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This incentivises people to put popular schools which they don't like lower on their list (3-5), so that if they miss their top school, they can get into a popu
by tylerhou 9y ago
This incentivises people to put popular schools which they don't like lower on their list (3-5), so that if they miss their top school, they can get into a popular school and swap with people who are at their desired school. Which removes the property that honesty in school rankings is the best policy.
- abalone 9y agoYeah, but what if they do like the popular school as a backup? Wouldn't eliminating swaps lower the average rank of assigned schools, and thus decrease happiness?
- tylerhou 9y agoLower average rank of assigned schools might mean decreased happiness, but this system also increases fairness because those who game the system tend to be better educated/more privileged. Disallowing swaps forces people to rank schools honestly and prohibits such gaming of a system.