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[quote=Anonymous]And to the original poster: the consequence of the lottery mechanism assigning one "master number" to each child means that you could do REALLY well or REALLY badly. You may get into your #3 pick, but also have bitchin' waitlist #s at the 2 uber popular schools you put above it. Alternatively, you may sneak into your safety pick, say #12 on your list, and have numbers in the 300-500 range at everything above that safety, even the schools you considered not that popular. People locked out of schools either had lists with no unpopular choices on it, or, they just truly got a shitty ass number on lottery night. I consider our experience middling. We got into our #6 choice and are happy with it. We had numbers in the 20's in a few of the not super hot picks above our number 6. We were in the 50s for the really popular schools though and those waitlists don't move more than a few spots as far as I can tell. [/quote]
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