Under the Admission by Exception policy, a UC campus may consider an applicant who does not meet the minimum admission requirements but is otherwise competitive and has demonstrated academic potential. Students with non-traditional educational backgrounds, such as home-schooled students or students from rural or extremely disadvantaged backgrounds, or students with special talents, such as athletic ability, who have demonstrated that they can succeed academically at UC, are typically given this designation. Campuses employ this strategy rarely, with such students accounting for about 2% of newly enrolled students across the system.