That definitely confirms my assumptions, the number of accepted seemed very low for the out of state applicants.
I feel like they may miss out on a lot of strong students this year because they take such a long time to accept them. It would be hard to convince myself to attend the out of state program that only interviewed with VITA, especially after being dragged along so long, if I had other options. I also have a bad taste in my mouth for only being allowed a VITA here, it seemed so impersonal. That’s probably just me, good luck to everyone!