Funding information of CS PhD Program in UC Davis

[DerekEagle]

Yesterday I received the decision of UC Davis, I was admitted in PhD Program in CS. Yeah I was crazy at the moment, but in the second look I found there's nothing about funding information except this:

The graduate adviser or program staff member in your graduate program will be happy to discuss the program, course enrollment,
and faculty interests at UC Davis. The graduate program is also your point of contact concerning any financial support that you will
be offered or for which you have applied. Information on enrollment and fee payment will be sent at a later date. Please continue to
check your email for additional notices from our campus.

I searched the forum and found someone is quite similar to me, and the answer mentioned that "My dept in Davis gives the funding info after the recruitment weekend. I also emailed the program and asked to give me a general funding info, which they did." Therefore I have already send an email to the admission officer and CS dept chair to gently ask about the general funding information.

But since nobody has replied me yet, I'm still worry about what if the CS PhD program did not provide any funding for me... so I wonder whether all of the PhD students get a funding covering their living expense and tuition fee, etc.

Or, some of them have to pay a lot...

[Denominator]

22 minutes ago, DerekEagle said:

 

The graduate adviser or program staff member in your graduate program will be happy to discuss the program, course enrollment,
and faculty interests at UC Davis. The graduate program is also your point of contact concerning any financial support that you will
be offered or for which you have applied. Information on enrollment and fee payment will be sent at a later date. Please continue to
check your email for additional notices from our campus.

 

This is almost identical wording to the admittance letter I received from the University of Wisconsin.  When I visited them late last year they told me that if accepted their would be funding of some sort TA/RA/Fellowship.  It's now 3 weeks after I initially received the letter and yesterday they told me I would know "very soon" what funding options I will have.  

I'm really hating the waiting game.  It sounds like our experiences may be "normal."

[Nirvik]

It's possible that they are waiting for the April 15 deadline. Once the rejection starts, the funds that become available are usually allotted to the PhD students without funding. Also, it might happen that the Masters admissions are going on right now and as soon as they start considering funding for Masters, they allot the yet to be funded PhD students with scholarships and assistantships, while any further remaining scholarships are assigned to the Masters students. That's what happened with me, when I got admit without funding initially. It took a while, but I finally received a full tuition waiver.

[Markerz]

I went to the visit weekend. They seemed to be saying most people who want to get funded... but nothing more concrete than that

[DerekEagle]

20 hours ago, Denominator said:

This is almost identical wording to the admittance letter I received from the University of Wisconsin.  When I visited them late last year they told me that if accepted their would be funding of some sort TA/RA/Fellowship.  It's now 3 weeks after I initially received the letter and yesterday they told me I would know "very soon" what funding options I will have.  

I'm really hating the waiting game.  It sounds like our experiences may be "normal."

Thanks, let's wait it out...

[DerekEagle]

20 hours ago, Nirvik said:

It's possible that they are waiting for the April 15 deadline. Once the rejection starts, the funds that become available are usually allotted to the PhD students without funding. Also, it might happen that the Masters admissions are going on right now and as soon as they start considering funding for Masters, they allot the yet to be funded PhD students with scholarships and assistantships, while any further remaining scholarships are assigned to the Masters students. That's what happened with me, when I got admit without funding initially. It took a while, but I finally received a full tuition waiver.

Thanks a lot! Looks like I have to wait longer. Anyway this is my first offer, but I hope it would not be the last...

[DerekEagle]

13 hours ago, Markerz said:

I went to the visit weekend. They seemed to be saying most people who want to get funded... but nothing more concrete than that

Thanks anyway... I believe this would be the best answer they have at this moment.