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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That isn't how it works. You don't get assigned a single lottery number. All the schools have separate, simultaneous lotteries. Then the rankings are checked against each other so that each applicant only gets into one (max) school, and all the schools ranked below that one drop that applicant from their wait lists.[/quote]

Actually, I don't think this is right.

The way it is working now is that each applicant gets a unique number per grade. So if 600 people are applying for 3rd grade spots, your rising 3rd grader will have a # between 1 and 600. They'll go down the list of #s one by one, and fill in the slots in a sign-up type method. So each school will have a single list, and the top of the list (down the the # of slots they have available) will be "admit" and below that cut off will be "waitlist." Once you make it on an "admit" slot, they stop adding you to lists.

What you describe is the model from years past; this one is a bit more involved than simple coordination. You can read more about the specific algorithm on the website.

As to the OP, relax. A month isn't that long. Speculation is futile. [/quote]

Right, but OP thought that she'd been assigned a single, ranked lottery number. Like, say #157, leaving 156 kids ahead of hers for all schools.[/quote]

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