Medical School + Arkansas?

kristin5792
Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:39:52 +0000

“In-state” refers to your state of residency. “State of residency” generally means the state where your parents or guardians have a permanent house and where they pay taxes. If you’re financially independent from them, they no longer claim you as a dependent for tax purposes, and you have officially established a permanent domicile in Arkansas per the University of Arkansas’ rules (typically involving a period of time living there, registering your car there, registering to vote there, and earning a predetermined amount of taxable income), then you could be considered an Arkansas resident even if your parents or guardians live somewhere else.

Simply going to school in Arkansas will probably not make you in-state for application purposes. You will need to do more than that. You will probably be considered an NJ resident unless you take the steps to become an Arkansas resident.

It will be nearly impossible to do internal medicine and neurosurgery or ophthamology in private practice–internal medicine and surgery are completely different fields (with completely different training), and the patient population seeking a private practice neurosurgeon is probably not large enough to support you and your partner’s business. Most people revise their thoughts on specialties a few times before deciding, so I’m sure you’ll figure it out when the time comes!

Good luck!