Thanks for your advice! I'm not sure about the prospect of an RA offer, though. I already have an external fellowship so they didn't offer me any aid for my first year in the acceptance letter. Some extra funding would play a major role in my decision on which school I'll attend so I'm hoping I'll at least get some partial aid. This school is a big-name school (top 5 nationally and in most technical fields) so I don't think that the prof would want me that bad, considering the number of people that would be willing to take the spot. I'll try to do my best and see what happens.
Anyways, happy V-day everyone. I suppose no grad school would be mean enough to send out rejection emails today so let's hope for some good news!
