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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Supposedly 5 5th grade spots left at BASIS (130 kids have submitted enrollment paperwork at this point).  [/quote]

What does this mean? Are you trying to say that they have 5 unfilled spots after blowing through the WL? Or that they have in reserve 5 spots over and above the 130 seats they filled in initial lottery? Or something else entirely? [/quote]

No. This means that of the additional seats offered in the lottery (or maybe slight waitlist movement so far), 130 kids have enrolled.

There are 5 "available seats" remaining, which will be filled from the waiting list.

Then, any additional waitlist movement will be based on a kid who ENROLLED for 5th grade unenrolling because they either move or get in somewhere they prefer.

The 5 seats remaining is basically a measure of how much the waitlist is likely to move.[/quote]

Your original post made no sense (and didn't say what you think it said). And now that you have "explained" it it makes even less sense!

There aren't "additional" seats. Basis opened 135 seats in the lottery, matched 135 on lottery day and appears to still be intending to fill those seats. Your post also assumes a static process and not one in motion. Basis has been pulling from the WL for weeks (as have other schools) once the enrollment deadline passed. Your post might have made sense as an observation of how many of the 135 who matched enrolled as of May 2, but you posted this on 5/31. Finally, you know NOTHING about waitlist data and movements if you think any school fills open slots off the waitlist on a 1 for 1 basis. My guess is that is even less likely at Basis which is a very specific school profile that people may rethink once they actually match. We know this because anecdotal reports from DCUM have the Basis WL having already moved 30+ slots.

Other than that, however, your post makes total sense.  [/quote]

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