Question about sibling preference

[Anonymous]

To obtain sibling offered preference, does a child have to have applied to a school? E.g., if DD lists school X and DS does not list school X at all, and DD matches, does that mean DS gets sibling offered preference? Or would he get nothing because he did not list it initially?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To obtain sibling offered preference, does a child have to have applied to a school? E.g., if DD lists school X and DS does not list school X at all, and DD matches, does that mean DS gets sibling offered preference? Or would he get nothing because he did not list it initially?

If I'm following your example - then yes. DS would get sibling accepted preference if you updated your application to apply to the school DD matched at. However, if DS does not apply, they can't get the wait-list preference.

[Anonymous]

You would have to add the school for him post-lottery, and he would go to the end of the line of the sibling waitlist. He would be in a better position if you had lotteried for him along with your DD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You would have to add the school for him post-lottery, and he would go to the end of the line of the sibling waitlist. He would be in a better position if you had lotteried for him along with your DD.

Is sibling offered preference ranked by master number, or by time of joining the list?

I was just thinking it might be a way to expand our possible outcomes. Like if DD matches with a not in demand school and DS is sure to get in as a post-lottery addition with sibling preference, maybe it would have been a wasted spot to have DS list the school at all. That way we can have possibility of more total schools.

[Anonymous]

You're talking about a charter, correct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would have to add the school for him post-lottery, and he would go to the end of the line of the sibling waitlist. He would be in a better position if you had lotteried for him along with your DD.

Is sibling offered preference ranked by master number, or by time of joining the list?

I was just thinking it might be a way to expand our possible outcomes. Like if DD matches with a not in demand school and DS is sure to get in as a post-lottery addition with sibling preference, maybe it would have been a wasted spot to have DS list the school at all. That way we can have possibility of more total schools.

Master number for round 1; after that it's based on when you join the list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're talking about a charter, correct?

Yes, all charter just to keep the example simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would have to add the school for him post-lottery, and he would go to the end of the line of the sibling waitlist. He would be in a better position if you had lotteried for him along with your DD.

Is sibling offered preference ranked by master number, or by time of joining the list?

I was just thinking it might be a way to expand our possible outcomes. Like if DD matches with a not in demand school and DS is sure to get in as a post-lottery addition with sibling preference, maybe it would have been a wasted spot to have DS list the school at all. That way we can have possibility of more total schools.

Master number for round 1; after that it's based on when you join the list.

Thanks. Are there really enough sibling offereds in any one grade to make a difference?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would have to add the school for him post-lottery, and he would go to the end of the line of the sibling waitlist. He would be in a better position if you had lotteried for him along with your DD.

Is sibling offered preference ranked by master number, or by time of joining the list?

I was just thinking it might be a way to expand our possible outcomes. Like if DD matches with a not in demand school and DS is sure to get in as a post-lottery addition with sibling preference, maybe it would have been a wasted spot to have DS list the school at all. That way we can have possibility of more total schools.

Master number for round 1; after that it's based on when you join the list.

Ok, so if DD waitlisted at a few schools, as soon as she got an offer that would trigger DS being added to the list, and then when DD enrolled he would leap, catlike, to the bottom of the Sibling Accepted group?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would have to add the school for him post-lottery, and he would go to the end of the line of the sibling waitlist. He would be in a better position if you had lotteried for him along with your DD.

Is sibling offered preference ranked by master number, or by time of joining the list?

I was just thinking it might be a way to expand our possible outcomes. Like if DD matches with a not in demand school and DS is sure to get in as a post-lottery addition with sibling preference, maybe it would have been a wasted spot to have DS list the school at all. That way we can have possibility of more total schools.

Master number for round 1; after that it's based on when you join the list.

Thanks. Are there really enough sibling offereds in any one grade to make a difference?

Sometimes, yes. Imagine a new school or one opening a new class to 25 children. Quite a few may have eligible siblings.

Sibling offered is usually a short-time preference, shifting to sibling enrolled or dropping if sibling declines.

[Anonymous]

If DS didn't match anywhere, would this cause him to be on the list for more than 12 schools at a time?

Fascinating hypo, OP! Are you a first year law student?

[Anonymous]

You can definitely be on the list for more than 12 schools. I moved to DC mid-year and put DS on the waitlist for any school I could think of once we knew we were moving (after the lottery deadline) and I think we were on about 40.