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Sorry, I just realized that I failed to point out which part I was saying was "a straight-up error"; it's kind of buried in the sentence. My mistake! With emp
by Sniffnoy 9y ago
Sorry, I just realized that I failed to point out which part I was saying was "a straight-up error"; it's kind of buried in the sentence. My mistake! With emphasis this time:
>By trading places, students could get another shot at a place. At schools for which they already had a go in the lottery. This would give them better chances. At the expense of students that don’t (or can’t) trade. This is unfair.
The emphasized part is what I'm objecting to. Sorry about that.
- cortesoft 9y agoOk, I think we are having the exact same discussion in two threads. I will stop responding to this thread since I answered your objection in the other one :D
- Retric 9y agoLet's say there is a lotto for concert tickets. If I pay 1,000 people to take part in that lotto who don't want the tickets then I get an 'unfair' advantage. The logic is similar for the school lotto as people would target schools based on their ability to trade not necessarily their actual preference. This would lower the odds of people who otherwise had fewer options. AKA, if only bob or sam want a spot sam's odds are 50/50%. But, of ted joins but would always give his spot to bob then sam's odds are 1/3 and bob's odds are 2/3.