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[quote=Anonymous]NP here, hoping to clear up some confusion.  Some people are thinking that the "randomly assigned number" is their lottery number for each of their 12 picks.

But it's merely an identification.  Think of it as "Student #312" who enters the lottery at each of the schools ranked by her family, not "Position #312" the spot in line for each of those lotteries.  Otherwise, there'd be no way to track where a certain student ended up at each of the schools they selected.

For those lamenting the fact that your ranking does not influence whether or not you get a seat or your spot on the wait list, please understand that isn't the purpose of your choosing one school over another in any given order.  Its purpose is to keep families from holding seats at multiple schools while they wait to get the seat they really want.  For those using the example of Ross upthread, imagine if some of those inbound families ranked a charter above Ross and then got seats at those schools they preferred more.  Maybe the chances of that are slim, but they're greater than they were last year.

And that's the reason it's important that every family rank their true preferences.[/quote]

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