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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm still a little confused. Let's say I'm undecided or want to keep my options open - If the lotteries run independently, and I'm in-bounds at school A, wouldn't it behoove me to rank school A 6th? Thus, leaving it a possibility to wait lists at 1-5 if I get into A?   Say I want Brent or SWS, but in bounds Peanody.  I could do:

1. SWS
2. Brent
3. Peabody

Hopefully lock in Peabody but stay on other schools wait lists hoping for mid-year movement?  Peabody wouldn't pick a child over mine who had ranked it #1?[/quote]

Each lottery runs independently, so your rankings don't affect your numbers. In your situation, you will always have a better number at Peabody than an out-of-bounds kid trying for Peabody. But if you got into SWS, you would be dropped from the Brent and Peabody pools altogether, and the out of bounds kid would move up one more slot at Peabody.

Just rank the schools in the order in which you would like to go. If your IB school is your top choice, put it top. If it's your last resort, i.e. you would rather go to any of your other 5 picks, then put it last.[/quote]

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