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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because of sibling preference the ordering of the waitlist has become crucial. As well-regarded charters gain experience that means siblings of current students inevitably take up several of the PS, PreK and K spots, leaving few (if any) that are truly "lottery". So it comes down to the waitlist order. Charters have the ability to change their own rules on this and other things (thanks, Bridges for screwing me over by changing the birthday cutoff from Dec 31 to Sept 30!). So if people feel strongly enough about how YY and Stokes handle their waitlist then make a stink with them...not with the PCSB. I don't care about either school, so it doesn't matter to me. I happen to think pure random lottery is the most fair...I do find it interesting that for the DCPS lottery you MUST submit you application online while [b]some of the supposedly best charters resort to having panicky parents line up in the cold like their waiting for Springsteen tickets. Something off about that to me.[/b] [/quote]
I don't think that schools actually require in-person applications.  Certainly I know that Yu Ying allows you to submit your application online.  Folks who choose to line up outside do so out of anxiety that the electronic system could get hung up if a hundred folks are submitting their kids' applications at the same time.  [/quote]

I thought at YY and Stokes the in-person applications received that first day get ordered before any of the online ones submitted that day. Didn't someone say that earlier in this thread? [/quote]

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