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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is gaming the system considered such a terrible thing?[/quote] Because the goal of the lottery is get the maximum number of people into the schools they like best, not the schools they thought they had the best shot at.[/quote] It's also at best zero-sum -- it doesn't increase the number of seats available. At worst it's negative-sum, overall people are less satisfied than they would have been if nobody had gambled and lost.[/quote]
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