<p>Good luck. I never heard of the first come first serve basis before. my sister applied to many schools, she got in most of them even though she sent most of them just a few days before the deadlines. What I learned is that schools (from Social Studies teacher who used to work at boarding school) rank all the students by importance. They have a few sections for ranking. One section could be academically talented, one is all-rounded, extracurricular, and some good schools have a section called athletes. every student is in every category and ranked by preference (1st to last). The school first accepts the top students in each groups and then consider talents each student has. I’m not sure if this is completely accurate.</p>