Stanford’s housing lottery is extremely contentious. IIRC swapping is allowed. Why not just allow unlimited swapping and let persuasion of any other student in

Stanford’s housing lottery is extremely contentious. IIRC swapping is allowed. Why not just allow unlimited swapping and let persuasion of any other student in a desired school be possible. Holding some people back when there is a win-win opportunity right there seems unnecessarily punitive to those whom discovered an opportunity... no other people lose anything they didn’t already have because it doesn’t change their situation at all... if they put in some work to persuade a parent/student to swap, so could they. It seems like cutting everyone down to the least savvy, least involved and least creative state in order to prevent additional advantages. This is like not letting gifted kids use some advanced technology because it’s unfair to the less gifted ones... so let’s hold everyone back and punish those whom have a shot.