<p>The University of Toronto is not selective at all. It's quality, excellence and prestige is undeniable but for most of their undergrad programs they have low, low admission requirements. </p>
<p>Most of my classmates put U of T down as the backup for their backup. One of my friends who didn't get into McMaster Arts got into U of T, another was denied acceptance from McGill Science and accepted to U of T Life Science (all for Main campus - St. George). The people I know, and know of who have been accepted to U of T generally have mid to high 70s for Arts and low to mid 80s for Maths/Sciences. To put it bluntly, a lot of the students from my high school who are going to U of T are really mediocre. The ones who are in the top 5-10% are mostly going to Queen's, Western and McGill.</p>
<p>U of T accepts a huge number of undergrad students every year. (September 2005 stat: 39,320 applicants accepted) And from what I heard from many people, first year they "filter" them out.</p>
<p>Top 3 entering averages: McGill: 89.3%, Queen's: 89%, Western: 84%.
Now those stats say nothing about the university's reputation, quality etc etc, but gives an idea of the selectivity.</p>