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Anonymous
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While going through many threads in the Private/Independent Schools sub-forum, I see the word "exclusive" bandied about quite a lot. However, it seems that everybody has a different idea of what the word actually means when applied to schools.
What does "exclusive" mean? A) A school that has high academic (or athletic) standards for entrance? 2) A school that accepts from a wide pool of applicants, but that educates all of its students to an exceptionally high level? iii) A school that is so expensive or selective (not necessarily academically) that few people can actually get in? IV) A school that has better facilities than most upper-tier private colleges. While I don't expect this question to be definitively answered here, I hope this question will at least help to draw into clearer focus what "exclusive" means. I have seen all three definitions used, often simultaneously in the same thread. As an adjunct, perhaps people can even suggest schools that are "exclusive" according to each of the definitions. I suspect that few (if any) schools will qualify as "exclusive" by more than one of these definitions. |
Anonymous
| I found this interesting definition on my MAC widget from "Oxford American Dictionaries": catering or available to only a few, select persons; high class and expensive : an exclusive Georgetown neighborhood. |
Anonymous
| So money is part of the equation, I guess. |
Anonymous
| A significant number of people who want in are kept out. |
Anonymous
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Hard to get in
+ Hard to stay in (meaning very costly) = exclusive |
Anonymous
| It's exclusive if I can't get into it. If I can't afford a house in the Whitman district, then Whitman is too exclusive for me. |
Anonymous
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I have children at one of the so-called "Big 3" and I wouldn't consider it "exclusive" but rather demand strongly outpaces supply. While it is expensive, there is plenty of FA money available, so to me, none of the definitions outlined by the OP would apply.
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Anonymous
| Actually, are there public schools in Mont Co that meet this definition? I know the public school I went to in NJ met it. There was no low cost housing in the district... |
Anonymous
| I guess we just need to know which school is most popular among the denizens of Georgetown? |
Anonymous
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Exclusive = non-inclusive (e.g., public school)
Exclusive admission generally with regards to public magnets and TJ = admission based on raw brain power (grades and test results) Exclusive admssion generally with regards to Big 3 = admisssion not based on raw brain power (grades and test results) |
Anonymous
Don't say I didn't warn you, but a private school parent is going to come on here soon and ask who let in all these public school parents. |
Anonymous
Someone starts an abstract topic for discussion, and you can't resist turning it into a contest. This is why we can't have nice things. |
Anonymous
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Abstract topic?
Private and public schools are germane to the use of the term "exclusive", at least, on the DCUM boards. What hole has your head disappeared in? |
Anonymous
| To be fair, the whole topic is a contest. Or an exercise in bragging. It's sort of unappealing. |
Anonymous
| Then leave us alone in private school and go back to public school. |