order of preference- confused why parents want to change ?
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:31 pm
I have been followng some posts regarding order of preference for the grammar schools...Can someone please check my understanding ?
If I give the following order for dd in Oct this year :
A
B
C
If she manages to have score that guarantees her a place in all three schools then she gets allocated her first choice.
If she doest not get into A, but can be offered a place at B - she will be offered so, without considering the fact that B was only her second choice - Is this right ?
The reason I ask is that Non such seems to declare its scores before the application deadline.So for example if my dd scored say a sure shot entry score - we still put Non Such as our second choice, and then failed to get into our first choice school , we would still get into Non Such won't we ?
Iam confused that parents seem to be changing their preference once they get to know the scores - why ? What do you have to lose ?
Please help !
Queenma
If I give the following order for dd in Oct this year :
A
B
C
If she manages to have score that guarantees her a place in all three schools then she gets allocated her first choice.
If she doest not get into A, but can be offered a place at B - she will be offered so, without considering the fact that B was only her second choice - Is this right ?
The reason I ask is that Non such seems to declare its scores before the application deadline.So for example if my dd scored say a sure shot entry score - we still put Non Such as our second choice, and then failed to get into our first choice school , we would still get into Non Such won't we ?
Iam confused that parents seem to be changing their preference once they get to know the scores - why ? What do you have to lose ?
Please help !
Queenma