Texas residency premed

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How can my D apply for Texas residency, she is studying in Rice but we are out of state from Texas. Can you please help? Thanks

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You and your family can relocate to Texas right now…and establish residency as instate residents a year from now.

Or your daughter can remain in Texas after she receives her undergrad degree, get a job, rent a place to live, pay taxes in Texas, change her voter registration and drivers license…and establish her own residency.

Attending undergrad school at Rice will not grant her instate status.

@texaspg

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Thanks for. sharing! However I heard kids in undergrad like junior year onwards can get TX residency. We can not relocate at this time. I am not completely aware but wanted to check here to find out

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@texaspg should be able to answer this.

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There are other ways, including buying property in Texas and setting up a business in Texas. You can call the residency office for details.

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@itsgettingreal21

What residency office would this family call? This student attends Rice, a private university where your state of residence doesn’t matter.

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@igana why does your daughter need instate Texas residency status? Is it because she wants to apply to medical school in Texas where the public universities do give preference to instate residents?

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The residency page for any Texas Public university has essentially the same details. Your daughter must reside in Texas for one year and establish a domicile. The three most common ways a student establishes a domicile is by buying a property in Texas, establishing and running a business in Texas, or working either 20 hours per week or making enough $$ to cover 50% of living expenses (including tuition).

There are other requirements, like being independent for tax purposes etc. If you pick the residency option, there are realtors such as https://www.towerrealtyaustin.com/texas-residency-info/ that can walk you through the process.

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thanks

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That is correct @thumper1

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@parentkeith can the student “reside in Texas” as a student to satisfy the residency requirement.

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The student can reside in Texas while a attending school, but must be clear to never state they moved to Texas specifically for school. The student must have moved to Texas for another reason, such as the better environment for their business/career etc.
S21 was able to become a Texas resident in time for Sophomore tuition while living in the UT Austin dorms freshman year. He rented a room over the summer and was able to check the boxes for both a business and earned 50% of his expenses including tuition.

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So…this student would need to demonstrate that she was paying half of her cost of attendance at Rice using her earnings?

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Correct, if you were trying to use that method to prove a domicile in the state. But you only need one of the options. For most students, working 20 hours a week throughout the year is sufficient, it does not also need to reach the 50% of expenses threshold. Additionally, that 20 hour a week job can’t be through the campus.
The bulk of the full time students that I have heard obtained residency did it through buying a condo (with parents assistance) or registering their business in the state. Even an etsy shop could qualify. It would just need to show sufficient activity/income etc. Exactly what that threshold is could be fuzzy. We heard it was around 200 a month in revenue.

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Here are the Texas residency rules for medical school there:

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It wasn’t Texas, and it wasn’t for an MD program. However, our older daughter did move west after getting her bachelor’s, got a job, and worked for a couple of years. In the process she established residency. Now she is paying in-state prices in a DVM program.

One issue with both MD programs schools and DVM programs is that acceptance requires quite a bit of experience in the field. Some students pick this up while an undergraduate student. Some pick it up after getting their bachelor’s degree. Some (including our daughter) do a combination. It is possible to get this experience, and establish residency, and make sure that this is what you really want to do, all at the same time.

I do not know whether there is any minimum age limit to be considered independent of your parents. Our daughter did make sure to get a driver’s license and register to vote in the state that she moved to as soon as she got there.

I would expect that with a degree from Rice it should be possible to find a good and relevant job in Texas after graduation.

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And this is possible almost everywhere. After undergrad, move to the state where you want to be a resident…and a resident for tuition purposes or admissions. Get a job, pay taxes, do this for a year or two after undergrad and you will be a resident of that state.

We know doctors who moved to a particular state because they wanted to attend medical school as an instate resident. Of course this was a gamble because acceptance isn’t guaranteed but it worked out.

To the OP…I don’t know your state of residency, but maybe your kid would get accepted to a public medical school there. And even with instate status, there is no guarantee that they will get accepted in Texas.

I really hope @texaspg responds. Maybe @WayOutWestMom has an opinion.

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This was what I was wondering as I read this thread.

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Looks like this is the important section to the residency for medical school portion.

Option 2: Residency by Establishing Domicile

This option for establishing Texas residency is available to:

  • Citizens or permanent residents of the US
  • Non-citizens and non-permanent residents may also use this option if they have an application for permanent residency on file with the US Citizenship and Immigration Service.
  • International students who hold an eligible visa.

To establish domicile, you must meet the following criteria:

    1. Live in Texas for 12 consecutive months by the application deadline; and
  2. Establish and maintain domicile for 12 consecutive months prior to the application deadline, by doing one of the following:
    * Be gainfully employed in Texas
    * Sole or joint marital ownership of residential real property in Texas by the person seeking to enroll or the dependent’s parent, having established and maintained a domicile at the residence
    * Own and operate a business in Texas
    * Be married for one year to a person who has established domicile in Texas
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I have not paid attention to having to work and make money as a choice since it is a bit hard to be student while having to earn to enough (Rice would cost 60-70k and not sure how many students can make 30k+).

I have known medical students who bought a condo while at Baylor and paid instate starting 2nd year. It works out well since they need to pay rent and they are paying a 10k premium for OOS. OTOH, a Rice student may be able to do the same - buy a condo and live there for an year to establish residency.