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[quote=Anonymous]I don't really understand your question, PP.  What happens is that a random lottery number is assigned for each child.  Based on this lottery number (and any preferences), you will be assigned a slot at a school, starting from school #1, down to school #6.  If you get a spot (say, at #2), you remain on the waitlist for any schools you ranked higher (i.e. #1), but are not included at all on the lists of schools you ranked lower (i.e. #3-6).  If you put your IB school as #6 and get in at any of your #1-5 schools, you will not get a spot at #6, and will not even be on the waitlist.  Therefore, you should rank the schools in the order you really want.  In previous years, it was a strategy to put your IB school as #6 just to see if you could get in elsewhere.  If you did get into #1-5, you would still be at the top of the waitlist for #6 and very likely to eventually get in.  This is no longer the case.  In your example, if you listed Bancroft as #1 and Barnard (IB) as #2 and got into Barnard, you'd still be on the waiting list at Bancroft, but not on any other schools' waiting lists.[/quote]

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