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<p>It is likely that, at most schools with high selectivity, the bar for “not expected to fail” is significantly below the bar for unhooked admissions. Of course, the student admitted just above that “not expected to fail” bar may not be likely to take the toughest honors courses at the college, but as long as s/he does not fail, the college will have satisfied its “institutional need” (development admit, recruited athlete, scion of important domestic or foreign government official, etc.) by admitting him/her.</p>
<p>At the opposite end of the college selectivity spectrum, the opposite is true; it is easier to get into an open admission community college or other open admission school than it is to pass a transfer-preparation or associates degree curriculum. It is also likely the case that getting into the least selective public and private universities is easier than doing well enough to complete a bachelor’s degree there, based on the low graduation rates at many such schools.</p>