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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm really confused as to why you put a school first that wasn't your first choice.

Having said that, I thought there was some kind of policy that kids were kept on the waiting list at any school where a sibling was matched.  So, if your oldest gets into MV, then your younger would go back on the WL and jump up to the spot on the bottom behind any wait listed little sibs, but before other kids.  Call My School DC to check.

This is assuming that MV was on the younger's original list.[/quote]

The youngest isn't waitlisted because the child was matched with a higher ranked school. [/quote]

Right, the younger child presumably had a number at MV but then "lost" it when he was ranked.  Is that right?  In that case, I think he gets to go back on the waiting list when his sibling was matched.  But I don't remember where I read that.
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For sibling preference you have to rank older sibling's school #1 which elliminates you from being on WL at any other school. Rightfully so. If you know you want to get into the sibling's school you should rank #1. If you were having doubts, you should have ranked schools for #2 in true preference (and not used your sibling preference). That way sibling #2 will get fair shot at WLs and worst case would get bumped to the top of the sibling WL after the lottery if #1 stays enrolled. Just like DCI, you have to rank it #2 to guarantee you get a spot (if coming from a feeder). If you would prefer Latin over DCI, you would not use the feeder preference and rank Latin #1 and DCI #2.[/quote]

Where does it say that you have to rank #1 to get sibling preference? I don't think that is right.[/quote]

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