Applying In-state vs. Out-of-State

[Arts]

<p>Hi College Confidential,</p>

<p>I'm a student at a college in New York, but I come from California. Do I have the option of listing either state as my home state in applications? If so, what factors determine which one I should choose? I plan to apply to schools in both states.</p>

[i_wanna_be_Brown]

<p>No you do not. Unless your parents no longer list you as a dependent you are from California. Attending college usually does not make one a resident of the state. Please search around, state residency stuff has been discussed a lot recently.</p>

[WayOutWestMom]

<p>Every state medical school will have a specific criteria for establishing state resident status. Almost without exception, a full time student cannot earn state resident status. His or her presumptive state of residence will that of his parents.</p>

<p>There are a few exceptions–particularly if you are an older, self supporting individual.</p>

<p>Here’s a link to SUNY Downstate’s residency determination policy:</p>

<p>[Establishing</a> New York State Residency Status for Tuition Billing Purposes](<a href=“http://sls.downstate.edu/admissions/est_residency.html]Establishing”>http://sls.downstate.edu/admissions/est_residency.html)</p>

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One does not acquire a new domicile simply by a presence in New York State for attendance at an institution of higher education. The act of living within the State’s boundaries is, in itself, an insufficient demonstration of residency. The student must demonstrate establishment of a domicile (permanent place of abode) in New York State. Living in New York State solely for the purpose of attending a college or other postsecondary institution does not, in itself, demonstrate that legal residence has been established.

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[Arts]

<p>I’m going to spend at least a year on my own in New York out of school, and I was under the impression that there were a number of boxes that could be checked on either side.</p>

<p>On a related note, this data seems to suggest being from California is much favored over being from New York anyway? <a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/161128/data/table1.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/161128/data/table1.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
Out-of-state matriculants are often higher for NY schools (because they are privates), whereas the UCs highly favor in-state applicants.</p>

[WayOutWestMom]

<p>If you are going to living outside of CA, and want to maintain your CA state residency for application purposes, there are ways you can do this, but it will take careful planning and action on your part.</p>

<p>CA has its own issues w/r/t med school applicants. Namely way too many applicants for the number of in-state seats available. (This in turns means that in-state applicants often have to have stronger credentials to get accepted at an in-state public than they would if they lived elsewhere.)</p>