Future adviser?

[sr_rivka42]

(Thanks to everyone who offered advice when I wrote a freaked-out post about reapplying a week ago.  Fortunately, it looks like I won't have to do that

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[holdup123]

I think you can go ahead and make that assumption. The acceptance packet I got from the school I chose to attend had my advisor listed on it. But others didn't come with that info, though most of them I had already had someone "accept" me as their student.
Call the grad school, they probably have that information on the computer.

[cairaguas]

Are incoming graduate students automatically assigned to an adviser based on the applications?

Not in all fields. In cell biology, biochemistry, chemistry, and a lot of other "small things" science fields, new graduate students do lab rotations for a while. They don't get assigned to an advisor right away.

[brittdreams]

Are incoming graduate students automatically assigned to an adviser based on the applications?
This varies by program. The only way to know for sure is to ask the DGS.

[esmeraldus_neo]

It varies. Write the graduate coordinator an email, or give the graduate secretary in the department a call.

[endxgame]

I'm repeating other people but it varies from program to program. E-mail the grad director and ask if you've already been assigned an advisor or if that process takes place after you're enrolled in the program.