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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I really would like to understand this myself, how do the details change anything about what each of us does as parents?  The main issue I needed to resolve for myself was whether my ranking of the schools matters.  It does, a lot, even though there are other factors that also matter or maybe even matter more.

So if you make sure you rank the schools according to which school you want the most, next most, etc, do the details of how the algorithm works change anything about what we do when we apply?[/quote]

Yes, thank you. People getting their panties in a bunch when the simple advice, repeated over and over again here and by lottery folks, to [b]rank in order in which you wish to attend[/b] holds true.[/quote]

Indeed.  And I think the other piece of advice is the same as it has been in the past: don't waste one of your 12 slots on a school that you have literally no chance of getting in to, because it does not have space for out-of-boundary or non-sibling kids.  This only really applies to a couple of DCPS schools, and maybe one or two charters.  Just because you put Janney as your number 1 slot for PK4, if you don't live in the boundary you will not get in.  And by doing that you knock off a school that you might have a chance at, even it's small, like a Capital City or LAMB.[/quote]

I don't know.  I kind of have a different approach to that.  If you really really really like Janney and want a chance at it, while also not being that upset with your IB selection I would rank Janney above my IB.  That way if I get my IB I'll still be on the Janney waitlist, otherwise if I put my IB as #1 I'd miss out on the opportunity.[/quote]

That's fine for charters which have 5 non-sibling spots, or schools likes Eaton which will admit or small number of out-of-boundary kids. Your odds are long, but hey, why not take a shot. But for Janney, Lafayette, Mann, Key (any others?), you literally have no chance if you don't live in-boundary.  Those schools have no room for out-of-boundary kids.  All you do if you put one of those is waste a chance at a safer option.[/quote]

This is probably true, but I'm still going to call and ask this myself.  I don't want to miss a chance if it's possible I could get an OOB spot and it's my dream school.[/quote]

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