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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH submitted the application and did not order the schools how we discussed. So now we are matched with our #5 school, but would prefer our #6. When I tried to do a round 2 lottery I was told I can't since I was matched with a school in round 1. While I don't want to turn down #5 because it was clearly an option, I would like a chance at number 6. Do you think  calling Myschool will help?[/quote]

I understand your frustration. While I get the point of the common lottery and not being matched for schools you rank lower than one you match with, I still would like to be able to see where else DD was matched. It would be nice to be able to make a choice between your matched schools. Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do. Is your #6 highly sought after? If yes, there probably is a long wait list. If the school didn't receive enough applications (I.e., they have 30 PK3 slots and only 20 people applied) then you may have a chance of enrolling AFTER around 2 is over (and there are still open slots left). But if people were wait listed, unless they go through their entire waitlist for Rounds 1 and 2 and STILL have spaces open, you're out of luck. Hope that makes sense. [/quote]

Your DD didn't match anywhere else. Once the algorithm finds you a place at a school, you are not assigned a number for any lower-ranked school.

And if you got to choose among all the schools you got into, there would be tons more kids who temporarily didn't have any match, until the people who got lots of spaces made their choice. What the combined lottery essentially does is force people to choose early on which school they'd go to if they got into all of them. That's what the ranking is.[/quote]

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