What happens if you change your mind about a top choice?

[Anonymous]

Let's say you get your top choice after the lottery. However, supposeyou change your mind for whatever reason. Since you got your top choice, you aren't on any waiting lists.

Can you put schools back on your list and rank them above your current assignment? Are you on the bottom of the list, or the bottom of the list for any preferences you have, or something else?

Just trying to understand. Sorry for the stupid question.

[Anonymous]

You put them back on the list and you go the end of your preference category whatever it happens to be for that school. So if it's a charter, back of the line for you. If it's your IB school, you go to the end of the IB category (which might meant that you still get in). If it's a school where you are a sibling, end of the sibling category for your grade. See?

There's no way to reclaim your original place in the list--on purpose. The whole point of forcing people to rank is to make them decide at lottery time. Back before the common lottery, kids would move hundreds of spots on waitlists and the system was much less predictable.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You put them back on the list and you go the end of your preference category whatever it happens to be for that school. So if it's a charter, back of the line for you. If it's your IB school, you go to the end of the IB category (which might meant that you still get in). If it's a school where you are a sibling, end of the sibling category for your grade. See?

There's no way to reclaim your original place in the list--on purpose. The whole point of forcing people to rank is to make them decide at lottery time. Back before the common lottery, kids would move hundreds of spots on waitlists and the system was much less predictable.

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Exactly and why you should rank by your true preference and nothing else. Pointless to try to game the system, attempt to strategize or manipulate your list for best outcome, etc.....

[Anonymous]

The entitlement of the upper middles class never ceases to amaze....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The entitlement of the upper middles class never ceases to amaze....

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entitlement of the upper middles class never ceases to amaze....

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[Anonymous]

The lameness of pointless comments on DCUM never ceases to amaze me. Go for a walk or something, previous two posters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The lameness of pointless comments on DCUM never ceases to amaze me. Go for a walk or something, previous two posters.

I am assuming you posted this ironically. Because I feel very bad for you if you are lacking in even basic levels of self awareness that would cause you to realize that your post was precisely the thing you were complaining about.

Sadly, I fear it was the latter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's say you get your top choice after the lottery. However, supposeyou change your mind for whatever reason. Since you got your top choice, you aren't on any waiting lists.

Can you put schools back on your list and rank them above your current assignment? Are you on the bottom of the list, or the bottom of the list for any preferences you have, or something else?

Just trying to understand. Sorry for the stupid question.

If you get into your #1 choice, you will not be on any waiting lists. If you decline that spot, you can add yourself, post lottery, to other schools' waiting lists, where you will be placed at the back of the line in your preference category.