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[quote=Anonymous]Would love to hear what people are hearing about how the matches will be made to maximize people getting into high-ranked choices. Here's what it says in the Q&A from my school dc:

"Q: Does the order in which I rank my choices affect my lottery results?

"A: Yes. You will only be matched to schools you list, and the lottery system works to match students with their 1st choice, then their 2nd choice, and so on through the student’s list. For this reason, it is important that you rank your list of schools in the order you prefer."

This definitely sounds different from last year's DCPS lottery. It sounds like they choose a lottery number, start from #1, and look for the highest-ranked school with an available spot. It then places the child on the waitlist of the schools ranked as more desirable.

However, that would mean that people would either be universally lucky or unlucky--in other words, you'd either get relatively good or relatively bad placement on ALL the waitlists if they do it this way. Anyone hear anything different about how the lottery will be run?

I really wish they would address the specific matching method on the Q&A for the common lottery website.
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