<p>Note also that many schools have several admission buckets, so that overall stats and admission rates may not reflect the actual selectivity faced by the student. Some examples of different admission buckets:</p>
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<li>Automatic admission versus non-automatic admission (Texas publics being well known examples).</li>
<li>Admission by division or major, where popular divisions or majors have higher selectivity.</li>
<li>In-state versus out-of-state for state universities.</li>
<li>Early versus regular decision admissions.</li>
<li>Special categories like recruited athletes (at smaller schools, athletes may be a substantial percentage of students).</li>
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