<p>I think I know the answer to this question, but I wanted to ask anyway just to make sure...can an applicant claim residency in more than one state(s) if the parents have owned property in those states for multiple years?</p>
<p>No, you must choose your state. Med school applicants in unusual circumstances need to check very early to make sure they will qualify as a resident in at least once state. For example, if you are a dependent of your parents and they have changed states, you might need to jump through some hoops if you want to be a resident of the new state, especially if you have not lived there for 12 months.</p>
<p>You get one state, you have to put your address on your AMCAS app, that will be presumed to be your state, but if you are new to the current state, you may also have to prove you qualify as a resident before the state schools will consider your application.</p>
<p>That’s what I thought. Thank you!</p>
<p>Owning property means paying property taxes. Depending on state laws, in many states property taxes do NOT contribute to a higher education. Specifically in my state, property taxes are stritcly supporting local public HSs and in a lesser numbers public libraries.<br>
You shoudl advise with adcoms of specific schools. CC is not a good source for this advice, we all have different backgrounds in different states with different laws, reciprocal policies…etc. Again, admission policies specifically for residency status are also very different from college to college.</p>
<p>Jc- yes, Miami is correct that residency requirements vary not just state to state, but school to school if you have multiple state schools available to you, be sure to read all the forms and make sure you have dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s</p>
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In our township in NJ, >80% of property tax dollars go towards education. With the continuous erosion of state support for school districts, property tax hikes and reappraisals of homes have become yearly rituals. My understanding is that, the situation is the same in many of the surrounding states. I am told this and the nice weather are the main reasons why retirees from these states flock to Florida to spend their golden years. To stem that trend, in many areas of NJ, retirement communities with special tax breaks are popping up.</p>
<p>^ I didn’t catch the “higher” word in MiamiDAP’s comment, until after I posted my rant on the ever increasing property taxes.</p>