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...enhanced choice system would allow students to designate one house as their first choice and three houses as non-ordered-choice houses. Random lottery numbers would be assigned. The group with the first number would be assigned to its first choice house. Each subsequent group would be assigned to its first choice house until 25 percent of the house is filled...
...house in the second round. The first choice will be recylced with the other three choices, and there is a 25 percent chance that the computer will select that house. Less popular houses will also benefit. If a blocking group wanted to live in Currier (which always goes random), for example, enhanced choice would allow the students to pick it as their first choice, almost guaranteeing acceptance...
...completely random," he said. "There wasnothing leading up to this...
...seemed to us that it is not singly one random violation of the conflict of interest statute... but that there was something more widespread," said Michael H. Turk, co-chair...
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