<p>Ok i live in texas and plan on becoming a dentist. I dont have a lot of money, and i want to keep the debt to a minimum. </p>
<p>I know that instate tuition for a dental/medical school is significantly lower than an out of state.</p>
<p>Say i went out of state and graduated from the university of michigan. I then wanted to attend the michigan school of dentistry. Would i be considered in state?</p>
<p>Almost certainly not. You'd have to have some kind of weird situation where you had worked full-time for a year or some analogous situation.</p>
<p>If you did manage that, you would forfeit your Texas residency in the process.</p>
<p>I dont mind forfeiting my Texas residency i dont plan on going back. </p>
<p>So my options are working full-time.
anything else?</p>
<p>(btw thx for the info dude)</p>
<p>wait wait, (sorry for the double post)</p>
<p>your saying that i can go to a 4 year school out of state, but then i could still apply to my home state (texas') dental school AND be considered in state?</p>
<p>State residencies are very complicated and you'd have to investigate the individual policies.</p>
<p>As a general rule, going to a new state for school neither forfeits your native home state nor gains you new home state status. In order to acquire new home-state status, you would have to forfeit your old state status and generally leap through some kind of hoop in your new state. That most commonly, but not always, involves one year of full-time work.</p>
<p>You would most likely remain a Texas resident despite attending, say, Tufts in Boston.</p>
<p>Yes, sirajoman.
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your saying that i can go to a 4 year school out of state, but then i could still apply to my home state (texas') dental school AND be considered in state?
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That is correct.</p>
<p>"I dont mind forfeiting my Texas residency i dont plan on going back"</p>
<p>no accounting for taste, eh curmudgeon?? :-)</p>
<p>Thanks for all the info guys/girls :)</p>
<p>My new future plan:</p>
<p>1.Go to University of Michigan Undergraduate (4 years)
2.Go back to Texas for dental school taking advantage of Instate tuition(if i get in)</p>
<p>The UTHSC-SA dental school has been number 1 in the country for several years running and you can not beat the tuition anywhere.</p>
<p>Changing home state residency for admission/tuition purposes varies from state to state but generally involves a number of steps including 1) no longer being a deduction on your parents' tax return forms 2) having verifiable residency for a minimum of 12 months in the form of utility bills, rental agreement etc. (dorm rooms don't count) 3) drivers license for that state and 4) voter registration and having voted in that state. Most states require at least the four items listed above and then may still deny the residency application.</p>