I’m confused

I had a school reach out to me today and they told me that based on performance they were impressed with my skills and that I’m going to be placed on an interview eligible list. I started celebrating because I thought it meant I was going to get an interview, now upon pondering on it. I realized that they’re putting me on a waitlist for an interview. Should I just count this as a rejection basically? how often do people get off the waitlist to interview?