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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ranking matters, but you don't get PRIORITY for it.  You could rank a school #1, but that doesn't mean you get in of you're pulled later in the draw.  People,pulled before you will get a spot first if its at the top of their list (even if the top of their list is now their #10 ranked school because their 1-9 is filled.)

Someone earlier up the thread insinuated that if you put a less-desirable school as#1 you'd have a better chance of getting in even if you're a late draw because you ranked it #1.  In other words, game the system by ranking a school with more slots (fewer preferenced spots) or that is just less popular as your #1 because this will somehow guarantee you a spot.  This is not the case and it only decreases your chances (or removes the chances all together) of getting into your true "preferred schools."[/quote]

Please people.  The computer does not know what your "real" preferences are it only knows what you indicated on your application.  What the person said on the earlier thread is absolutely true.  A person who ranks their schools this way is simply concerned with getting into an acceptable school immediately after the lottery.  If the school is an acceptable school and less popular I see nothing wrong with ranking it higher on your list as long as you understand you will be dropped of the waitlist at your lower ranked school if you are offered a seat.  This is not gaming the system, but ranking your schools in an order that reflects the needs of your family.[/quote]

Yes, there's nothing wrong with it as long as you realize that you don't increase your chances of getting into any particular school by ranking it higher.  You simply omit the possibility of getting into another school first.  [/quote]

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