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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So everyone who goes into the lottery draws a unique lottery number. Imagine you are number 212.

They start from the person who draws number 1. They get their first choice. Then the person who draws number 2 gets their first choice -- unless their first choice is not available, in which case they get their next choice.

So imagine you, at number 212, have as your first choice your IB school. And imagine that school has 20 slots. [b]So, you get your first choice (IB school) unless all 20 slots are filled[/b]. In which case they go to your second choice. And you get your second choice, unless that's also full. And so on down your list until you have a match. And then they go to number 213.

Like PP said, rank them in the order you want them. There's no mileage to ranking a less popular school higher. And crucially, if that IB school is NOT really your first choice but you rank it #1, there is no way the system can put you into the school you want more once you have been added to your #1 choice school.[/quote]

But wouldn't you get your IB anyway? I thought that they HAD to take you even if full?[/quote]

Not for preschool.[/quote]

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