a required class for some schools I thought that perhaps I wouldn't have to retake it and instead just explain it in my application. Hopefully someone else can chime in.

 

[RandomChance]

With more and more schools jumping on psych as a prereq, just pick it up at a local CC! No reason to shoot yourself in the foot by restricting your options prematurely as gonnif aludes too

 

[smukke]

Where/how you got citizenship doesn't really matter. How old are you? Where do your parents have residency? How did you pay for you schooling? Have you had a job in VA, paid and filed tax returns, bought a house, voted?

For the most part full time college students under 24 are generally automatically considered dependents and their residency is determined by their parent's residency, however there are issues such as military service, marriage, supporting yourself through work/loans, graduating college, etc that can change that. Also instate for tuition purposes (which is usually set by state law as whether you meet the criteria for instate on the first day of class) may or may not be the same as instate for admissions purposes (which can vary even between schools in the same state and has a lot of grey areas).

 

[PreMedMissteps]

"Resident -- A person who lives in Virginia, or maintains a place of abode here, for more than 183 days during the year, or who is a legal (domiciliary) resident of the Commonwealth, is considered a Virginia resident for income tax purposes. "

From the Virginia residency website.

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Residency for tax purposes is NOT the same as residency for instate tuition purposes. For that, usually residency depends on where his dad/parents live.

 

[PreMedMissteps]

Hello,

Regarding the state residency, I am a U.S citizen but I had never lived in the united states until I turned 18 (I lived in the Dominican Republic). I moved to Virginia in 2016 for college, however my dad says I am a resident of New York since that's where my permanent address is (I got my citizenship through my dad). Since I have been living in Virginia for almost two years, does my state of residency change to Virginia? I'm kind of confused about that topic due to the fact that I had not lived in the U.S.A before and don't know how the process works. Furthermore, how does that play into med school applications? Should I apply to New York schools or Virginia schools? I fear that if I apply to New York schools they won't consider me as a true in-state applicant.

Regarding my bad grade, during my first semester of college I got a D in psychology. While I had horrible studying habits and was overall immature back then (I'm a junior now), absolutely disliked the class. I understand that you have to retake classes to show that you understand the material, but should I? I don't enjoy the topic very much and don't think I'd get an A if I take it again. But if I have to then I'll do it. Thanks for your help.

Where does your dad live? New York? If so, then you’re probably instate for NY since your mom lives abroad and isn’t a citizen.