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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an honest question. My kid is in the PS-3 lottery. We live on the Hill and are zoned for Maury. I've been told that there is about a 50% chance that we will get a slot for Maury, where we would happily go. But there's virtually no chance of us getting into Brent, Peabody or SWS. We will probably apply to a few nearby, still-sought-after schools, like Logan, Appletree and maybe Ludlow-Taylor....there seems to be a decent chance of getting into one of those. But I don't understand...why is everybody acting like we have so many options, and weighing this school/educational philosophy against that, and hustling over to open houses during precious free time? Everybody wants the same schools. This decision isn't ours at this point. Will somebody please explain?[/quote]

It's the common lottery, I think.

In the past, you would submit an application to each school you would even consider attending and wait until the individual lottery results were announce to visit schools and make a decision, assuming you got in anywhere.

Now, you must do your due diligence before submitting the common lottery application since you are required to rank all of your choices.  Otherwise, you run the risk of being assigned to a less desirable school than you might have been assigned to with a different ranking.
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