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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many people who rank a less popular school #1 would not match there if they draw a poor common lotto # because those who draw a better number, but don't have it ranked #1 would be waitlisted (or get-in) before them. [/quote]

This is what happens now. We drew a crap number this year. Someone else who drew a better number got matched with our #1 choice, even though they ranked it #10. So we're not going to a school we really want and neither are they.

I'm with you, OP! After all the sibling, in-boundary, etc preferences, the WL would be ranked by preference. So everyone who ranked it #1 would get in or get on the WL in the order of their lottery number, then once you're through the #1s, all the #2s rank in order of their lottery number, then #3s, etc. Makes sense to me. Not sure how this would result in more gaming the system than we currently have -- if people are already lotterying for schools where they have a &lt;5% chance of getting in, you're &quot;wasting&quot; that spot on your list just as much as you would under this system.[/quote]

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