I can stop registering for three graded courses when I become a “precandidate.” What does precandidate mean?
“Precandidate” is the Graduate School’s designation for someone who has established a supervisory committee but has not yet passed the General Exam (whereupon you become a “candidate”). In practice, it just means you have (1) passed prelims, (2) chosen an official PhD advisor, and (3) chosen two other Math faculty members to be on your supervisory committee. See Graduate Student Classifications for definitions of the various classifications.
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