<p>I think this message is unique and is like Cornell’s “Transfer Option” that they offer to Freshman rejects – essentially, go to school somewhere else, get good grades in required courses, and you have an auto-admit as a Sophomore. </p>
<p>What do you prefer – this transfer paragraph that you received, or the waitlist paragraph with no pathway to entry? The letter you got is not an outright rejection: it seems to me to be a glidepath into Sophmore year.</p>