SOC224H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cultural Capital, Social Capital, Oxbridge
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Privately-educated pupils almost 7x more likely to get into oxbridge as those from state comprehensive schools. According to this, being smart is important because just like how unis in canada are selective, those are as well. Relationships with u. s universities: these prestigious students usually consider applying to. Us colleges: usually unis invite these students to come out and check out their university to establish a relationship with those prestigious students. Some evidence of relationships in canada: eg. One student was denied admission however, because the hs counselor was prestigious and talked to the uni admission office, they student"s status was changed to an offer of admission because of the discussion with the counselor. This relates to shamous khan"s fuzzy math concept where they don"t necessarily admit to the occurance but it does happen. How school norms shape expectations: choosing colleges (patricia mcdonough) Found strong social-class-based patterns friends making very similar decisions. High school counselors largely enforced the predominant norms.
