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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]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]

This is incorrect.  There is no strategy or gaming of the system. [b] If one sibling gets in to your #1 school and the other does not, the former sibling is added to the waitlist of the latter [i]even though they were matched to their #1 choice.[/i] [/b] This is clear in the FAQs; you are dropped from lower-preferred waitlists except in this instance.

If this happens to you, you should enroll both siblings at their respective schools.  That will then give both siblings priority enrollment at their respective schools, and you will likely be able to get in to the same school through waitlist movement.[/quote]

I can't find anything in the FAQ that backs up the bold statement from above.

What is clear in the lottery is you will only be waitlisted at choices ABOVE the choice you were accepted into.  So, if I have a "sibling accepted" preference at my #2, but I was accepted at my #1 I would not be on any waitlists for #2.

http://www.myschooldc.org/faq/#question-2
[quote="My child was waitlisted at one or more schools. What does that mean?"]
[b]Students will be waitlisted only at schools they ranked higher than the school where they were matched. [/b]If a space becomes available at one of the schools for which your child is waitlisted, and you are next on the waitlist, you will be contacted by that school.
 
It is common for applicants to move up the waitlist throughout the spring and summer. If you have already enrolled at a school, and you are offered a space at a different school, you may choose to withdraw from the first school and enroll at the second.  Please contact the school from which you are withdrawing so that they can offer your space to another student.[/quote][/quote]

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