@gwnorth Unfortunately “small” is not valued in Canadian higher education. My son who is a McGill alum told me that when he entered in 1995 full time enrolment was 18,500. In 2017 it has grown to 31,300 full time students. This is due to government pressure and the funding formula. If McGill had been able to keep enrolment at 1995 levels it would be very selective. Maybe not HYPSM selective but comparable to say Tufts or Northwestern. But that would generate cries of “elitism” which is bad word in Canada.