What? DC's waitlist number at Walls went *up*

[Anonymous]

I logged back into MySchoolDC just now, and DC's waitlist number went up over the course of the day. How on earth? What am I missing in how this would have happened?

[Anonymous]

They forgot to put the Chancellors kid on the list - of no - that was last year that the Chancellors kid enrolled.

[Anonymous]

Imagine someone matched at the school you're looking at, for 2 grades higher. That person also has a kid in your grade, who was below you on the waitlist based on their lottery draw number. When the sibling who matched enrolls, the sibling in your grade gets boosted to sibling preference and skips ahead of all non-preference kids in line.

It's not corruption.

[Anonymous]

I don't think Walls does sibling preference, do they?

[Anonymous]

Same here. The waitlist numbers shifted up by 3 spots.

[Anonymous]

Ours, too. Weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think Walls does sibling preference, do they?

No - they do not.

I am curious and would recommend reaching out to my school dc and asking.

[Anonymous]

Then this is weird. The list moved 3 spots.

[Anonymous]

also, enrollment isn’t open until Monday, so that’s weird I would call.

[Anonymous]

Did they make a mistake?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine someone matched at the school you're looking at, for 2 grades higher. That person also has a kid in your grade, who was below you on the waitlist based on their lottery draw number. When the sibling who matched enrolls, the sibling in your grade gets boosted to sibling preference and skips ahead of all non-preference kids in line.

It's not corruption.

This response was drafted by someone entirely unfamiliar with Walls admission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine someone matched at the school you're looking at, for 2 grades higher. That person also has a kid in your grade, who was below you on the waitlist based on their lottery draw number. When the sibling who matched enrolls, the sibling in your grade gets boosted to sibling preference and skips ahead of all non-preference kids in line.

It's not corruption.

Walls doesn't do admissions by lottery, it's an application school. Applicants are ranked, your order on the wait list is supposed to reflect your ranking. In order for your number to go up they have to have "found" some higher-ranked students who weren't on the original list.

It's all supposed to be automated these days so I'm having trouble thinking of scenarios where this happens. The only one I can think of is they messed up and forgot to rank all of the applicants. The only innocent one, that is.

[Anonymous]

mine up 3 points too

[Anonymous]

website says

Is it possible for my child’s waitlist number to go up?

"Yes. If students who apply after you qualify for a lottery preference (such as in-boundary, sibling attending, etc.) that you do not qualify for, then it is possible that they will be placed ahead of your child on the waitlist and your child’s number will increase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:website says

Is it possible for my child’s waitlist number to go up?

"Yes. If students who apply after you qualify for a lottery preference (such as in-boundary, sibling attending, etc.) that you do not qualify for, then it is possible that they will be placed ahead of your child on the waitlist and your child’s number will increase.

None of these cases apply for Walls