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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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Really? Do tell?  DH's good friends in the UK have kids who just started unis or applying to them.   DH asked about "diversity" and e.c., and they all said that the unis there don't care that much "what make you unique, a leader". Sure, all thing being equal (scores), they may look at e.c., but it's not like here at all.  Top notch unis may look at what e.c.s you did in *your* field, but they don't care about what makes you "different".

DC would love that. DC has no desire to do other things other than the area of interest.

So, the Asian American kids who have great grades, scores, want to major in STEM, go to robotics competition, math olympiad, etc... are not "unique", and that won't make the kid stand out.  But that kind of bakground in the UK would be good for STEM majors because they care about the things you did in your area of interest, not what make you "different", like a STEM major who took a leadership role in SGA or started a gardening club. They wouldn't care about that.[/quote]

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