My pleasure! TBH, I was all worked up when I first learned about what was a new system a few years ago, but it actually works pretty well for most people.
A few obnoxious schools game the system by establishing artificially early CTE dates to force you off WLs, but most don't. The vast majority of WL movement at the vast majority of schools occurs between mid April and late May, and the vast majority of schools don't have CTE dates until June or July.
So, yeah, a lot of people are ultimately forced to withdraw from WLs, but not before WL movement has pretty much ended pretty much everywhere. I'm sure everything is going to work out for you. Good luck! 🙂