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What's the difference between a scholarship and an exhibition in the English schoolsystem?

Asked by andrew (5040 points) | asked October 25th, 2007 | 2 responses | “Great Question” (0 points) | Flag as…

This question came up during History Boys rehearsal, when talking about acceptance onto Oxbridge in the 80’s.

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A scholarship is an amount of money awarded to a student. It’s usually funded and sometimes ongoing and awarded to students who meet certain criteria.

An exhibition is similar but smaller.

Here’s a sample from Balliol College, Oxford -

http://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/zadvertisements/grad/snell/index.asp

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Great link, and great answer!

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