Cheetah wrote:
Hello, my dd got 110.65 in CCHS. We have put it as 1st preference. She has also scored 339.57 in CSSE. Should we stay in waiting list for CCHS or put Colchester County High School as 1st preference from 2nd? Also what was the last score offered last year for entry of 2020? We are hopeful for CCHS and dd really wants to go there. We are OOC for Chelmsford County High School for Girls.
If, on mature reflection, you actually think that CCHSG would be a better fit for your DD than CCHS, is your LA one which is allowing changes to be made without rendering your application late? If it isn't, then making changes now may well mean that you get none of your preferences.
If you put a school you really want most (albeit with only an outside chance of success) below any other school which you can get, then you won't automatically be on the waiting list for that school that you
really want, because your LA will have given you what you
said you wanted.
With that score, unfortunately, it is very unlikely that your DD will get CCHS, at least on March 1st. But 339.*** would almost certainly be ranked high enough to make her eligible to be offered a place at CCHSG - that is completely independent of whether or not she would be ranked high enough by CCHS. Schools rank your application against their own admissions criteria only - the 'First preference First' system has been illegal for many years now.