<p>McGill is only so unpredictable because it gives top priority to provincial applicants…people from Quebec have a much easier time getting in–imagine UC Berkeley with even more exaggerated admissions.</p>
<p>For example, most people from Quebec probably need only an 80% average to get into McGill (and it’s not difficult to get 80% if you’re a fairly intelligent person) and no SATs or ECs…but as we’ve seen, U.S. applicants sometimes have a very tough time getting in.</p>