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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But that is the whole point!  There is no more incentive to rank your first choice #1 than for it to increase your chances of getting in if you rank it #1!  The ideal matching system matches not just what the school is looking for (families with preference first, than no preference) but also what families are looking for (I wanted School A most, so ranked it #1, so I should get a better shot than the next person who ranked School A #2).

There is no additional incentive to do anything differently if the parent's ranking counts, it just makes it count more.  But you were always a fool to not arrange your choices in the order you most wanted them, because to order them differently means risking getting into your #4 school and being dropped from #s 5-12.  If you liked #5 better than #4, you should have switched their rankings.

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Sure there is. I ranked MV #1 this year even though they only had 8 non sib spots. If only the people who had ranked it #1 had a chance, then I would have had an only slightly higher odds of getting in (since there are only 8 seats) but I would have had no chance at my #2 choice (two rivers), because only those ranking it #1 would have had any chance of getting in. The best strategy for me would have been to apply to one of my late choices who would not have had many people ranking it #1 but would have been a lot less desirable for me.

One of the goals of the DME's office when I spoke with them was to ensure that the lottery didn't have people making strategic ranking choices once they chose the schools to apply to ("strategy proof"). Of course, there is strategy in choosing where to apply since you aren't guaranteed anywhere for PK3 and PK4, which is why I applied (and am sending my child to) my unpopular IB school.

I didn't do well with the lottery, but it was still the best algorithm.[/quote]

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