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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=OJH][quote=Anonymous][quote=OJH]"Best" may be irrelevant, statistically, if your priority is a specific language...

Don't waste lottery choices on a school with 0% chance of admission. If you pick one with less than 1% chance, just KNOW that you must make it your first choice for any hope at all

I'm struggling a LOT with this, since my son already speaks multiple languages.

Elsie Stokes new East End campus is an amazing opportunity since first year programs have no sibling preference taking all the spots.

ALSO... there are one or two excellent NON LOTTERY preschools with free immersion pk3/pk4 immersion as well! Selection process is mysterious, but very much worth a try, especially if you dont plan to live in DC longterm or can afford private elementary school or moving to high performing public elementary school boundary later.[/quote]

PP you do not understand the way the DC lottery works. Pls stop giving bad advice. Listing a school first doesn’t improve your chances of getting on.

Everyone gets a master number. If that number is #1 you will get into the school you list first. If your number is dead last you won’t get into anything for preschool, except perhaps your IB DCPS.

You are right about Stokes being a good choice this year because new kids to Stokes will have a shot at spaces that are usually all taken by siblings of already enrolled kids.

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Master number is most important, of course. Order matters a lot, since to my knowledge each master # gets pulled once at a time in order, not over and over again until their highest choice receives an open slot...  for example, #1's #1 choice is high demand, and out of boundary, they would be first on the waitlist after ALL legal preferences that ordered the school first.

Please correct me if I'm wrong! [b]It doesnt make sense that the same child would be highest on multiple waitlists. [/b](If they applied to a bunch of high demand schools where they have no legal preference category)[/quote]

No. That is NOT how it works. Watch the MSDC video. [/quote] Actually that's exactly how it works, if you have a good master you're high on multiple waitlists (unless you got your first choice). Yes watch the video. [/quote]

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