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<p>The automatic full rides are the ones that you get for your GPA, rank, and/or test scores (though you may have to apply early). You can consider those schools as safety candidates.</p>
<p>The competitive ones are not assured, but you can apply to them and see if you get them.</p>
<p>There may be additional large scholarship opportunities in your home state’s public universities (e.g. New Jersey residents sometimes report full rides from Rutgers).</p>