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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the PPs are right that a weighted lottery would not bring back churn. It would be like the old days, but if you were only allowed to lottery for one tier one school (because no decent school would ever get down to the #2s). Does anyone really want that?[/quote]

Why would you not want it if it meant that at least for the few families who are lucky it's all families who wanted the school as #1 at each school?  (And be clear, that # doesn't increase or decrease by either system; same # of slots, same greater # of families who want in.)  Why is it better that some families can get their #3 choice because they got a better overall number, and take that spot from a family who ranked it #1 because it really was their first choice but they had a worse number?  Why would you not rather be competing only against other families who ranked your #1 #1 as well, instead of families who ranked it all sorts of random ways but it's dependent on a single random number?

Same # of spots, but higher % filled with #1 ranked families.  And still no one has pointed out how that is not true, or why the other way is better (except for the parent who wants to be able to take risks and not lose anything).[/quote]

You mean, same # of spots, but higher % filled with #1 ranked families [b]who actually gambled their entire lottery success on their #1 school[/b]. Please re-read some of the excellent and cogent summaries of what happens to families who don't get into their number 1 choice under your scenario. They are not only on the waiting list for Dream School A with scores of other Dream School #1s, but they are at the back of the waitlist for all the other schools they ranked behind people who ranked THOSE schools #1 (and then #2, etc.)

The current algorithm is designed to allow everyone to gamble on dream schools AND also hedge their bets by having safeties.[/quote]

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