I've had two phone interviews thus far, and I'd like to know what everyone thinks are 'signs' an interview went well.
How should I interpret the following (which was said during a recent interview)?
"I think you'd make an excellent candidate for such and such university fellowship which will guarantee you full funding for three years..."
"If you come to xyz school, I would like you to work with me on abc project..." at which point, POI goes on to describe project at length.
BUT THEN...goes on to say...
"You know, I can't really guarantee whether you are in or not. Professors send their recommendations out to the grad division, and then grad division makes the final decision. Although, 90% of the time, the people we recommend get in..."
Also, I didn't get a definite timeline of when I'd be hearing back for a formal interview. More of a "in a few weeks..." response.
Should I even bother to interpret these tidbits?
Thanks so much in advance. I know I'm paranoid
Also, as a side note, anyone heard back from UCSB yet? Or Stanford?