alienne

Mine said I have been placed in a short list for their next round of offers and they will make these as funding becomes available.

Then I guess I got a normal waitlist...Congrats anyway!

Did the letter from Cornell say admission or waitlist?

I haven't done that. But there are multiple rounds of interviews, so some people have.

I got an email from Cornell saying I'm waitlisted. It seems that they've sent out first round offer, and everyone on next round of offer if there's funding left is on the waitlist. I got an on-site interview from Duke early January, but if you are international, it's possible that they are still reviewing your materials and possibly offering you a Skype interview. There's hope!

I got the same situation. I'm at a small LAC, and we don't have a lot of courses offering every semester. I knew that taking more advanced/graduate courses would be helpful, as well as one more summer of research (although I don't think I will have publication anyways, even with one more year of research), but I decided to graduate one year early (due to financial reasons). I'm applying to several stats programs this year, and I would probably find a place to do research for a year if I didn't get in any of the programs I applied. So my advice is, if staying for another year is not your option, you may consider doing research for a year, getting a good recommendation from your adviser, while retaking GRE (I think math is more important than general) and reapplying next year. Of course, I wish you good luck on your apps this year!