LAMB Lottery

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Anonymous wrote:interesting. my twins received consecutive waitlist numbers. this can't be a coincidence. anyone have any insight into how that happened?

Because if one gets in the, other will get the next spot. Your twins each had their own numbers, but then the twin with the better number pulled the second one up.

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Hey Trulia, I feel better now, too! (Although I think Trulia is on crack. No way is my house worth that much!)

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Anonymous wrote:interesting. my twins received consecutive waitlist numbers. this can't be a coincidence. anyone have any insight into how that happened?

I am guessing LAMB is like other schools - when people apply with siblings, the sibling's name is also on the card or electronic record of the applicant. So if Twin A's name gets pulled, it's already "linked" to Twin B (either on paper or electronically) and the next slot automatically goes to Twin B, whether it's an actual slot of on the waitlist.

This made me crazy at another lottery last year where for a precious few spots TWO sets of TWINS got pulled, so that was 4 slots gone instead of 2. I feel for parents of twins, but I was not feeling sympathy that day!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:interesting. my twins received consecutive waitlist numbers. this can't be a coincidence. anyone have any insight into how that happened?

I am guessing LAMB is like other schools - when people apply with siblings, the sibling's name is also on the card or electronic record of the applicant. So if Twin A's name gets pulled, it's already "linked" to Twin B (either on paper or electronically) and the next slot automatically goes to Twin B, whether it's an actual slot of on the waitlist.

This made me crazy at another lottery last year where for a precious few spots TWO sets of TWINS got pulled, so that was 4 slots gone instead of 2. I feel for parents of twins, but I was not feeling sympathy that day!

How does the common lottery work? I thought that you would only be brought to the top of the waitlist if twin A (or sibling A for kids who are in different grades) is accepted and enrolled. How did it work last year with the DCPS lottery?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:interesting. my twins received consecutive waitlist numbers. this can't be a coincidence. anyone have any insight into how that happened?

I am guessing LAMB is like other schools - when people apply with siblings, the sibling's name is also on the card or electronic record of the applicant. So if Twin A's name gets pulled, it's already "linked" to Twin B (either on paper or electronically) and the next slot automatically goes to Twin B, whether it's an actual slot of on the waitlist.

This made me crazy at another lottery last year where for a precious few spots TWO sets of TWINS got pulled, so that was 4 slots gone instead of 2. I feel for parents of twins, but I was not feeling sympathy that day!

I'm the parent of twins who posted above. thanks for the explanation, which makes a lot of sense. Creative Minds must not have used this approach, since we did not get consecutive numbers on our postcards. seems like the consecutive numbers method is the better one. if it's any consolation, our consecutive numbers are in the 400s.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:interesting. my twins received consecutive waitlist numbers. this can't be a coincidence. anyone have any insight into how that happened?

I am guessing LAMB is like other schools - when people apply with siblings, the sibling's name is also on the card or electronic record of the applicant. So if Twin A's name gets pulled, it's already "linked" to Twin B (either on paper or electronically) and the next slot automatically goes to Twin B, whether it's an actual slot of on the waitlist.

This made me crazy at another lottery last year where for a precious few spots TWO sets of TWINS got pulled, so that was 4 slots gone instead of 2. I feel for parents of twins, but I was not feeling sympathy that day!

I'm the parent of twins who posted above. thanks for the explanation, which makes a lot of sense. Creative Minds must not have used this approach, since we did not get consecutive numbers on our postcards. seems like the consecutive numbers method is the better one. if it's any consolation, our consecutive numbers are in the 400s.

I think many schools (and the common lottery) pull you to the top of the waitlist once a sibling (whether twin or in another grade) gets accepted.

[Anonymous]

Interesting - we are about to put our EOTP NW rowhouse on the market for almost exactly what Trulia shows its value to be (I hadn't checked Trulia until just now). We'll see if it pans out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:interesting. my twins received consecutive waitlist numbers. this can't be a coincidence. anyone have any insight into how that happened?

I am guessing LAMB is like other schools - when people apply with siblings, the sibling's name is also on the card or electronic record of the applicant. So if Twin A's name gets pulled, it's already "linked" to Twin B (either on paper or electronically) and the next slot automatically goes to Twin B, whether it's an actual slot of on the waitlist.

This made me crazy at another lottery last year where for a precious few spots TWO sets of TWINS got pulled, so that was 4 slots gone instead of 2. I feel for parents of twins, but I was not feeling sympathy that day!

