Which State do I put as my residence?

[jj_Sharp2]

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I know it sounds like a stupid question but genuinely not sure about this one.

I'm on my first of second gap year living in Manhattan. Have lived in a rental apartment with a roommate since last July (so about 10 months now). Just resigned lease to extend the same apartment through 7/2019. Before this, I've lived in NJ with my parents my entire life up until undergrad.

Have searched all over the web to see if I can find what determines "state of residence" for medical school, and can't seem to find anything about it. Only seems to be for undergraduate institutions

I've read online that to be considered a state resident, you need to pay income taxes for that state (which I have this year for NY). Others have said that you need to have lived in that state for over a year, which I technically will not have by the time I graduate, but will be approaching 2 years by the time I matriculate. I also have all my bills sent to my NY address.

Does anyone know what I would then be considered? I'm honestly hoping for NY as I genuinely would rather not go to a NJ medical school.

Thank you!

 

[ndafife]

Residency designation for applicants is going to be very school dependent. I suggest you look at the school specific pages for more information for what they consider an in state applicant

 

[Dragonchi]

What state is your vehicle registered? What state driving license do you have? I would use the answer to those two questions

 

[LizzyM]

I 'd say NY having been in your shoes after college and before grad school. You are a grown-up, living in NYC, in an apartment, after college. In all likelihood, you have registered to vote (if you haven't, you should, mid-term elections are coming). If you are smart, you don't have a car but if you did, it would be registered in NY. Maybe you've never bothered to change your driver's license (God knows, I didn't) but you are paying your taxes in NY, most likely opened a bank account in NY, etc.

 

[Deleted member 750603]

Check the residency requirements for the states you think you may have claim to residency. Usually DMVs will have that info not medical schools.

 

[chaim123]

I'm generally confused by all these posts about "what state of residence am I?"

I was under the impression that your address on AMCAS is just where mail is sent, and isn't used to determine residency. For any state schools or schools that care about residency, don't they usually have other forms you need to fill out in which they use their standards to determine what residency you fall under?