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What's wrong, afraid to call them youself and confirm that you're full of crap?  Yes, you are, because you know you're full of crap.  The person I spoke to was quite able to explain the algorithm, was not reading off a script, gave examples, and answered my specific "What if...?" questions with ease.  I'll take their accurate, relevant info over your admittedly (because if you had an official, verifiable source you would have posted it by now) not-official musings/misleading.[/quote]

I read your posting of your conversation with the lottery person, and I can see where you misunderstood. There is a difference between weighting and priority. Weighting means you have a better chance. Priority means the person with priority gets it every time over the person without priority. We do not have a weighted system, we have a priority system. IB first priority, sibs second priority, then priority by lottery number.

What the nice person in the lottery office was saying to you is that even if you have a good lottery number, there might be a higher priority person than you who gets the spot. The "might" isn't whether they get the spot, if they exist they get it, the "might" is they might exist.

In my experience DCPS doesn't like to admit that it's a strict priority system, they tend to waffle around that point because it's so depressing for the people who don't have priority.[/quote]

I don't care if I sound like a broken record.  Wrong info on this is too damaging, even though no one should be relying totally on anything said here.

Re: your post, post a verifiable official source for your take on the lottery, or I don't believe it.  I did not misunderstand what I was told, as I asked the specific question re: whether someone with no sibling preference or inbound but who ranked a school #1 could get in over someone with sibling or IB preference but who ranked it #2, and was told yes that is absolutely possible.  There are several variables re: who the computer even looks at first and what the other applicants who are being looked at before/at the same time had re: rankings or preferences.

I won't argue terms "priority" vs. "weighting".  I just know that ranking a school #1 gives you as much of an advantage as having a sibling at the school but ranking it #2... who gets that particular spot depends on who the computer looks at first.  In one pull it could be the #1/no sib who gets it, in another it could be the #2 w/sib who gets it.  But in either pull, #3 with or without sib or IB or not is not getting it unless they are pulled ahead of the others and don't get into their 1 or 2.

If ranking didn't matter or wasn't weighted, it wouldn't give you just as much an advantage as IB or sibling.  And it was explained to me repeatedly as being just as important, giving you the same edge as IB or sibling.  (Although a combo of #1, sib and IB (for PS/PK) will be hard to beat.)[/quote]

Not the PP you are arguing with, but you are now spreading total horseshit if you are claiming that putting a school #1 gives you just as much of an advantage as having sibling preference. I don't care who you talked to, that is absolutely not true. Talk about spreading damaging information.[/quote]

I'm not spreading horshit or damaging info.  I'm spreading what I was told 3 times by actual Common Lottery staff.  It's all about what the computer gets to first.  If you don't think ranking #1 is as important as sib preference, then how is it that someone ranking the school #1 but with no sib preference can get in ahead of someone ranking it #2 with a sib?  If it's not as important then that couldn't happen.  Ok, now really done.  Guess I'll have to stop reading the thread, because it's hard to not post when people have a LOT of opinions, but no freaking sources for who said THEIR opinion to them.  Done done done.[/quote]

It can't happen.  It's against the law.  Read the FAQ on the common lottery website.  That's my source.  It's a much better source than someone online who claims to have talked to staff there.  (I do believe you talked to them but you either misunderstood or they didn't know what they were talking about).[/quote]

You keep saying its "against the law". Please, post the LAW that says this.[/quote]

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