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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you PP, the above is clear and very helpful.

The only thing that is very different about what you say and what most other people have been harping on, is your last bit of advice.  Even though I do NOT at all believe that being strategic about where you apply (i.e. applying to schools you have a better chance at because, say, they went through most of hteir waitlist last year) is "gaming the system", a LOT of people here have been saying that that is somehow gaming hte system and not being "honest" about your "true preferences".  So if you really really want Ross, most people are saying you should put Ross as #1 even if, as OOB with no sib preference, your odds are almost nil at getting in.

Me, I'd do what you suggest and combine our dream list with what is more likely.  I would not do strict "just put it in true order" if my #1 choice is an OOB DCPS that NEVER takes OOB.  Charters do seem different though, since Sib preference is the only preference category (right?), so seems like hte odds there would be generally much better?  Or do I have that wrong?[/quote]

Same PP - clarification: I'm saying it seems like if I"ve got no preference of any kind for any of the schools I'm applying to, it seems like the charters are a better shot since there really is no preference other than sibling preference that trumps me (except then my random order number for that school), whereas with DCPS it's sibling AND IB that trumps me.  [/quote]

This is correct, to have better chance at the charters due to lack of preference, but your chances of getting into them are not decreased if you rank them #1 vs, #6, your lottery number defined those chances... So, in essence, you can't "game" - but your chances of getting into a city-wide school are just intrinsically better than you chances of getting into a school with preference if you don't HAVE preference.

It's like this, your 1-3 are Janney, Brent, and Maury, but you're OOB for all of them.  You're chances of getting into any of these schools are, at best, extremely low, but you're at least wait listed at them because you put them ahead of your number 4 choice: Logan (a city-wide school) where you chances are minimal vs. extremely low, because you're vying for the 3 spots that no one receives preference for.

You are not penalized for ranking Logan #4 vs. #1,  you will be placed BASED ON YOUR LOTTERY PULL.  So, if you are pulled 12th, you are put ahead of the guy pulled 13th, even if he puts Logan as his #1 choice.  Hence, no way to game system, hence LIST IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE.  [/quote]

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