Additional work outside of your university appointment and enrollment in course work that does not contribute to your degree objective is discouraged and needs to be approved by your advisor. Applicants typically receive acceptance or rejection letters soon after the faculty meet to discuss the applicant pool. Depending on a number of factors, an applicant would also be notified as to current funding status. Most offers go out sometime in late February or early March. If the offer is not accepted and the candidate withdraws their application, the offer will then go out to another person.
Offers go out until all sources of funding have been expended or committed.
This may occur over a several month period. By agreement between all recognized graduate programs, no offer of financial assistance need be accepted until April 15 for Fall admission. We frequently are still sending out offers of financial support near this date and after depending on availability of funds. The funding situation is usually very fluid and our ability to fund new students changes rapidly. It is suggested that you contact the Program Coordinator before any decision is made to attend school elsewhere to ensure that you do not miss a new funding opportunity.