<p>I agree with skewlcounselor that this would not fit my definition of a cut program. There have been posts previously about Purchase and other schools about kids who are told they are not measuring up to the program’s standards. The difference is that those schools don’t appear to go in with any fixed goal of reducing by x%. If all the kids are top notch, they’ll be happy to keep all of them. Emerson – on the other hand is a cut – they have a fixed number that are going to be told are not cotinuing regardless of the quality of the class. My daughter is not applying to Emerson for that reason. That to me seems very unhealthy. However, the notion that kids who are not measuring up to the demands are asked to leave is something different. </p>
<p>I also think its a very fair point that its very hard to know if schools are applying such a standard fairly without actually being in the school.</p>