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[quote=Anonymous]If you live in-bounds and there is no school you prefer over Van Ness, yes you should rank it #1 (and don't bother ranking anything else) and you'll get in.

But if you list Van Ness as #12 and you get waitlisted at all 11 of your top choices, you WILL have a seat at Van Ness.  You can enroll at VN and stay on the waitlist for the other schools.  That is how it was explained by the lottery expert, the DCPS enrollment coordinator, and the interim principal.

You're right that if you list Van Ness as #2 and you get into #1, and then change your mind and decide you prefer Van Ness, you don't get guaranteed enrollment.  The best you'd be able to do in that scenario is get in line behind everyone who got in during Round 1 of the lottery and enrolled.  You would be ahead of any waitlisted OOB folks with no preference.  I'm not sure where you'd be compared to waitlisted OOB folks who have a sibling enrolled or who have proximity preference.

So the best thing to do is to know which schools you prefer and rank them accordingly.  If you're in-bounds for a guaranteed enrollment PK, it should always be your last pick (whether that means #12, #1, or somewhere in between; you don't have to use all 12 picks in Round 1.) because you will never get into a school ranked below it.  For example, if you rank your choices as

LAMB
Mundo Verde
Hyde-Addison
Bancroft
Van Ness
Tyler
Powell

you will never be considered for Tyler or Powell.  You'll either get into one of your top 4 picks, or you'll get waitlisted at all 4 of your top choices and into Van Ness.  [/quote]

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