DropDownListFor Not Selecting Value

Question

I\'m using the DropDownListFor helper method inside of an edit page and I\'m not having any luck getting it to select the value that I specify. I noticed a similar question

Answer 1

One other thing to check if it's not all your own code, is to make sure there's not a javascript function changing the value on page load. After hours of banging my head against a wall reading through all these solutions, I discovered this is what was happening with me.