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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By law, sibs get preference. No ranking of algorithm will change that. So, if there are 10 open spots with 10 siblings to fill them, you will never get one of those 10 spots. Period. [/quote]

So you're saying if I'm a Sibling at IT (my #12 choice) but get in at Mundo Verde (my #1) with an early choice, I will be able to keep my IT spot and bump someone from the IT spot?  So I'm admitted to IT and high wait listed for MV?[/quote]

No, if you get in at Mundo Verde you have given up your sibling preference at IT.  If you get in at your #1 choice you are no longer on any wait lists.  [/quote]

If this is true then it really limits the potential for parent with two children to have both of their children attend the same school.  For instance if this individual would like both of their children to attend MV, but only one gets is there no way that the parent can give up their spot at MV and send the child to IT?  You must be able to give up your #1 and obtain through sibling preference a seat at a school you ranked lower.  Could you not just apply after the lottery and move to the top of the IT waitlist based on sibling preference?[/quote]

You essentially forfeit your sibling preference when you rank another school higher than your sibling school.

If having both children attend the same school is important to you:
1. If one child is already at a school and the other one is doing the lottery, put your existing school #1 on the other kid's lottery application. If you don't put it #1, there is a risk that you'll get into a higher-ranked school and then have no chance of getting into your sibling school. 
2. If you are doing the lottery for two kids, order the schools the same way for both kids. That way you're guaranteed that sibling preference for one will help the other if they don't both get into the same school. The sibling preference will be at the higher ranked of the two schools they get into.

Before the common lottery, if your two kids got into two different schools you would have sibling preference at both, now you only have it at the higher ranked. If you decide that the lower-ranked is a better choice you could enter the second chance lottery with sibling preference for the lower-ranked school.

If you rank your two kids differently you run the risk of forfeiting your sibling preference in the event that each gets into a school that is higher-ranked for him than the one his sibling got into.

This is the rare example of a case where it makes sense to rank strategically, rather than in strict order of your preference.[/quote]

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