Thanks for your interest in joining my group. You have the profile that I am looking for and I do have funding for one more student. At this point, I want to ask you to take the TOEFL and GRE exams so you can apply for admission in the Fall of 2018. I cannot guarantee the availability of funds as I hire people on a first-come, first-serve basis.
I have also applied for more funding, enough to fund one more student, I'll now about that in March of next year.
Please stay in touch and prepare your application in time. I think that the deadline is December 15th.
이렇게 답변을 받았는데요,
일단 긍정적으로 보고있고, 학교에 지원하라고도 하네요 그리고 그다음에 I cannot guarantee 부터 조금 헷갈리는데 제가 해석하기로는 저를 첫째로 받을지에 대해서는 확언해줄수 없다는것 같은데 (다른 더 좋은 지원자가 나타나면 뽑을지도 모른다) 잘 이해한게 맞는건가요?>