HELP! What does that mean??

[Wei_Yu]

I just received an email from the program director, saying" I will be asking my colleagues to extend a PhD student offer to you" What does that EXACTLY mean? I assume I get the position, right？ Or the professor just means that he will recommend me..

PLS help. I'm really worried now..

 

 

[sarah-bellum]

In my experience, the acceptance process usually went like this:

• Interview with prof of interest and possibly other faculty members
• Prof decides they would like to take you on as a student
• Prof recommends to the department that they accept you
• Department approves decision
• Department sends official acceptance

Basically, the departmental approval is there to make sure that no really sub-par students get in - they might check out things like your grades, GRE scores if you took them, etc. I get the sense that it's not too common for departments to disapprove of a candidate once a prof has recommended them.