<p>I'm going to be pre-med and Texas has the most amount of medical schools that I can choose from, (OH, TX, GA). What do students need to do to establish residency. I'm not 18 yet but when I am, I will register to vote there. I know that one year I have to live off campus so could that help to establish residency?
I'd like to know now so that I can get to work on this immediately.
Thank you</p>
<p>Establishing Texas residency for educational purposes is difficult. You cannot be claimed as a dependent on another stateās tax. In addition to having to have a Texas address for at least a year (I actually think that you donāt have to live off-campus), you have to work (perhaps full-time?) in Texas for at least a year, as well. You also have to cut yourself off from your parentsā insurance, I think.</p>
<p>I mean, itās doable; youād probably have to take a year off between undergrad and med school and work full-time. Thatās the āeasiestā way to establish residency.</p>
<p>Iād rather not take time off. Iām not being claimed as a dependent now and I dont have health insurance.</p>
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<p>Thereās a lot of information about this on the UT Austin WEB site, since itās a state school:</p>
<p>[University</a> of Texas at Austin - Texas Residency FAQ](<a href=āhttp://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/residency/resfaq.html]Universityā>http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/residency/resfaq.html)</p>
<p>This is going to be such a pain X( Does anyone know if Baylor med. gives preferential acceptance love to TX residents?</p>
<p>I wouldnāt worry about this stuff right now, especially if the only reason you want to do it is b/c of med school. You might not even be pre-med after freshman year. You might want to transfer to another school for undergrad. Your parents might move to Texas and you wonāt even have to worry about the whole dependency thing. Who knows? Lots of unexpected stuff happens. Wait until junior or senior year to think about this stuffā¦ grad school is too far out to go through the hassle of changing your residency right now.</p>
<p>I wouldnt restrict med school searches to simply state school med schools. There are also some scholarships available to med school for very top, desireable candidates.</p>
<p>Pyles was raised by a relative, Hermes. He can share his story if he chooses, but I dont think they will plan to relocate to Tx so he can establish residency.</p>
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<p>That was just a general statementā¦ not solely directed at pyles.</p>
<p>Well of course I will apply to various schools across the country, not just texas. I just know that the public schools give more weight to students applying in their own state and the ones in texas are pretty cheap publicly. Texas has the most med schools out of both GA and OH</p>
<p>if I bought a foreclosed property for super super cheap, would that count?</p>
<p>Arenāt you getting a little ahead of yourself, pyles? You havenāt even started your freshman year yet!!</p>
<p>^ Fully agree with jym626.</p>
<p>The more critical thing to do in freshman year (esp. in the first couple of months) is to learn how to live without parents/family around and to make some friends. This is even more important for an OOS student. Many of my childās friends from his high school went to the same in-state college. (For example, even for a prestigious school like Rice, I heard there were over a dozen who were admitted there.) They may have supports from their long-time friends who they knew since middle school, so the adjustment may be easier. Because my child decided to go out of state, it took more efforts before he (and the parents ;-)) āsettled downā in the new environment.</p>
<p>Rice will get you settled really fast with friends during O-week. (mcat2; is your kid at Yale?) But I totally agree with mcat2 and jym626. As my momma says, āCross that bridge when you get to it.ā Right now, enjoy the end of your senior year and start anticipating your freshman year at Rice!</p>
<p>I understand where you guys are coming from. Itās just something that was brought up that I was thinking about.
