<p>That’s for UG, you cannot claim you are resident by attending UG in CA no matter how many yrs. </p>
<p>But medical school at least UCSF (I don’t know other UC medical schools) is different. How exactly to do it, I don’t know. But I heard you can do it. UCSF is hard to get in anyway, but it does accept OOS.</p>
<p>Note that I am not an expert on this subject and I only have second hand knowledge, but for those who want to investigate it further, here is the basic idea :</p>
<p>In some states the state med schools are (relatively) easier to get into due to preferential treatment of in-state residents and a (relatively) favorable ratio of number of in-state applicants to number of slots.</p>
<p>In all states you can gain residency status by living (independently) and working (i.e. paying taxes) in the state for a period of time that varies by state and sometimes by school and/or degree program within the school.</p>
<p>When you graduate, you get a real job (i.e. not a student job) in your state of choice for the period of time required to establish residency and then apply to the state school.
Of course there are pros/cons/risks to this idea and it should be carefully researched before attempting to execute it.</p>
<p>For example, in Massachusetts, UMass Med is only available to Mass residents. As it turns out, there is a 1-year, in-state residency requirement for undergrad, but a 5-year, in-state residency requirement for med school.
[Residency[/url</a>]
<a href=“https://umassmed.edu/uploadedFiles/Residency_validation_final02252011.pdf[/url]”>https://umassmed.edu/uploadedFiles/Residency_validation_final02252011.pdf](<a href=“http://www.uml.edu/Enrollment/Residency/Classification-Reclassification.aspx]Residency[/url”>Classification & Reclassification | Enrollment Management | UMass Lowell)</a></p>
<p>It appears that Texas only has a 1-year, in-state residency requirement for med school
[TMDSAS</a> Medical: Residency Information](<a href=“http://www.utsystem.edu/tmdsas/medical/residency.html]TMDSAS”>http://www.utsystem.edu/tmdsas/medical/residency.html)</p>
<p>Maybe they count MS1 as one yr, so you become resident afterwards? Just a guess. This is for med though, not UG. To be clear.</p>