How are students matched, and will my student receive their first choice?

The system will match each student with the best possible school based on the family’s choices and the Common App’s enrollment policies. The only reason a Newark student would not get into their first choice would be if the school does not have enough seats for all applicants. When a student does not receive his or her first choice, the matching process will move down the student’s list of schools in order to place the student in their highest-ranked school with available seats.