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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will say on the lottery that we were told that [b]kids with numbers up to about 30 likely will get a spot off the wait list.[/b] We were in the high single digits and were offered a spot in mid June [/quote]

Possibly.  Just wouldn't [i]count[/i] on it.  DCCAPS would know, but it probably isn't good for them to put out a "typical" number publicly and then have people unhappy if it doesn't get there.

It depends very much on who is in front in the offer queue/where they might live (farther tends to equal less likely to accept a spot once the logistics are seriously considered, though some are willing and others actually move to be closer once in).  Also, I think there was more declining of offers in the past few years due to the prospect of additional hassle during the pandemic (and then stories from that), where there was plenty of adjustment to deal with already, and a new language would make that all the more difficult.  Last year might be a better indicator, but that would be an n of 1.

Several years back, I want to say it might have been in the high teens through mid-summer, but that, again would be an n of 1.  Still, there are occasional drops leading up to and during the school year from the program that open up seats.[/quote]

All true, but another (more enduring) reason that wait lists might be moving more than in the past is that the sibling link is all but gone.  People were grandfathered in post 2017-2018 and it took a few years (running into the pandemic) for more seats each year to reliably be in play.  It still exists (for families with 3+ children with continuous enrollment), but it's very few seats at this point.[/quote]

This is a good point, and one I hadn't considered.  I think the last class with full sibling preference left last year.  The following class (classes? maybe still?) had something like an extra lottery entry for younger siblings, but not an automatic in. These were/are for lottery applicants who have an older sibling who will still be at that school the next year.[/quote]

Siblings get 2 lottery entries now.  I believe sibling link persists for large families because of the way it’s worded: if a student entered the program in 2017-2018 and there is still a sibling at the school.  In any case this still gets mentioned on the immersion presentation slides.[/quote]

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