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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=pbraverman]I think schools understand that parents make school choices in the younger grades. To that extent, then, yes, an expression of a first choice might be helpful. Unless you are over-eager or dishonest, it's hard to see how it would hurt.[/quote]
The problem is that we don't really have a clear first-choice.  There may be one school that we prefer very, very slightly to the others, but the margin is so slim.  And there's no place where we'd instantly accept without taking a second look at other options if DC were lucky enough to get in.  So I don't think we can in good conscience submit one, and unfortunately we'll always wonder "what if" in the event that DC gets WLed here.[/quote]

This was us last year.

Applied to all the top schools; liked some for one reason and others for another, so in good consciousness, we could not and did not declare a first choice.

For us, it worked out perfectly. DC was accepted to only one of these schools, so we ran with it. DC now loves it and is doing well. Sometimes you just have to trust that the schools know what they are looking for, too, and the one that is right for your DC will surface.  (Although at the time, I was slightly annoyed that we didn't have the benefit of final choice!)

Good luck to you.[/quote]

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