Of course, he's out of California and you're in Canada where the admissions process is different (closer to the UK system). This is the sort of thing he's talk

Of course, he's out of California and you're in Canada where the admissions process is different (closer to the UK system). This is the sort of thing he's talking about: http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/10/12/24103/ http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/10/12/24103/ "African-American applicants with SAT scores of 1150 had the same chances of being accepted as white applicants with 1460s and Asian applicants with perfect 1600s" I'm not sure if that necessarily translates into graduate studies, but I'd guess that it does.