How does UofT evaluate non-academic factors like essays or extracurriculars?

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For Indian students, a holistic approach to admissions is considered and followed. It is still very much focused on having a good GPA and really good academics but the factors given below are also assessed for admissions - 

  • Essays
  • Extracurriculars
  • Leadership 
  • Community engagement

This is mostly done for

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