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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New DC transplant here. Please help me understand how the lottery process works with selective high schools. When I called My School DC they told me something different than what I understood from their web materials.

DD applied to 4 selective high schools. Let's say that school #1 waitlists her, school #2 does not accept her, but school #3 matches/accepts her.

Which of these is correct?

- [b]She is MATCHED at #3 and will STAY on #1's waitlist. If #1 has a seat open up, she can go there.[/b]
- She is ONLY in at #3 and will be REMOVED from #1's waitlist and now has zero chance of going there.

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This one is correct--and even though it stings to not get in right off the bat, the nice thing is that if she does get into #1 later, she can CHOOSE between #1 and #3. It's really the only way you get to choose between schools after the lottery/selective HS process. My DD had this happen. Otherwise, you just get the seat at your highest ranked school.[/quote]

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