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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it makes anyone feel better, I applied to Yu Ying for my three year old, but we'll go there only if we don't get in anywhere else. I don't have any interest in him learning Chinese and would rather not have my son in a language immersion school of any type. But we would definitely go there over at least one of my in-boundary options (Raymond). Any of my other 11 schools I would probably prefer over Yu Ying. I hear it's a great school, but I think just not for us.[/quote]

Not that I can't see someone feeling this way, but it's pretty clear you are making this post up if you put YY down as one of your 12 lottery choices... glad you will not be taking up a spot there if you have zero interest in being there.  ;)[/quote]

You would think if someone is going to makeup a scenario, they would make is vaguely plausible.   Dumb  :lol: [/quote]
I read it as her having put down 11 preferable-to-YY schools PLUS Raymond on her common application,  for a total of 12.[/quote]

I'm the original poster - who was not so interested in Yu Ying. I applied to my 12 schools in the lottery plus every school that didn't participate in the lottery (5 I think) - just trying to get in somewhere. I think what's sad about the lottery is that you aren't choosing a school. The idea that this is choice is nuts! Sure, it would be wonderful if only parents interested in their child learning to speak Chinese applied to Yu Ying. But as long as the school you get is based purely on chance, I'm going to maximize my chances and apply to as many schools as possible. I guess the silver lining for those specifically interested in Yu Ying might be that as long as I get into somewhere else (other than Raymond) I'm not going to be using my spot on the waiting list, and someone else can have it.

I'm sure that there are many parents who want to go to Yu Ying and nowhere else if they can help it, that still applied for 12 schools in the common lottery. The sad thing is that all parents who care probably applied for almost the same 12 schools. It's probably only our in-boundary safety schools that differ.[/quote]

Question - did you apply early to YY (right when the lottery opened) to get a good time stamp?

On your last point, I doubt very much our lists are similar. We had to rule out a whole swath of charter schools for location, and as a result we ended up putting a bunch of DCPS on the our list that we really liked when we toured, but they have no cache on DCUM.[/quote]

Wow - two rivers would be quite the commute for you. Do you or does your spouse work near there? I am always surprised when people apply to both Cal city and Two Rivers -- obviously similar schools, just geographically far apart.[/quote]

My mom lives in Takoma DC and watches our infant son...I drive past Cap City on the way to her place. Then I work at Union Station and pass Shaed Elementary on the way (will be the home of Inspired Teaching). I work at Union Station and Two Rivers is right by there. So actually Cap City, Inspired Teaching and Two Rivers are all convenient. My commute is Petworth-Takoma-Union Station (40 minutes, not as bad as it sounds).[/quote]

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