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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/aaron2446/viz/MSDCSeatsandWaitlistOfferData_draft/MSDCPublicDisplay

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My understanding is that it really just depends on how many kids in the class actually enroll at DCI, so it'll vary from year to year. In the case of MV, if they stop backfilling (or run out of applicants) the 5th grade cohort may not be as big as when those same kids were 2nd graders.

The entry year for Latin and BASIS is 5th grade, so anyone who wants to attend those schools starting in 5th has to forgo their feeder preference at DCI. And they make very few, if any, 6th grade offers. So basically, not everyone who was at the DCI feeder for 4th grade is going to be there for 5th grade, and that improves the chances of those who stay.

I did learn at a DCI open house that un-used spots of feeder schools are offered to waitlisted students at other feeder schools before being offered to non-feeder lottery applicants. So that helps a little, if there are any spots left over.[/quote]

Right, I think the MV letter said historically 85-90% fifth graders continue to DCI, so I'd guess that's roughly accurate across feeder schools. Which means not even all sibling preference kids may get a seat at MV and Stokes, unless there's a lot of attrition (and it's unlikely the siblings would be the ones leaving). Meaning non-feeder kids would have no seats left...

A big concern is with backfilling those fifth grade seats with new students who are lotterying in presumably for the DCI feed. Though perhaps you'll see fewer of those students if the odds are sub 50% vs. 100%. It would be great if DCI feeders would stop backfilling after third grade or so, but I guess that would be money left on the table due to unfilled seats, so seems unlikely. And I think the un-used seats offer is just a talking point. I highly doubt there will be any unfilled seats left once all of the feeder schools are sending bigger classes to DCI. [/quote]

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