How Selective are Canadian Schools?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Here's one source of the useless selectivity statistic:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/lowacc_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/lowacc_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Curtis Institute of Music (PA) 3%
Juilliard School (NY) 7%
United States Coast Guard Acad. (CT) 7%
Harvard University (MA) 10%
Princeton University (NJ) 10%
United States Military Academy (NY) 10%
United States Naval Academy (MD) 10%</p>

<p>I looked up the numbers from Queen's own publication on selectivity. The Queen's brochure, "Information for Students from the United States", says that last year there were 3,396 applicants for 270 spaces in Commerce, 7.9%. The University overall had an admission rate of 13.9%.</p>