<p>I'm confused about how graduate schools accept students. I've read that they mainly accept student from they're state. However I am currently a resident of New Jersey and I know New Jersey has contracts with certain schools. But what would happen if I went to an undergraduate school in New York or Pennsylvania? Would they count me as a resident for those states? Would I be eligible for Cornell and UPenn or only the New Jersey contract schools ? Or would I be eligible for both?</p>
<p>Your state of residence won’t change if you go to a college that’s not in your home state. So if you are a resident of New Jersey now, you will still be a resident of New Jersey even if you go to school in NY or PA.</p>
<p>Public (state university) vet schools give preference to in-state residents or to residents of certain other states that they have enrollment agreements with. (For example, my state, New Mexico, doesn’t have a vet school so the state contracts with Colorado to set aside a certain number of slots for NM residents at Colorado State’s vet school.) Students who are not state residents (or from a contracting state) can still apply to a public vet school, but it’s harder to get accepted and you will pay higher tuition rates.</p>
<p>Private vet schools (like University of Pennsylvania or Tufts) do not give in-state preference and are open to all applicants.</p>
<p>Cornell’s vet school is an anomaly since it’s part of Cornell’s land grant college–thus it’s a publicly funded program at a private college. In state preference is given and non-NY residents will pay higher tuition costs.</p>
<p>“For example, my state, New Mexico, doesn’t have a vet school so the state contracts with Colorado to set aside a certain number of slots for NM residents at Colorado State’s vet school.”
@WayOutwestMom: Do you happen to know if that’s the same thing as Nevada, as we don’t have a vet school either? Also, do you know how many seats are set aside in cases like these? </p>
<p>I mean hypothetically if OOS students have like 10 seats out of 100, I’d probably take my chances by moving and establishing state residency anyhow.</p>
<p>Nevada, like New Mexico, is a participant in WICHE --[WICHE</a> FRONT PAGE | Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.wiche.edu%5DWICHE”>http://www.wiche.edu)</p>
<p>Professional education (vet, med, dental, optometry, etc) is dealt with through the Professional School Exchange Program (PSEP). NV is ‘sending’ state and has agreements with following vet programs: Colorado State, UC-Davis, Oregon State and Washington State. </p>
<p>[Professional</a> Student Exchange Program (PSEP) | Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.wiche.edu/psep/vetmed]Professional”>Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) | WICHE)</p>
<p>What the PSEP does for potential professional school students is get them treated as “in-state” during the application process. (IOW, you still need the stats, recs and experience that would make you competitive for admission, but you lose the OOS disadvantage.)</p>
<p>So the seats aren’t necessarily “saved”, but you are considered without the OOS penalty. </p>
<p>Your tuition will also be partially underwritten by your state dept of education. (PSEP students pay in-state rates, or slightly higher than in-state rates, but less than OOS rates.)</p>
<p>BUT—you must get certified by your state’s PSEP certifying officer[s] BEFORE applying to insure you get the PSEP benefits. The process isn’t terribly cumbersome, but it’s important that you begin the certification process well before you start your applications–in most cases you need to have your certification completed BEFORE October 15 of the year you plan to apply.</p>
<p>Student Checklist for Certification is here:</p>
<p>[Professional</a> Student Exchange Program (PSEP) | Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.wiche.edu/psep/checklist]Professional”>Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) | WICHE)</p>
<p>Contact your state’s certifying officer for more information. List of certifying officers here: [Professional</a> Student Exchange Program (PSEP) | Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.wiche.edu/psep/cert-off]Professional”>PSEP Institutions and Programs - WICHE)</p>