residency question.Thanks.

[agirl]

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I have established residency in my current state, if I move to California for a year, do my application process there, if by any chance I am admitted by school of my current state, will I be cinsidered a state resident as far as tuuition goes.
To put it in a simple way🙂, does one year leave immediately before the entrance of medical school affect residency previlige?
Thank you so much.
I guess I will shut for while before mumbling again.

 

[queenbee]

yeaps, just do a google search for "residency in xyz state". every state has their own rules for school admittance as a resident. some states are pretty strict. i think the major things you have to keep intact in the state you want to reside in is voter registration, driver's license, and figure out the taxes situation, etc. sometimes, you cannot attend school in another state as a resident of that other state. for example, if you enroll in classes while you're in cali as a cali resident, but then want to apply to school in other state as a resident, you might not be qualified.

 

[dia009]

if u r at CA for "educational purposes" then, u'll still be a resident of your original state, not CA.
however, you'll have to prove that you paid out state fees in CA (if it's public school), but it's private school, then it doesn't matter.

 

[chemphd]

if u r at CA for "educational purposes" then, u'll still be a resident of your original state, not CA.
however, you'll have to prove that you paid out state fees in CA (if it's public school), but it's private school, then it doesn't matter.

If you're living in CA for educational purposes, and you are not claimed on your parents' tax return, you can become a state resident after one year. You need to save receipts, can't leave the state for more than 2 weeks at a time (or something like that) and have to stay summers in CA. you need to vote and pay taxes in the state of CA. This is true even if you apply to med school as a resident of a different state- if you get accepted to one of the UC's, and attend for a full year, then you can get resident tuition and fees after that (to the best of my knowledge- I know it's true in science graduate programs).

That said, if you're changing residency to have a chance at more public med schools, I believe there are other states that not only have more schools but are less stringent in their requirements (ALL of the UC's screen pre-secondary and are known as tough to get into- even for residents).

Good luck, whatever you decide to do.

 

[Non-TradTulsa]

I have established residency in my current state, if I move to California for a year, do my application process there, if by any chance I am admitted by school of my current state, will I be cinsidered a state resident as far as tuuition goes.
To put it in a simple way🙂, does one year leave immediately before the entrance of medical school affect residency previlige?
Thank you so much.
I guess I will shut for while before mumbling again.

Sounds like you're trying to split the difference and try your hand as a resident applicant in 2 states, to be honest. That's a needle that you probably can't thread.

As already posted, you would have to look not only at the laws of your state but also at the regulations that the university in your current state of residence uses to determine who's a resident and who isn't. Re-registering your car, registering to vote in a new state, etc - are "attributes of residency" that will be looked at as evidence. But that is only used to help establish what your intent was - and intent is what really matters. What it comes down to as a general principle of common law is, if you leave your current state with the intent of making California your permanent home, then you become a California resident on day 1 and lose your current residency the same day - even though you're not eligible for in-state tuition in Calfornia until you've lived there as a resident for a year. The university of the state where you live now may give you some preference as a former resident (at my state allopathic school, we of course take out-of-staters but if you can't demonstrate previous ties to the state it's extremely difficult to get in) but you probably will no longer be eligible for in-state tuition. I don't think you would ever be considered as having moved to California for educational purposes unless you were already admitted as a student there when you moved.

But, on to the more important topic. Why in the world would you move to California to apply to medical school? California is one of the toughest states in the union for in-state applicants - while California has a number of superior medical school, it also has 36 million citizens - do the math, it's incredibly competitive even if you're in-state. I don't know how many posts I've read from Calfornia applicants who would give a right arm to live somewhere - anywhere - else - at least for medical school purposes.

You really won't gain any huge advantage by residency. UCLA has no in-state preference at all and UCSF and UCSD have only weak in-state preference, last time I looked. USC and Loma Linda are private schools and couldn't care less. To the best of my knowledge, only UC-Irvine and UC-Davis have strong in-state preference.

While I applied in California, I attend my in-state allopathic school and pay dirt cheap tuition at a well-respected mid-tier school and get a fair amount of scholarship money - I couldn't be happier. I would definitely think twice about losing your state residency in order to move to California.

 

[agirl]

Thanks to you all. To clarify what i did not explain in my original post,
I wasn't thinking about applying for schools from two states. I want to go to CA for a year because my family are there, I want to have some time to be with them before I will start my four year journey alone again should I be admitted by any luck. I know the schools in CA are hard to get in, am not gonna waste my application fee, but don't want to lose my residency here.
I am single with no boyfriend, they are very important and dear to my heart.
Thanks again for all your input.

 

[crazydiamond]

Thanks to you all. To clarify what i did not explain in my original post,
I wasn't thinking about applying for schools from two states. I want to go to CA for a year because my family are there, I want to have some time to be with them before I will start my four year journey alone again should I be admitted by any luck. I know the schools in CA are hard to get in, am not gonna waste my application fee, but don't want to lose my residency here.
I am single with no boyfriend, they are very important and dear to my heart.
Thanks again for all your input.

Merely being physically present in a state does not automatically give you residency there. So sure, it's very do-able to go hang out with your family in CA for a while without losing your residency status in your current state. Think of all those retiree who go RVing around the country for an entire year, or those who move temporarily to live with an ill family member.

Just don't get a CA drivers license or change where you're registered to vote. Vote absentee ballot for any elections that come up while you're gone. Keep your car (if you have one) registered in your state. File your taxes as usual (note that if you do seek employment in CA you will need to file taxes for CA too). Keep your bank account where it is. It would help if you could maintain an address in your current state then just list your CA address as a "temporary" one with whatever companies you do business with, but I don't think that's critical.

Essentially don't do all the things that are recommended to folks who wish to change the state they maintain residency in 😉