Hi DBoots, Congrats on your MS admit. What I know is that, they won't send any rejects for fellowships. You just have to wait until you receive an email abt fellowship or your admit letter, which is sent by post. As many say its rare to get RA right from first semester. Since you are already admitted I highly recommend you to contact your POI and discuss with them if you can start as RA from first semester. If you could convince them with 50% RA, not only that your tuition fee gets waived off but you also receive good amount of monthly stipend. However, this won't be part of admission process. Otherwise your only hope would be SGF, which should be announced anytime this week.
