Anonymous wrote:I'm wondering - if you are going to decline anyway (as two posters did) - why even apply?
Minimize the potential for regret? Doesn't cost anything? Might as well? There is no limit. Actually, many high application charters don't even given you meaningful opportunities to tour the school unless you've been given a spot, further fueling the "application inflation".
DCPS is different: not only do you have a limit of six, you also need to rank your choices. So you really need to think before you apply because both choice and ranking will affect your choices from the day you hand in your lottery ticket.