The problem with the College Kickstart numbers for state schools is that it doesn’t break down in-state vs OOS. UVA’s admissions blog shows how significant that difference is—and that EA provides a huge advantage over RD for in-state applicants (and a much smaller advantage for OOS applicants):
Early Action Applications
Total number of Early Action applications: 41,885 (37,642 last year)
Total number of VA apps: 11,240 (10,109)
Total number of OOS apps: 30,645 (27,533)
We use completed applications in our statistics.
Early Action Offers
Overall offers: 6,746**
Total VA offers:** 2,788 (25% offer rate)
Total OOS offers: 3,958 (13% offer rate)
Enrollment Goal: ~3,970
Regular Decision Round
Total RD applications: 17,568 (16,866 last year)
VA RD applications: 3,519 (3,750)
OOS RD applications: 14,049 (13,116)
VA RD acceptance rate: 11% (15%)
OOS RD acceptance rate: 9% (11%)
Defer acceptance rate: 3% (no deferrals last year)