Chooses 3G rather than wifi

At home, where I have a very strong WiFi signal, my iPad often can't connect to the Internet until I turn off my weak AT&T cellular connection in "Settings."  Shouldn't the iPad always choose a good WiFi connection over a weak cellular connection, assuming you have the correct pass phrase and you've connected to that network before?
Is there any way to force this order of connecting, which Apple says should be the default?

I'd goto your WiFi in Settings.  I'd tell the iPad to forget this network.  Do a hard reset of the iPad.  Go back to WiFi in settings and locate your network and set your connection back up.  See if that helps.
Also, there are some routers that the iPad's treat kind of finicky.  What router do you have?  It could be a channel issue, or other.  But start with the above and see what happens.

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