Thank you for your interest in the PhD program at xxx. Your experience in xxx is certainly of interest to my groups research. We will be actively recruiting PhD students to begin in the Fall 2016 semester. While I cannot guarantee admission as this is decided to a collective committee of the xxx. Faculty I would like to encourage you to apply. You will find details of the admissions process at the following link xxxx
I have also cc’d our Graduate Programs xxx should you have any questions regarding the admission procedure.