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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who wrote about Thomson. We listed some long-shot schools, like CHML and SWS, below Thomson on our list, mainly because I had this thought in my head that I wanted to get to 12. There was no way in the world of course, that we were getting waitlisted at Thomson and somehow getting into SWS or CHML.

Even though some people on DCUM will tell you not to bother with stuff like that, I think it actually turned out to be good strategy because of the way the waitlists work. If you don't get into any schools initially, you can play around with your list order, even after you get an offer from a school you like.

We were originally waitlisted everywhere except AppleTree SW, our twelfth choice. We were I think, sixth at Thomson (our first choice) and like, 80th at CHML (our second choice).

We got into Thomson in May and I was able to move CHML up to first place before accepting Thomson's enrollment offer so that we stayed on the CHML waitlist at the same position, without losing our spot at Thomson. I figured if I attended Thomson's summer events for families (they had a bunch) and decided, whoa, big mistake, I actually hate this school, we still had a shot at CHML. I also moved Seaton and SWW@Francis-Stephens above Thomson before accepting for the same reason, but eventually took them off.

By October it became clear that a) Thomson had been the right choice, and b) we weren't getting in to CHML anyway. But I had kept my options open as long as I could. Hope that made sense, it's a hard process to explain! [/quote]

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