Application Strategy
Guides and articles addressing application strategy, one of the common challenges students face during the admissions process.
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August 26, 2026
Ole Miss's Out-of-State Admit Advantage Is Disappearing
Ole Miss admitted out-of-state applicants at a higher rate than in-state ones in 2024. By 2025 the two nearly converged, with in-state now slightly ahead.
August 26, 2026
Iowa State's Acceptance Rate Looks Open. Enrollment Tells a Different Story
Iowa State admits in-state and out-of-state applicants at nearly the same rate, but in-state admits enroll at roughly three times the rate of out-of-state admits.
August 26, 2026
University of Rhode Island's Acceptance Rate Hides a Filing Problem, Not a Residency Penalty
URI admits in-state and out-of-state applicants at nearly the same rate, but in-state students enroll at more than three times the rate of out-of-state admits.
August 26, 2026
George Mason's Acceptance Rate Barely Splits by Residency. Its Class Still Does.
George Mason admits in-state and out-of-state applicants at nearly the same rate, yet in-state yield is 3.4x higher, so residents fill 81% of the class.
August 26, 2026
San Diego State's 59-Point Residency Gap Is a Pool-Size Story
SDSU admitted 90.70% of out-of-state applicants and 31.32% of Californians, but 84,805 of its 95,444 applicants were Californians. That's the whole story.
August 26, 2026
UConn's Acceptance Rate Runs Backwards. It's Also Storrs-Only.
UConn admits out-of-state applicants at a higher rate than Connecticut residents, but in-state yield still lands residents 52% of a Storrs-only class.
August 26, 2026
Why the University of Iowa's Acceptance Rate Doesn't Run Backwards
Iowa admits in-state applicants at a higher rate than out-of-state ones, and in-state yield runs four to seven times higher, across two straight years.
August 26, 2026
Gonzaga Admits Out-of-State Applicants at 82.04%, In-State at 77.98% — Yield Runs the Other Way
Gonzaga's 79.62% acceptance rate breaks out by residency. Out-of-state applicants get in more often, but in-state admits enroll at nearly double the rate.
August 26, 2026
Hofstra Admits Out-of-State Applicants at 81.87%, In-State New Yorkers at 75.66%
Hofstra's acceptance rate splits by residency two years running — out-of-state applicants get in more often, but in-state admits enroll at nearly double the rate.
August 26, 2026
Santa Clara Admits Out-of-State Applicants at 54.36%, In-State at 48.24%
Santa Clara's acceptance rate splits by residency two years running. Its Early Decision figures don't hold up, so we're not publishing one.
August 25, 2026
Denver's Acceptance Rate Jumped 8 Points in One Year — Yield Didn't Move
Denver's acceptance rate rose from 77.29% to 85.38% in a single year, while the share of admits who actually enrolled stayed flat near 8%.
August 25, 2026
Loyola Chicago Admits 75% of Applicants — and Runs No Early Decision or Early Action
Loyola Chicago admitted 75.10% of Fall 2025 applicants, confirmed by the university's own fact sheet. There's no early round here — every applicant is evaluated the same way.
