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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]interesting.  my twins received consecutive waitlist numbers.  this can't be a coincidence.  anyone have any insight into how that happened?[/quote]

I am guessing LAMB is like other schools - when people apply with siblings, the sibling's name is also on the card or electronic record of the applicant.  So if Twin A's name gets pulled, it's already "linked" to Twin B (either on paper or electronically) and the next slot automatically goes to Twin B, whether it's an actual slot of on the waitlist.

This made me crazy at another lottery last year where for a precious few spots TWO sets of TWINS got pulled, so that was 4 slots gone instead of 2.  I feel for parents of twins, but I was not feeling sympathy that day!  :D[/quote]

I'm the parent of twins who posted above.  thanks for the explanation, which makes a lot of sense.  Creative Minds must not have used this approach, since we did not get consecutive numbers on our postcards.  seems like the consecutive numbers method is the better one.  if it's any consolation, our consecutive numbers are in the 400s.  [/quote]

I think many schools (and the common lottery) pull you to the top of the waitlist once a sibling (whether twin or in another grade) gets accepted.[/quote]

PP twin parent here -- I called the myschooldc folks and they told that it worked exactly as you explained.  they also said, "the algorithm knows" several times as though it were a mantra or something, which I found somewhat humorous.  I was wondering how this actually worked.[/quote]

Apparently, the algorithm can think![/quote]

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