Bethune lottery

[Anonymous]

Right PK wait list does not appear to include all numbers....6, 9, 14, 16. What is going on with the list? Why is the wait list in numerical order?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The wait lists are weird in that they are in numerical order. That doesn't make sense to me if it was a random lottery.

are they allowed to do the waitlists by date/time of application? That is how YY and Stokes used to do it. Basically, the first person in line became #1, the next became #2, etc. They would draw the number of kids for whom they had open slots, then put everyone else in number order on the waitlist. So if 10 people wanted to attend, they had 5 slots, and numbers 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 got the slots, the waitlist would look like:

1. #3
2. #5
3. #7
4. #9
5. #10

It really encouraged people to sign up as fast as possible, in some cases camping outside the night before or hiring line-sitters. If Bethune is using this model, it would make sense for the waitlist to be numerical. The people who were missing could be errors, or could be people who withdrew from the lottery.

[Anonymous]

Is anyone really that surprised that their process is a little sketchy? Just saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone really that surprised that their process is a little sketchy? Just saying.

Why do you say that? Just wondering - do you think they are trying to raise the stakes to become more "up and coming?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The wait lists are weird in that they are in numerical order. That doesn't make sense to me if it was a random lottery.

are they allowed to do the waitlists by date/time of application? That is how YY and Stokes used to do it. Basically, the first person in line became #1, the next became #2, etc. They would draw the number of kids for whom they had open slots, then put everyone else in number order on the waitlist. So if 10 people wanted to attend, they had 5 slots, and numbers 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 got the slots, the waitlist would look like:

1. #3
2. #5
3. #7
4. #9
5. #10

It really encouraged people to sign up as fast as possible, in some cases camping outside the night before or hiring line-sitters. If Bethune is using this model, it would make sense for the waitlist to be numerical. The people who were missing could be errors, or could be people who withdrew from the lottery.

No, what they've done is a random lottery and then ordered the results numerically so that you can find your number more easily - presumably they are not listed in the order drawn because it doesn't really matter if you were the first or the 31st to be drawn if you got in. Because a high proportion of people got in and waitlists are short it appears almost numerical, but the first 10 numbers for PK3 went like this:

Admitted: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Waitlist: 1, 3

It's not obvious where 6 and 9 are but perhaps they withdrew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The wait lists are weird in that they are in numerical order. That doesn't make sense to me if it was a random lottery.

are they allowed to do the waitlists by date/time of application? That is how YY and Stokes used to do it. Basically, the first person in line became #1, the next became #2, etc. They would draw the number of kids for whom they had open slots, then put everyone else in number order on the waitlist. So if 10 people wanted to attend, they had 5 slots, and numbers 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 got the slots, the waitlist would look like:

1. #3
2. #5
3. #7
4. #9
5. #10

It really encouraged people to sign up as fast as possible, in some cases camping outside the night before or hiring line-sitters. If Bethune is using this model, it would make sense for the waitlist to be numerical. The people who were missing could be errors, or could be people who withdrew from the lottery.

No, what they've done is a random lottery and then ordered the results numerically so that you can find your number more easily - presumably they are not listed in the order drawn because it doesn't really matter if you were the first or the 31st to be drawn if you got in. Because a high proportion of people got in and waitlists are short it appears almost numerical, but the first 10 numbers for PK3 went like this:

Admitted: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Waitlist: 1, 3

It's not obvious where 6 and 9 are but perhaps they withdrew.

I also think there are a few people who applied thinking that there was a December 31 deadline, because this was nebulous on the website and there's nothing in their admissions process or charter bylaws that state the 30th so they got thrown out of the lottery before the pull.

[Anonymous]

I don't want to lambast this school - I know very little about it, but I do live around the corner and I must say - there are many MD license plates. Like... A LOT of them at drop off. I'm curious who is interested in attending the school and what the reputation is. If it's a fall-back is it on,he a fall back for immediate neighbors?

[Anonymous]

Anyone from Bethune? What do you like about the school?

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The wait lists are weird in that they are in numerical order. That doesn't make sense to me if it was a random lottery.[/quote]

are they allowed to do the waitlists by date/time of application? That is how YY and Stokes used to do it. Basically, the first person in line became #1, the next became #2, etc. They would draw the number of kids for whom they had open slots, then put everyone else in number order on the waitlist. So if 10 people wanted to attend, they had 5 slots, and numbers 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 got the slots, the waitlist would look like:

1. #3
2. #5
3. #7
4. #9
5. #10

It really encouraged people to sign up as fast as possible, in some cases camping outside the night before or hiring line-sitters. If Bethune is using this model, it would make sense for the waitlist to be numerical. The people who were missing could be errors, or could be people who withdrew from the lottery.
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No, what they've done is a random lottery and then ordered the results numerically so that you can find your number more easily - presumably they are not listed in the order drawn because it doesn't really matter if you were the first or the 31st to be drawn if you got in. Because a high proportion of people got in and waitlists are short it appears almost numerical, but the first 10 numbers for PK3 went like this:

Admitted: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Waitlist: 1, 3

It's not obvious where 6 and 9 are but perhaps they withdrew.[/quote]

I also think there are a few people who applied thinking that there was a December 31 deadline, because this was nebulous on the website and there's nothing in their admissions process or charter bylaws that state the 30th so they got thrown out of the lottery before the pull.[/quote]

I would have been interested if they had a 12/31 deadline.

[Anonymous]

We applied for pk3 a few months ago, received confirmation of our application, received a postcard with our official number, but now do not see our number on the lottery results ( including the wait list). Does anyone know what the deal is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We applied for pk3 a few months ago, received confirmation of our application, received a postcard with our official number, but now do not see our number on the lottery results ( including the wait list). Does anyone know what the deal is?

Does your child qualify? Is bday before 10/1/12?

[Anonymous]

Same here, have a qualifying child, got a postcard with the number, not on the lists anywhere for PK3.

[Anonymous]

Well, that explains why waitlists are so short. I can't believe that try withdrew from the common lottery this year. Sounds like they needed to be in more than anything. Does not bode well for overall administrative capabilities at the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We applied for pk3 a few months ago, received confirmation of our application, received a postcard with our official number, but now do not see our number on the lottery results ( including the wait list). Does anyone know what the deal is?

Does your child qualify? Is bday before 10/1/12?

Yes, our daughter is already 3 years old. We live in dc. We only applied once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We applied for pk3 a few months ago, received confirmation of our application, received a postcard with our official number, but now do not see our number on the lottery results ( including the wait list). Does anyone know what the deal is?

I'm in the same boat. We also have another child who is enrolled, so its a bit confusing as we thought we'd have sibling preference. Hopefully it will be sorted out soon.