Last minute MYSchoolDC apps
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Anonymous
| Who's left it until the last few days to complete their application? |
Anonymous
| Not me. Submitted months ago. |
Anonymous
| There's no pro or con to submitting early or right before the deadline. |
Anonymous
| Started the application a while ago, but just finished with the order of preference recently. |
Anonymous
Other than just being done with it if you submit early! |
Anonymous
| not done yet--going to an open house tomorrow and saturday. |
Anonymous
| Yeah, haven't done it yet. There's plenty of time. |
Anonymous
| I did mine months ago. Waiting, waiting.... |
Anonymous
| Question: does your first choice school get more weight? I know you only get into one but my first choice is one that will have no or very few slots. Is it foolish to choose it or will the same preference just bump down to my second choice? |
dcmom
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No. Once your lottery # is picked, if there is no room in your first choice, it watilists you and then moves to your second choice. There is no advantage to strategically reordering your picks once you choose where to apply; to the contrary, the best thing to do is to order in terms of preference. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| ^ Thank you! |
Anonymous
True, but apparently many schools see a huge jump in applications in the last few days before the deadline. Personally I applied back in December. |
Anonymous
| Share lists people! I'm always interested. And is there really a huge difference that an open house makes? |
Anonymous
Yes. This is our 2nd yr doing the lottery. We've gone to open house of a HRCS and found that it's not for us. We ended up ranking it low. |
Anonymous
like PP said, please share people! What open houses did you go to that changed your mind? |