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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And yet, every family goes through this. How do you think the first kid of multi-sibling family gets in??[/quote]

They go through it in PK for their first but most families with multiple kids can exercise the advantage by the time their oldest is in 1st or 2nd since most families have kids within 3-4 years of each other. But if you have one kid and strike out in PK then each year after that you will be trying to get into a better school in the lottery and you might lose out to kids with siblings each year. Also families with siblings can pull kids in going both directions so it still benefits the older kids even if not in PK.

So no -- not everyone has the same experience. Having multiple kids in the system is a definite advantage and only becomes more so the older your kids get (and given the challenges with middle school in most of the city that might be the biggest advantage of all -- look at how many spots at the Latins and BASIS go to siblings in that 5th grade lottery).[/quote]

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