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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure what shutout means. No kid is entitle to get admitted to any school. As we can all see, there is no and should be a specific criteria that admits all students. Every kid is different, with different academic history and interests. Every AO is different also. They are looking for different things.

To believe your kid shutout was wrong. It implies they were entitled to be admitted to a certain school and they were not. This is life. Move on. [/quote]

Shutout, n. A game or contest in which one side fails to score.

Entitlement has nothing to do with it. Yes, of course no one is entitled to be admitted to college, just as no team is entitled to score points. Would you write to ESPN telling them they can’t call a game a shutout because no team is entitled to score points? I hope not.

In the same way, if a kid applies to college and doesn’t get in anywhere, he was shut out. Even if his strategy was bad. Just like the team. College admissions is a game, and a shutout is a shutout.

You can also use shutout to talk about just part of a game. Here’s an example: “The Chiefs were shut out in the first half of the Super Bowl.” (Go birds.)

I know a high-scoring valedictorian from flyover country who was shut out as of Ivy day, applied late to ASU, and is presently having a fabulous time there. He did move on, just as you advise. Just as teams typically do after a shutout. Using a perfectly ordinary English word to describe what has actually happened does not prevent that. [/quote]

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