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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question: we matched at Sela (we put it lower on our list but we speak the language at home, so that would actually be a bonus) and got #15 WL at SWWFS. Prior years suggests little movement off the list before August or even October, but that this result is fairly likely to get an admissions offer. SWWFS is slightly easier from a commute perspective, though not necessarily enough to make a difference, especially with the van service from our neighborhood to Sela. 
A few questions for the hive mind:

--This is our first lottery. How secure is a "match" if we don't enroll until much later?

--if the WL offers go as late as October...what do people tend to do in August and September?

--most importantly - feeder status aside for a moment - is there a clear academic choice at the PK and elementary level? are there any issues with either that would give the other an advantage? Looking at the rankings and assessments (such as they are), I'm not sure ...[/quote]

You need to enroll at your match now. If you get a waitlist offer at a school you prefer later, you will just enroll at that school and let Sela know you are withdrawing enrollment.

Technically you have until the deadline to enroll at a matched school, but there is no reason to wait. Enroll so it's done, and so that the school knows you (at least for now) want the spot. That keeps everything moving. And then if you get an offer elsewhere and decide you want it, you need to let them know immediately and submit paperwork quickly, because once waitlists start moving, schools need to know if you are taking a spot or not so that they can move onto the next person on the list if you don't.

You do everyone a favor, and build good will at schools, by being prompt with responses to enrollment offers. There is no good reason to delay unless you are taking concrete action to make a decision. My recommendation if you are really unsure about taking an offer is to ask for a tour at the school. They will usually try to accommodate this for an offered family and just walking around the school and getting another feel is usually what you need to push you one way or another. If you're truly on the fence between schools, tour both. You will usually get a gut feeling about which feels more right.

As for those two schools, I have no advice, being unfamiliar with either.[/quote]

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