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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 had the same feeling at other events.  Some charters think and act like they are private schools.

[quote=Anonymous]I'm not an Yu Ying hater. But, I came away from it like was being sized up like a private school. I've been to private school open houses and didn't feel that.[/quote][/quote]

This is interesting.  To me it was definitel low energy, but not judgemental or "sizing up".  The YY rep seemed really patient and willing to answer all questions, but not going out of her way to put on a show or offer info.  There is definitely a value to feeling like the rep from the school really really really wants you to walk away interested in the school, and on that front definitely didn't feel like YY or LAMB felt like they needed to prove or recruit.

Actually, also re: YY, I was actually impressed with the seriousness with which the rep actually time-stamped each application.  I'm going to guess that by now, between online and in person apps, they already have more than they'll ever move through on their waitlist.  It could have been easy to accept the apps with a "good luck in the lottery, cuz if not there, you're not getting in this year!" attitude, but she was diligent and serious about the timestamps.

On a similar note, I was interested that I heard so few parents asking the high-demand schools how many lottery slots they even had available to their grade of interest last year.  I asked at all the ones I was serious about, to have a mental idea from the horse's mouth of just how slim the odds are.  But I didn't really hear anyone else ask - maybe just a coincidence and people were asking all day, but it worried me that a lot of parents may be playing the lottery game with no clue just how slim their chances may be.

Maybe next year DCUM should have a "DCUM Reality Check" table to offer advice to the clueless?   :mrgreen: :lol: :mrgreen: :lol:[/quote]

That's funny to me too,  because I think anyone who is going to the Expo THIS year for a kid for THIS year is too late. I did the fair last year. My friends who went this year are applying for 2014-2015 so...they won't worry about the numbers until next year. If you are just doing the fair now, you are already way behind the rest of us.

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