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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Good luck!  Last yr they had ~35  prek4 spots and ~600 applications.  Went ~19 on the waitlist.

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Yu Ying's process has always confused me. How many kids get in via lottery? The WL only comes into play after the lottery, so for 19 kids to have come off the WL must have meant that 19 lottery winners turned down their slot. Seems unlikely to me or am I missing something?[/quote]

No, actually it doesn't mean that.  I was in the top 10 on the WL at another very highly in-demand charter.  We didn't get a call at all all summer until close to the first day of school when we got the call.  By then we'd gotten into our #1 school and we were set, so we turned it down.  I know for a fact that that very in-demand charter called at least another 4 people before they got someone who took the spot (we knew the people who said yes and what # they were).  This means they moved at least 6 people down the list for one spot.

So going to #19 doesn't mean 19 people in the original lottery turned it down.  It could have been 5.  Although in YY's case specifically, I'm going to guess that at least 10 people of the 35 offered said no, just because of how quickly the waitlist moved early on.  Sadly for those further down, I doubt it will have that many no's this year.[/quote]

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