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2. On what are you basing this idea that a family would put their #2 choice first?  Please give a specific scenario and reasons a family would do this, if you know you're probably opting out of your #1 if you don't rank it #1, explain to me the reasons that a family would put their #1 as #2?  Especially if their #2 is very popular and will likely fill up with #1s?
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When my kids were in fifth grade I put Deal #1 for sixth even though they said they weren't accepting any OOB kids. I figured if I get an excellent lottery number I'll be high on the waitlist, who knows what will happen, and it doesn't cost me anything.  Under your proposal that would have been a very foolish thing to do, it would pretty much have prevented me from getting in anywhere unless I got into Deal.  What if I had drawn #1 in the lottery? I'd have given up a chance for a spot at Deal.
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Exactly, it would have been foolish.  Why are you celebrating a system where you get rewarded because it didn't cost you anything?  Why if you got #1 in the lottery and were waitlisted for Deal, why do you deserve whatever your #2 chioce was more than the family who ranked it #1 because they wanted to be at your #2 choice more than any other school?

Really, you just want a system where you can take risks over a system that better matches families that are serious about the school they rank #1 (because they have to be serious)?  That is a major part of the problem right there.  [/quote]

But anyone can take the gamble on Deal. Under your system, only people who have a backup plan can even gamble on Deal. [/quote]

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