Thanks everyone to replying to my thread. Franky, I have little confidence that this system works in any kind of predictable way. In addition to sfcammom's experience, I know a twins family that applied for them separately, with different rankings for the schools. They both got Cobb.

We will go through round 2 and probably even 3 but at this point I am really not sure what the best strategy is. Perhaps the PPS workshop this Thursday will be helpful. The icing on the cake is that I caught wind of yet another effort to figure out how to keep families in SF - this is such an outrage because it is so obviously the schools that drive families away. Sorry for the venting. Good luck to everyone moving forward.

Ellena O

hi ranu, thanks for your feedback. it is good to know that the linked option worked for some families.

anyone else with experience to share?