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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- my question centered on the fact I did not get into my #1 choice.
Does my ranking #2 of my inbounds school bump me to the back of the list behind inbounds parents who ranked it #1? Or am I considered "equal" with all things dependent on the actual lottery number assigned?[/quote]

I think you have one thing fundamentally confused - and don't fret over it, a lot of advanced stats students don't get this either - the lotteries/drawings are INDEPENDENT and rankings therefore don't influence what's happening to your little power ball jiggling in the jug. When the ranking starts to kick in is when the balls have dropped. If and when you get a spot at Tyler SI in your case, you will be TAKEN OFF the lists for ALL YOUR OTHER options. (In the past you'd have been bumped back on those lists but no longer. Off you go.)
If you get a spot at Brent in your case, then you'll be taken off the lists of all but the first choice because the system will assume that you'd still like that more and would want to wait to get it over the summer.

But you don't need to study statistics and probabilities to get this all. The bottom line is that you should make up your mind as to what you'd like best and then put that at the top, next things next etc. There really is no other way to think about it and behave accordingly.[/quote]

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