Stanford CEE master页面上这段话是鼓励申phd的意思？

Stanford土木环境官网上有这么一段话。。

IMPORTANT: Regardless of whether you are currently obtaining or already have an undergraduate degree or an MS degree, if you are applying to Stanford with the expectation of earning a PhD, you should apply to the PhD program in your application. Those students who do not already have an MS degree will most likely be admitted to the MS program. Provided that you are able to identify a faculty member to supervise your doctoral work, advancement to the PhD cohort is then made during the last quarter of MS work.

这段话在我看来意思就是“如果你要做科研的话先申，不行的话再调剂”。我想读phd，但是以我的条件能拿到ms ad就很幸运了。。。如果申phd的话我担心直接被pass了。。如果申ms的话，由于sop基本是科研经历（长期目标是科研），会不会被认为没有坚定的职业理想啊。。求过来人的意见