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Show me where it is clearly stated that random lottery number trumps student's ranking of the school and, where all else is equal except the student's rank of the school, a higher random lottery number trumps student's ranking of school?

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It's not clearly stated because there isn't anything at all about rank in the FAQ. Let me ask this back: If rank were so important -- more important than lottery number -- why did they leave it out of the FAQ?[/quote]

I have no idea why they left it out.  I only know what the admissions people at the 2 schools I'm most interested in told me and the person representing the lottery at the fair I went to said.  They clearly, unequivically said "Rank matters and a student with everything else the same but with who ranked the school lower would lose to a student who ranked it higher".
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If by "everything else the same" they included lottery number, that can be true.  What they were saying is if you don't rank your schools in your actual order of preference, you can lose a chance at a school you really want if you get a slot at a school you ranked higher.
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For me, that's all I need to know, and I'm acting on that regardless of what anonymous people on the internet say.  But I'm interested in the sources people are using to assert so strongly that random lottery number trumps rank.

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No, you're not really interested in the sources. They've been provided dozens of times in this thread: the FAQ. When the FAQ doesn't agree with your preconceived notion, you just insist that the information must be missing from the FAQ.

Go ahead and act that way, it makes it that much more likely that everyone else gets the school they really want.[/quote]

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