<p>The state universities may still practice holistic admissions though the degree to which probably varies by state and is partly influenced by the % of OOS students that apply and are accepted. But logic and the statistical relationship between state universities and high Top 10% ranked students would lead to another conclusion. Could it be that, as an offering to the political gods, the state universities have an obligation to take a high percentage of in-state students and this leads them to adopt admissions procedures (Class rank, GPA, standardized tests) to help referee the inevitable squabbles about who is admitted and who is not? This leads to a more stats-based admissions procedure, at least in comparison with the top privates.</p>