nominated for fellowship

[BioBum]

At the prospective grad student weekend I had a 10 minute interview for a university fellowship. The interview was conducted by 3 members of the grad student committee. I just got an email from my potential advisor saying "The graduate committee within NRES voted to nominate you for a graduate college fellowship!" Does this mean that I'm in? I don't know if I should get excited yet or not.

Anyone had a similar situation and what was the outcome?

[Angua]

At some places, the funding has to be worked out before an official admission offer can be made.  The fellowship would be a way of funding you, so if you were awarded the fellowship, it would typically be much easier for your POI to get you admitted -- because you'd already be funded by the grad college.  So it's definitely a good sign, but by itself I wouldn't read it as a full acceptance yet.  Good luck!