Do some colleges admit people SOLELY by looking at their grades and test scores?

<p>There were a couple of threads about this topic recently, but I can only find one of them:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/712961-what-schools-have-guaranteed-admission.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/712961-what-schools-have-guaranteed-admission.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Here is another link on guaranteed admissions:</p>

<p>[Guaranteed</a> College Acceptance - Associated Content](<a href=“http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1754110/guaranteed_college_acceptance.html?cat=4]Guaranteed”>http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1754110/guaranteed_college_acceptance.html?cat=4)</p>

<p>Public universities often are very generous about accepting AP/IB/CLEP exams for credit and/or placement. If mosdefinitely’s friend is interested in getting through college by the quickest means, her best bet is probably to apply to a guaranteed admissions school that will give her a lot of credit for those AP classes. With something like 20 AP courses, she could conceivably enter college as a second semester sophomore or even a junior. If the school awards credit for CLEP exams, she might want to consider taking the CLEP exam in any subject where her AP exam score was too low for college credit.</p>