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[quote=dcmom]I felt strongly that each school should randomly order lottery #s until I ran through an example with separate lottery numbers from each school and with a single number, and it came out so much better with a single number. People are more likely to get into a higher ranked choice, and you don't have the situation where mutually-beneficial trades are possible (a terrible part of the prior system). If someone gets a relatively good waitlist number at several schools, that person will not be able to accept multiple spots, so the effect is to basically continue letting people into higher-ranked choices while they release their less desirable choices to those with worse lottery numbers. I think this algorithm is a huge improvement over last year's based on the simulation I ran.[/quote]
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