Waitlists/Holds & Seat Deposits Forum

[flexityflex86]

Do you have to pay to stay on a waitlist/hold at a school? If so, and a school rejects you anyway but doesn't refund your deposit, wouldn't this be unethical?

[subtle]

You only pay a seat deposit to a school that has already accepted you. You don't pay to stay on a waitlist. If you're in at X school, submit a deposit. If Y school takes you off the waitlist (and you'd rather go), you can tell X school and just lose your deposit (part of it might be refundable, depending on the school's policy).

But no, you do not pay to stay on the waitlist.

[flexityflex86]

You only pay a seat deposit to a school that has already accepted you. You don't pay to stay on a waitlist. If you're in at X school, submit a deposit. If Y school takes you off the waitlist (and you'd rather go), you can tell X school and just lose your deposit (part of it might be refundable, depending on the school's policy).

But no, you do not pay to stay on the waitlist.

Okay, because I have some waitlists to t-5's that my #'s should not really have given me a chance at, and at first I thought I had some shot of getting in, but the cynic in me thought maybe it's some kind of ponzi scheme.