<p>A reason for the relatively high acceptance rate is that about half of McGill’s undergraduates are from Quebec. All Quebec students pass through the CEGEP system. CEGEP’s are an entirely separate level of education after high school. (Quebec students graduate high school after grade 11!) The curriculum and grading standards are very standardiized in all CEGEP’s both French and English. I believe McGill computes something called the “R” score for each CEGEP student. If the student does not have a certain R score, they know not even to bother to apply to McGill.</p>