Iām kinda a shy guy but I am used to moving around and being on my own so that shouldnt be a problem.</p>
<p>I posted this in response to this same question you posted in another thread, pyles, so I thought Iād post it here too. These are issues that all need to be considered in making such a decision:</p>
<p>Whats your definition of super cheap? Are you considering doing that now, or waiting until you move off campus say, soph yr and then stay there for 3 years. You would have to have the downpayment, qualify for a mortgage (assuming you donāt have the cash to pay up front), pay the utilities,property/school taxes, insurance, etc, and whatever you buy will likely need renovations/repairs which will cost $$ as well. Then, when you go to med school, if it isnt in Houston, youāll have to sell the property or try to rent it out-- not an easy thing to do. If you do, youāll need a local realtor/landlord or such to handle the management of it, and that costs $$ too (usually a percent of the rent).</p>
<p>Will any/all of this affect the need-based $$ you are getting from Rice? Even if you do become a Tx resident, not sure what all this will do to your FA from year to year. Yes, TX has no state tax, which is a good thing compared to GA (dont know about OH), but you will have to file taxes in Tx, and if you are being declared a dependent of another family memberās taxes, they will lose that benefit. All this is pretty complex. If you have enough $$$ to buy a place and pay for the repairs and maintenance, maybe you should just bank it away and save it for med school instead. Just a thought.</p>
<p>Iām thinking pyles was asking whether buying a ridiculously cheap foreclosed property would make the process of gaining residency easier, as he would then own land in TX. Iāve actually been wondering about that myself. From what Iāve read, though, itās unlikely. Iāve heard that you have to live in the state and work for a year āprior to enrollmentā before you can be considered in-state. The application of that āprior to enrollmentā bit is kind of ambiguous, because you can attend Rice, and get a job while enrolled at Rice a year prior to enrolling at a TX school; I donāt know if theyād still consider this āprior to enrollment,ā because you are, at the time, enrolled in a school in TX, but the school is private, and hence you donāt pay āin-stateā tuition. Le grand sighā¦ befuddlement.</p>
<p><a href=āhttp://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=5&ti=19&pt=1&ch=21&sch=B&rl=Yā>http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=5&ti=19&pt=1&ch=21&sch=B&rl=Y</a></p>
<p>Texas Administrative Code:</p>
<p>Look at rule Ā§21.24.</p>
<ol>
<li>D) āA domicile in Texas is presumed if, at least 12 months prior to the census date of the semester in which he or she is to enroll, the person owns real property in Texas, owns a business in Texas, or is married to a person who has established a domicile in Texas.ā
Soā¦ you would have to own property for a year before you would establish domicile and residency status. Furthermore, section 2(a) of the Texas code seems to imply that like the Cali statute, you have to maintain a continuous (physical) presence in the state for a year, which if I understand correctly, means you canāt leave the state without some justifiable reason.</li>
</ol>
<p>Also, Markos: employment must be āGainful employment other than work-study and other such student employment can also be a basis for establishing a domicileā, which Iām pretty sure means you have to have a full time job for a year prior to enrollment at any institution, and not just a part time job.</p>
<p>As of late, Iāve heard of many people taking a year off before med/law/grad school, so if youāre sure a Texas med school is where you want to go, perhaps consider establishing residency AFTER your undergraduate career. Plus, you never know, med schoolās such an abstract entity right after you come out of high school. Keep an open mind when you enter college; you might just find some other career is a better fit for what you want to do in life.</p>
<p>So if I marry someone with property in TX. . ā¦ Jajaja, I kid. Maybe.</p>
<p>dml- the link doesnāt work.</p>
<p>This
Struck me as funny. Are you saying you canāt travel out of state for a year?? I donāt think thats what they mean. I dont think the state can hold you hostage, LOL. Maintaining residency for 12 continuous months before applying for residency just usually means you have to prove you paid rent or utilites or something or 12 months as evidence of residency.</p>
<p>And Markos, even if one buys a āridiculously cheapā (however much tht is) property, all this issues mentioned in post # 15 still apply. I dont think they would accept buying a small empty lot as proof of residency, and if one buys a house, condo or whatever, you cant just let it go to to ruin. You have to maintain it, and probably have to prove it is your main residence (ie your bills come to that address, you pay utilities at that address, etc).</p>
<p>Jym,
thanks for pointing that out; thereās an auto space break in the middle of the link that I cant get rid of, so just get rid of that space and try the URL.</p>
<p>As for the physical presence thing: as far as the California statute is concerned, yeah, it literally means a physical presence. In order to become a resident, you have to āestablish intentā, meaning you canāt just go home for breaks and such when University is not in session. Check it out:
[UCLA</a> Registrarās Office: Residence for Tuition PurposesāEstablishing Residence](<a href=āhttp://www.registrar.ucla.edu/residence/establish.htm]UCLAā>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/residence/establish.htm)
It might be different for Texas though, and I apologize for any misunderstanding.</p>