Guaranteed transfer (GT) options are NOT for rejected students. For ILR you have 4 admission decision options: accepted,rejected, spring admission, guaranteed transfer. There is no waitlist for ILR. Basically, what happens is if the admissions committee cannot offer you straight out admission or spring admission but still want you at the school then you get a GT. You would go to another university or community college and complete 1 year before transferring to Cornell and you must complete certain requirements and keep your GPA at a certain number(3.5 i think?) . Anyways, a GT is far from a rejection. It isn’t random either, they give it to people deserving of a Cornell spot after a year of alternate schooling.