As this would imply, you certainly are considered one of our top candidates. And, we typically do provide financial support for PhD students who are admitted to the program. However, the formal decision about admissions has not been made because we have not been told how many students we can admit. We hope to have that information within the next week or so. I think the chances that you will be admitted are good (better than 50 percent) but I can’t be more helpful than that at this point. Certainly things look favorable and the admissions committee was impressed with your record.