Questions on State Residency

[Crude]

I'm currently a resident of California and have been for a decade. I've just graduated with a Biochem degree (small state school far from the biotech industry) and I'm thinking of applying for jobs in the Biotechnology industry in the Northeast (mostly Boston area) and in North Carolina to potentially get a job as soon as possible. I feel like my resume it pretty weak and with no real job experience and no internship in biotech industry I feel as if getting a biotech job here in California might take too long. I'll be applying to med schools for the first time in June/July 2016 and I'm wondering if schools in California would consider me a resident of the state for their admissions process.

If I were to leave the state it would probably be for 12 to 16 months possibly up until classes start in 2017 Fall assuming I get in the next cycle. Does anyone have any personal experience in this scenario? Is there someone I could contact to help clarify the situation? I really don't wanna have to wait months to get a job just so I could stay in California but at the same time I don't want to lose my in-state resident status for when I apply to med school (of course I would apply to schools outside California also). I also don't wanna get stuck in a situation where I am a resident of neither state. Any help would be awesome (even if it's to other threads).

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[ortnakas]

If you move for a job, I assume you'll be paying rent and income taxes in the state you're going to, which will make you a resident of that state and not a resident of California.

Most states will allow you to claim their state for residency if you can show you've move there for non-educational purposes for ~12 months, which is the good news. The bad news is California is unlikely to let you claim residency when you don't live there and have moved elsewhere for something other than school or the military.

 

[BluMist]

Good news is that you can get the f' out of California!
California, despite its many medical schools, is one of the worst for its state residents applying to medical school.
There is almost zero in-state bias unless you're rural CA and want to apply to UC Riverside and/or Davis.

 

[pageantry]

Not only do you not need to stay in California, but you may also still qualify for in-state tuition if you return, under several exemptions.

http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/tuition/residence/students-new/exemptions.cfm#ex1

Edit: the one I'm counting on is AB540, which is the exemption for California high school graduates. Will update if this doesn't work out! http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/tuition/residence/students-new/ab-540.cfm

 

[The Knife & Gun Club]

Dude a North Carolina residency is so much more valuable that a Cali one. Great nc state schools to fall back on if you don't get into California schools

 

[ImmunoLove]

California has few schools who consider residency so there is little to gain by staying in CA and applying IS. Other states typically more favorably view their IS applicants (in fact, CA is the greatest "exporter" of per students, I believe). Even as a CA applicant, you'll likely leave the state, and if you're good enough to get in, it will have little to do with your state of residence.