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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. I really think the only way to have a chance at a decent DCPS is to list 12 up-and-coming schools and hope for the best. Not sure if I can identify 12 that show enough promise to make it on my list. It's a gamble in that there is no guarantee that the school I get matched to will ever get over that hump, but its no more of a gamble than trying to lottery for a highly sought after school.[/quote] I know this is way back from page 1, but it seems important to dispel this idea that you should only list "safety" or "up and coming" schools in your 12 choices next year. That is a really bad idea, for 2 reasons I can think of: 1) The way the common lottery works now, each applicant gets assigned one random lottery number. If you get a great number, there is an excellent chance of you getting into one of the upper schools on your list. Even most of the most popular charters this year (and maybe a few popular DCPS's?) had a few (or some, several) openings in the early grades. So those who ranked them high and got great random lottery numbers got in. 2) You never know which schools will have an "unusual" application season. When we toured schools for the '12-'13 school year, our #2 school we loved was Mundo Verde. We were mostly shut out for '12-'13 but applied again for '13-'14. Got into our #1 choice, horrible # at MV. Now think about this year: because of MV's change in locations, as we move into K, this would have been our year to get in! [b] Every family we know who applied to MV for K for this upcoming year got in (that's 5 families). [/b]Obviously there's still a waiting list and not everyone got in, but the odds were so much better than the 1st 2 years we looked. Didn't Bridges also expand spots in one or more grades for the upcoming year? Who knows which schools will change locales for '15-'16 school year? Isn't Creative Minds moving for that year? Shining Stars may or may not find a space now they like, so may move again? That's why this board is such a gift - you keep track of both "up and coming schools" and school changes, and then you put at least the top 2 schools that you actually like the best based on whatever info you've gathered. You can then have 10 up and coming schools... 8 up and coming and 2 "last resort" schools... whatever combo works for you. But the last 2 years make it seem like a really bad idea to not use at least 2 spots for schools you really really would be excited to go to (if there are 2!). Good luck next year everyone! [/quote] We applied to MV for K and got a WL # above 100. EVERYONE we know with a kindergartener applied to MV (even though most were happy where they were but would have moved only for MV) - that's at least a dozen people. I know ONE person who got their kid in for K. So, your friends are not representative.[/quote] Fair enough point. My point is that that is 5+ more families that I know got in this year compared to last year. Pretty sure a call to MV will confirm my point: there were a LOT more slots and people who turned down the offer of a slot compared to last year.[/quote]
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