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Choose your reported preferences
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Your local school is {{player_tentative}}
Computer 1 local school is {{comp1_tentative}}
Computer 2 local school is {{comp2_tentative}}
Computer 3 local school is {{comp3_tentative}}
The lottery-based queue is {{lottery}}, from left to right.
You correspond to number 0, the rest of the numbers correspond to computers.
Your payoff structure is following. If after matching you are finally assigned to "A", you get a payoff of 100.
If "B", then you get a payoff of 70.
If "C", then you get a payoff of 50.
If "D", then you get a payoff of 20.
Now you have to enter your reported preferences.
Please enter your reported preferences in capital letters without spaces in the field below.
That is, if your reported preferences are A > B > C > D enter "ABCD".
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Summary of the instructions:
An application to the lowest ranked school in the submitted ranking is submitted for the student at the top of the queue. If the application is submitted to his district school, then his tentative assignment is finalized. If the application is submitted to another school, say school B, and that school has a vacant slot (it has no other student tentatively assigned), then the requester is assigned to school B. If the application is submitted to another school, say school C, and that school has no vacant slot (it has another student tentatively assigned), then the first student in the queue who tentatively holds a slot at School C is moved to the top of the queue directly in front of the requester. An exchange is obtained when a cycle of applications are made in sequence, e.g., I apply to John‘s district school, John applies to your district school, and you apply to my district school. In this case, the exchange is completed and the students as well as their assignments are removed from subsequent allocations. The process continues until all students are assigned a school slot.
An Example
We go through a simple example to illustrate how the allocation method works.
Students and Schools: In this example, there are six students, 1-6, and four schools, Clair, Erie, Huron and Ontario.
Student ID: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Schools: Clair, Erie, Huron, Ontario
Slots and Residents: There are two slots each at Clair and Erie, and one slot each at Huron and Ontario. Residents of districts are indicated in the table below.
Tentative assignments: Students are tentatively assigned slots at their district schools.

Lottery: The lottery produces the following order. 1-2-3-4-5-6
Submitted School Rankings: The students submit the following school rankings:
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1st choice |
2nd choice |
3rd choice |
Last choice |
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Student 1 |
Erie |
Ontario |
Clair |
Huron |
|
Student 2 |
Erie |
Clair |
Ontario |
Huron |
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Student 3 |
Huron |
Erie |
Clair |
Ontario |
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Student 4 |
Erie |
Ontario |
Clair |
Huron |
|
Student 5 |
Erie |
Clair |
Huron |
Ontario |
|
Student 6 |
Huron |
Ontario |
Erie |
Clair |
This allocation method consists of the following steps:
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Queue |
Available Slots |
The top student in the queue applies to a school. |
At the end of the step |
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Step 1 |
1-2-3-4-5-6 |
Clair Clair Ontario |
1 applies to her last choice Huron, which is tentatively assigned to 5. |
5 comes to the top |
|
Step 2 |
5-1-2-3-4-6 |
Clair Clair Ontario |
5 applies to her last choice Ontario, which is tentatively assigned to 6. |
6 comes to the top. |
|
Step 3 |
6-5-1-2-3-4 |
Clair Clair Ontario |
6 applies to her last choice Clair, which is tentatively assigned to 1 and 2. |
1 comes to the top. |
|
Step 4 |
1-6-5-2-3-4 |
Clair Clair Ontario |
A cycle happens in the last 3 steps. |
1 gets a slot at Huron. 5 gets a slot at Ontario. 6 gets a slot at Clair. |
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Step 5 |
2-3-4 |
Clair |
2 applies to her 2nd choice Clair, because her last and 3rd choices (Huron and Ontario) are no longer available |
2 gets a slot at Clair, because she is a resident in Clair |
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Step 6 |
3-4 |
Erie Erie |
3 applies to Erie which is still available. |
3 gets a slot at Erie, because he is a resident in Erie. |
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Step 7 |
4 |
Erie |
4 applies to Erie. |
4 gets a slot at Erie, because she is a resident in Erie. |
Final assignment: Based on this method, the final allocations are
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Student |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
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School |
Huron |
Clair |
Erie |
Erie |
Ontario |
Clair |
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