We thought we would be moving to MD when our daughter was a high school junior. She applied to a lot of schools in PA, MD and NY. We already had a residence in MD because my husband was working there 1/2 the year but our residency was in another state where we filed our taxes. We still would have had to wait 2 years of paying taxes to be considered citizens of MD. During DD’s senior year, my husband suddenly lost his job and we moved to IL. Thankfully that was before college decision time, and her top choice was in the midwest anyway. Just wanted to caution you that life has a funny way of getting in the way of the best laid plans!