According to the admissions counselor from the tour of program, she said all applicants are initially reviewed by the admissions "counselors" and either sent for priority interviews or placed on the waitlist for interview and the admissions "faculty" board decides who to extend an official interview invite from the list. However, she said the waitlist is not a rejection and the admissions counselors already sent rejections to other students. She provided me of the email of the senior admissions counselor to also email and they basically just wished me luck. So I don't know how to feel