There is a micro-phenomenon of new wave, special snowflake directors that try to revolution the canons of classical opera. I saw Carmen being banged behind a burning car next to what looked like a flamenco-infused Thunderdome. That was in Paris opera, stronghold of modernist SJW nonsense.
Here, the expression is a shorter version of matriculation college. In a number of Canadian cities, many government-run secondary schools are called collegiates or collegiate institutes (C.I.), a complicated form of the word college which avoids the usual post-secondary connotation.
Definition of shot for Students. 1  1 : the act of shooting The shot missed. 2  2 plural shot : a bullet, ball, or pellet for a gun or cannon. 3  3 : 2attempt, try Take another shot at the puzzle.  4 : 1chance 4 You have a shot at 1  winning. 5 : the flight of a projectile or the distance it travels : range They were within rifle shot.