It can also depend largely on your rate. My rate (Yeoman), for example, fills out a dream sheet in A school but it is almost completely inconsequential to where you get sent. Since every command in the Navy has at least one Yeoman, and we are undermanned right now, they are going to slot YNs according to orders priority and pretty much just go down the list alphabetically. You ~can~ get the YNC at A school to help out with your orders, but realistically you are going to get what you get.
However, other rates still get the chance to pick orders in order of class rank, so like I said it can be hit or miss. The best thing to do is accept the fact that you could be placed randomly and be pleasantly surprised when it is somewhere you like.
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