I understand where you’re coming from. Money-crunched state colleges would welcome OOS applicants who are willing to shell out more money than IS applicants. I would add, though, it wouldn’t make much sense for a state university to accept so many OOS applicants that a majority of its student body isn’t a resident of the state (not sure if that’s ever happened?)
As a side note, do you know if more elite colleges (HYPSMCBD) tend to accept more OOS applicants or not? @itsajoke