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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]  Canadian colleges have a very different approach than US colleges.

Their view is accept everyone that meets a minimum threshold (which isn't impossible), but then its on the kids to either do well or drop out.[/quote]

Actually this isn't a "very different approach" at all.   It's the same approach that most US land grant flagships take toward their in-state applicants:  let many in, but then weed out those that can't make it.   Toronto and McGill graduate about 80-85% of matriculating undergraduates, and that's comparable to big US flagships.  Yet again Canadians show they understand US institutions less well than their (frequently smug) comments about Canada's "different approach" suggest.

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Except Toronto and McGill are two of the top schools in Canada, and both are ranked in the top 50 internatlonally...while most US land grant flagships aren't ranked anywhere as highly...and even some of these lower-ranked American schools have actually much lower acceptance rates.

No smugness and not even Canadian...just pointing out a very different philosophy of a U Toronto vs. Berkeley or Michigan or UVA which are apt comparisons. [/quote]

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