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I'm curious, if anyone has the knowledge, if elite colleges in other parts of the world such as Canada or the EU also value representation of diversity (in ethnicity/ race/ SES/ first generation/ extra curricular activities) like colleges here, or are they mostly based on test scores and GPA when it comes to admissions? 
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I once attended a McGill orientation during an American Thanksgiving weekend, so the audience was mostly Americans. The said that admissions to the main faculties (Art, Science, etc.) do no consider legacy, race, extracurriculars, wealth, gender, letters of recommendation,  or anything else besides high school grades and standardized test scores. If you are over the cutoff on those, you are accepted. Very straightforward.

This is not universal at all schools across Canada, but pretty typical.

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UK is the same.  My DC has dual citizenship with UK, and DC is seriously considering UK uni because they don't care about e.c. or diversity.[/quote]

This isn't true at all. lol

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In countries where colleges admit mainly based on scores - what happens when there are more applicants who meet the required scores? How do they reject them? The lowest scores - even if they are still above cutoff - get rejected?

In this country, you often hear how students who were slackers in high school eventually get their act together and become successful. What happens to those type of people? Is their future severely limited because they were slackers in high school?[/quote]

Yes, in some of these countries, if you were not born into a wealthy family that could afford tutors or if you slacked off as early as elementary school, which determines which middle school you can go to, that determines which high school you can enroll in, then ultimately which uni.  The cut off may change from year to year.  If you google "Gao Kao", you will get a taste of what university entrance exams look like.[/quote]

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