Reply to Random strategy for lottery, will it work?

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Random strategy for lottery, will it work?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with a PP that I think the only "strategy" involved is placement of your IB school and where it goes on the list if it's usually full IB - and it only matters if you're doing PK3 or PK4.

My situation:
IB for PK3 is not that great. Was completely full this year after Round 2, about 80% IB. With the baby boom, it's fairly likely that it may fill in Round 1 this go around. So my options are:

1) List IB last / 12th, get in failing all others, but run the risk of missing even that and having to go private.
2) List IB higher, get in there and miss admission/waitlist opportunities at HRCS
[/quote]

Why would listing your IB school last decrease your chances of getting in? That's not my understanding of how the lottery works.[/quote]

It doesn't. Where you list a school has no effect on your chances of getting into that particular school (unless you get into a higher-ranked school.)  The lottery is designed to be strategy-proof, and it works. List your choices in your actual order of preference.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics