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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, inviting rampant speculation here but why not.

Waitlists for the schools we lotteried for are definitely shorter than last year (looking at K for a bunch of schools on the Hill and some charters in Edgewood/Brookland). But we obviously got a very bad lottery number as we are dead last or almost last on literally every single list.

Normally I think our lottery number would lock us out of most of these schools (places like Ludlow, Maury, Brent, Lee Montessori, ITS) but given that the waitlists are shorter overall, do you think that might speak to an overall lower demand for spots at schools and thus mean some of these schools might actually clear waitlists even if in previous years they hadn't? I guess I'm just looking for a sliver of hope, feel free to dash them. Just trying to think of some way in which maybe we still stand a chance at any of these schools as OOB, no sibling applicants with a bad lotto number.[/quote]

The K class on the Hill is REALLY small. Schools don't know yet quite how small, but you can already see them hedging by offering more seats than usual in the initial match. Brent offered 18 vs 1 last year; Maury 12 v 0; L-T15 v 7). Since they're counting on new people to fill those seats, I think the WLs will move way more than usual. Also, I think the class is even smaller than they hedged against and there is a good chance of substantial movement.[/quote]

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