The U.S. admissions scandal shouldn’t be a shock – and it may be happening in Canada GlobeDebate
This legacy privilege is also known to be an extremely powerful force in other corridors of higher education, including medicine. Medical-school admissions rely on a foundation of strong grades and MCAT exam scores of students. However, this is widely accepted as the minimum requirement, which is usually achieved by more students than there are spots.The “well-rounded” applicant, therefore, has additional attributes including a strong research, volunteering and advocacy background.
And here at home, we may find it easy to scoff at the absurdity of legacy benefit as an esoteric American elitism. But we simply lack the consistent and comprehensive data from Canadian universities we’d need to say, with confidence, that we are any different.
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