<p>I heard that American universities add 5-10% to the high school grades of Canadian applicants, especially ones from Alberta because we have way less grade inflation than the US. In Alberta we also have to write difficult standardized exams worth 50% of our grades. Does anyone know anything about this, and is it true?</p>
<p>I also heard that Canadian universities subtract 5-20% from the averages of American applicants. One person from Texas said that they subtracted 20% from his son's grades when he applied to go to HS there.</p>
<p>Casually bumping this, but I really do hope its true.</p>
<p>I’d like to know too, since I’m a US resident applying to Canadian universities.
But do you know if they do this by where you went to high school, or by which county you’re a citizen of? (I’m Canadian but attending high school in US)</p>
<p>I’d imagine where you went to school, since admissions requirements for applicants from Canada to Canadian Universities differ from requirements for applicants from the US to Canadian universities. Citizenship, I think, influences cost/visa stuff.</p>