I received an email yesterday from a professor saying that they've looked at my application and think that I would make a great addition to her lab, since she has one opening for a grad student beginning Fall 2012, and to contact her if I have any questions about her work or my application to the school.
Any idea as to how this translates? Also, how do you think I should respond? I assume there are other students competing for this same position, and that they also got this email, so I definitely want to do this the right way and not mess things up!