How can I Sort this MVC Drop-Down list alphabetically but IGNORE brackets?

Question

I have a dynamic dropdown list that I need to sort alphabetically, but the issue is, there is some text within brackets that appears on top.

I was asked to sort the text in brackets alphabetically (in this case, it begins with an "R" -- they want the "[OLD] ROI" to be placed above "ROI - English"), even though it technically sorts correctly.

Can someone please help me with a solution? I cannot find an answer anywhere, and I have honestly never done this. Thank you.

Here is the view:

<div class="form-inline">
    <div class="form-group">
        <label for="consentFormSelect">Consent Form : </label>
        <select id="consentFormSelect" class="form-control" onchange="onConsentFormSelectChange()">
            <option value="">Select An Option</option>
            @foreach (var item in Model.ConsentForms.OrderBy(m => m.CodeDesc.ToString()).ToList())
            {
                <option value="@item.CodeId">@item.CodeDesc</option>
            }
        </select>
    </div>
</div>

Screenshot of the UI:

Answer 1

One way (not the correct one) is to create a property inside your model:

public class ConsentForm
{ 
...
   public string CodeDescParsed 
  {
     get { return CodeDesc.Replace("[", "").Replace("]", ""); }
  }
...
}

Then:

@foreach (var item in Model.ConsentForms.OrderBy(m => m.CodeDescParsed.ToString()).ToList())

There are other ways as well, but they require advanced Linq.