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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] So if the number is low, the kid gets none of their choices. And if the number is high, the kid could effectively choose any of their choices. [/quote] That's not how the current algorithm works. If the number is high the kid gets assigned to the school that the kid ranked the highest that has a spot. There is no choice.[/quote] Correct. The choice is effectively done on the front end— when the rankings are submitted. The point is, if a kid has a good enough number to get into their first choice school, in many cases they would have also gotten into many or most of their lower choice schools. In other words: kids have good years or bad years in the lottery, because they get only one roll of the dice — one master number — per year.[/quote]
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