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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the parent of 3 kids, it helps more than I realized because of the tendency for the list to move in clumps. All 3 of my kids got into 2 of the hardest to get into schools on the Hill including, ironically, my upper elementary kid with an awful number, because as soon as one of her siblings got in, she jumped to 1 on the WL and they then gave her an offer that same day (in one case, it was the only offer they made by June per the data). I actually am sort of cyclical and wonder if they saw younger kid’s address and previous elementary school and decided that was a good time to move the older list rather than to admit whoever the prior #1 was. No idea how much info they have.[/quote]

Some schools just have a policy of taking all siblings. My older son also got an offer from a sought after DCPS and my younger son had an offer within 15 minutes. There wasn't necessarily a spot, they just wanted to keep the kids together.

By contrast, my younger son got an offer at a Hardy feeder and my older son jumped to #1, but then never got off the waitlist. (I accepted the top situation and took them both off all lists, so I'll never know if he would have eventually gotten off.)

Seems to be at the schools discretion.[/quote]

Neither school took all siblings at once, so I don’t think that can be the explanation. 3rd kid got into B and neither of the other 2 did. Then 3rd kid got into A and immediately 1st kid got in, but 2nd didn’t. 2nd kid got into B and then 1st kid did immediately. 2ns kid then got into A. 2nd & 3rd kids had independently excellent numbers. 1st kid’s was awful at a year it should be much easier to get in anywhere, but was able to piggyback off each sibling once for admission to two different CH schools. 2nd & 3rd kids are now both very close to the top of the WL for the hardest school to get into on the Hill; 1st way way down. Will be curious to see if any make it eventually. 2nd & 3rd kids numbers were initially identical to those for the second hardest to get into school, so that list just moved more faster.[/quote]

Reading this has convinced me that it's way more logistically complicated to manage waitlists with 3 kids than it is with 2.

Are they all enrolled at A right now? How did #1 get off the WL for B if he/she was already enrolled at A? If you rank A higher than B, aren't you removed from the WL for B once you enroll in A?[/quote]

We didn’t take any of the spots. We’re staying at our IB (probably the 4th “best” school on the Hill) where the kids are very happy. In the abstract, I’d actually only prefer A to our own, but the preference isn’t strong enough to uproot everyone from a school where they have great friends & we’re all very involved in the community. I only play the lottery every year as a backup in case something crazy happens and out of curiosity.[/quote]

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