Im my child's class at LAMB there are THREE twins. Their siblings are in other classes but I always wondered why grouped the twins together.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:interesting. my twins received consecutive waitlist numbers. this can't be a coincidence. anyone have any insight into how that happened?

I am guessing LAMB is like other schools - when people apply with siblings, the sibling's name is also on the card or electronic record of the applicant. So if Twin A's name gets pulled, it's already "linked" to Twin B (either on paper or electronically) and the next slot automatically goes to Twin B, whether it's an actual slot of on the waitlist.

This made me crazy at another lottery last year where for a precious few spots TWO sets of TWINS got pulled, so that was 4 slots gone instead of 2. I feel for parents of twins, but I was not feeling sympathy that day!

I'm the parent of twins who posted above. thanks for the explanation, which makes a lot of sense. Creative Minds must not have used this approach, since we did not get consecutive numbers on our postcards. seems like the consecutive numbers method is the better one. if it's any consolation, our consecutive numbers are in the 400s.

I think many schools (and the common lottery) pull you to the top of the waitlist once a sibling (whether twin or in another grade) gets accepted.

PP twin parent here -- I called the myschooldc folks and they told that it worked exactly as you explained. they also said, "the algorithm knows" several times as though it were a mantra or something, which I found somewhat humorous. I was wondering how this actually worked.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:interesting. my twins received consecutive waitlist numbers. this can't be a coincidence. anyone have any insight into how that happened?

I am guessing LAMB is like other schools - when people apply with siblings, the sibling's name is also on the card or electronic record of the applicant. So if Twin A's name gets pulled, it's already "linked" to Twin B (either on paper or electronically) and the next slot automatically goes to Twin B, whether it's an actual slot of on the waitlist.

This made me crazy at another lottery last year where for a precious few spots TWO sets of TWINS got pulled, so that was 4 slots gone instead of 2. I feel for parents of twins, but I was not feeling sympathy that day!

I'm the parent of twins who posted above. thanks for the explanation, which makes a lot of sense. Creative Minds must not have used this approach, since we did not get consecutive numbers on our postcards. seems like the consecutive numbers method is the better one. if it's any consolation, our consecutive numbers are in the 400s.

I think many schools (and the common lottery) pull you to the top of the waitlist once a sibling (whether twin or in another grade) gets accepted.

PP twin parent here -- I called the myschooldc folks and they told that it worked exactly as you explained. they also said, "the algorithm knows" several times as though it were a mantra or something, which I found somewhat humorous. I was wondering how this actually worked.

Apparently, the algorithm can think!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:interesting. my twins received consecutive waitlist numbers. this can't be a coincidence. anyone have any insight into how that happened?

I am guessing LAMB is like other schools - when people apply with siblings, the sibling's name is also on the card or electronic record of the applicant. So if Twin A's name gets pulled, it's already "linked" to Twin B (either on paper or electronically) and the next slot automatically goes to Twin B, whether it's an actual slot of on the waitlist.

This made me crazy at another lottery last year where for a precious few spots TWO sets of TWINS got pulled, so that was 4 slots gone instead of 2. I feel for parents of twins, but I was not feeling sympathy that day!

Im my child's class at LAMB there are THREE twins. Their siblings are in other classes but I always wondered why grouped the twins together.

We have our only child at a school we love and it's bad enough that we feel like we should have a 2nd just so we don't waste "sibling preference"... now apparently we need to try for twins so we can benefit from "double immediate sibling preference"!!

Yes I am KIDDING about all of that, please don't attack me!

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Anonymous wrote: Funny how the LAMB dissers don't have kids who attend the school. Have you noticed that LAMB parents on here never have negative things to say about the school? Food for thought.

Same with CM, same with YY...etc.

Obviously same with YY, MV, and probably Stokes & DC Bilingual. N/A to CM.

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My numbers for LAMB is 163 & 316. I could be worse right? I am geeting anxious for next Monday and YY now...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And yet I keep thinking that if we get into a good charter we'll be able to try for a third

You're on to something. YY has a bumper crop of 3rd children.

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Anonymous wrote:interesting. my twins received consecutive waitlist numbers. this can't be a coincidence. anyone have any insight into how that happened?

Twins' numbers are "attached" because of sibling preference. Once one is accepted, the next is automatically at the top of the list.

It works the same at Princeton, if that helps.