<p>The only school I know that gives automatic acceptance based on test scores is University of Missouri-Columbia. Are there any other schools that also do this?</p>
<p>A lot of public schools does.</p>
<p>I’d say about fifty percent of US colleges will admit you based on meeting minimal metrics. Probably more. Check w/your guidance counselor’s office for nearby ones</p>
<p>I would say Cal-Tech, but you gotta have GREAT scores.</p>
<p>^uh…lolz even though caltech does weight scores significantly, good scores are more of a requirement than an automatic admissions ticket.</p>
<p>Watch out for big state schools that must meet a state blanket admission regulation. They usually have weed out classes in freshman year that are intended to cut the class to a more manageable size. </p>
<p>Your heart will be ripped to shreds if, after working so hard to earn outstanding grades in highschool, to fail after your first year. Look at any school’s freshman class enrollment verses Sophmore class enrollment be for considering such a school. Are you being set up to fail? </p>
<p>It is really sad - a significant portion of students who should be a success in life as high school high achievers instead go through life feeling a failure.</p>
<p>FIT (Florida) is famous for this. </p>
<p>Perhaps others can name similar schools</p>
<p>It seems the OPs question may be more narrow than is being answered above. I know there are a number of colleges, particularly a number of publics, where a combination of minimum GPA (or class rank) plus a minimum test score essentially guarantees admission, but off-hand I cannot think of any that guarantee admission solely on the basis of test score other than Missouri although there likely are some other publics that do…</p>
<p>toadstool: While the situation you describe exists, I see the glass as half-full. Many institutions give people a chance at collegiate success. Certainly this in no way corrects the problem of many HS graduates not being ready for a real college curriculum and I wish more safety nets were in place. (Currently the junior or community college system serves as a “remedial” step for many ill-prepared HS graduates – and even there, about only 1/3 go on to a 4-year program) </p>
<p>However in the context of CC (and its “typical” reader), I’d assume that there’s a history of academic success so that the dire warnings of attending the large state “factory” schools may not be as apt.</p>