@Groundwork2022 Those applying to selective colleges often find themselves on multiple waitlists. The purpose of CMU’s Priority Waitlist was to be an indication to CMU that CMU was your 1st choice school and if accepted from the Priority Waitlist, you would enroll. The Regular Waitlist was there to continue to express interest in CMU but indicate that you were still weighing your top choice school options. How much a school uses a waitlist depends upon that year’s pool of applicants which of course changes every year. This year CMU did use the Priority Waitlist however fulfilled its enrollment prior to getting to the Regular Waitlist. The waitlist policies weren’t odd, maybe different from other schools, however the purpose of each waitlist was clearly explained
The only deposit requested was when you were accepted from the Priority Waitlist. No one was asked to place a deposit and continue to remain on a waitlist. I know this because I was admitted from the Priority Waitlist and placed my deposit after being accepted.