[janjanmmm]

There was similar thread last year, and it looks like a great idea to share this information and give each other some idea about timeline and chances.

Everybody can (should) post what they have and then just go back and adjust as new information comes to light. Come on, let's help each other a bit!

First, a few words about yourself

Then the following info for every uni you applied:

University:
Course:
Date Application sent:
Date Decision received:
Decision: unconditional/conditional/unsuccessful
Offer conditions:
Your reaction:

Let me start: US applicant, state university, BA in Economics and minor in Philosophy, GPA 3.86 as I entered my last semester.
Generally I am interested in Economics and Economic Finance, but also in Economic History and, being Russian native (I've only lived in the US for the past 7 years), in Russian Economics and Russian Economic History in particular. Still, I am a US citizen and am getting a degree from US university.

University: Trinity College Dublin
Course: MSc Economics
Date Application sent: 21 November 2011
Date Decision received: 20 December 2011
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: subject to achieving a 2.1 in final year examinations.
Your reaction: Good, first one in.


University: University of Edinburgh
Course: MSc Economics Finance
Date Application sent: 21 November 2011
Date Decision received: I was unofficially informed of decision on 4 Dec, but offer made only Dec 25
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: 3.25 GPA and B+ or better in Econometrics and Linear Algebra
Your reaction: Somewhat surprised at the condition on grades... but pleased


University: University of Bristol
Course: MSc Accounting, Finance and Management (initially applied to MSc Economics, but they suggested the change)
Date Application sent: 21 Novermber 2011
Date Decision received: 10 January 2012
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: 3.3 GPA
Your reaction: They want 1000 pounds deposit by 28 February, so it is not going to happen.


University: LSE
Course: MSc Economic History
Date Application sent: 20 December 2011
Date Decision received: 03 February 2012
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: 3.5 GPA
Your reaction: Very pleased, as of right now it is the best option.


University: UCL
Course: MSc Economics
Date Application sent: 21 November
Date Decision received: 4 April
Decision: unsuccessful
Offer conditions:
Your reaction: expected


University: University of Cambridge
Course: MPhil Real Estate Finance
Date Application sent: 12 January 2012
Date Decision received: 12 June 2012
Decision: conditional offer of admission
Offer conditions: 3.8 GPA
Your reaction: Wow, that took loooong time!


University: University of Oxford
Course: MPhil Russian and East European Studies
Date Application sent: 20 January
Date Decision received: 16 March
Decision: informal offer of admission
Offer conditions: 2.1 or 3.5 GPA
Your reaction: Ecstatic!

University: INSEAD
Course: PhD Management (Finance)
Date Application sent: 21 November
Date Decision received: 19 March
Decision: rejection
Offer conditions:
Your reaction: Fully expected. Competition is fierce, only 3% offer rate.

Again, please share!

[redflipflop]

@janjanmmm I like this idea

University: St Andrews
Course: Arch MLitt
Date Application sent: November
Date Decision received: November
Decision: Unconditional
Offer conditions: None
Your reaction: I have a scholarship for here too which is why I think it's my first choice. Although I'm not too keen on it.

University: UCL
Course: History MA
Date Application sent: December
Date Decision received:
Decision: Nothing official but I've been led to believe that they'll give me an offer.
Offer conditions:
Your reaction: I'd definitely go here if I could afford it. Talking to the bank about a loan/selling my soul.

University: University of Oxford
Course: Arch MPhil
Date Application sent: October
Date Decision received: March 1st
Decision: YES
Offer conditions: None
Your reaction: How the heck am I going to pay for it?

Good luck to everyone applying!

[s0meb0dyelse]

University: University of Sheffield
Course: PhD English
Date Application sent: 2nd December 2011
Date Decision received: 27th January 2012
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: subject to achieving a 65% in MA
Your reaction: Ecstatic and in shock, first one in.


University: University of Nottingham
Course: PhD English
Date Application sent: 19/1/12
Date Decision received: 6/2/12
Decision: Rejected
Offer conditions: N/A
Your reaction: Relieved, unsure I wanted to attend compared to other choices


University: University of Leeds
Course: PhD English
Date Application sent: 19/1/12
Date Decision received: 16/2/12
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: complete MA degree
Your reaction: Even more ecstatic, couldn't believe it

University: University of York
Course: PhD English
Date Application sent: 1/2/12
Date Decision received: awaiting
Decision: n/a
Offer conditions: n/a
Your reaction: looking forward to finding out...

[jiunhong]

I am a student from Singapore, taking an external programme from UOL's Computing and Information Systems course. After finding my interest in the field of technology, I decided to go to UK to further and obtain my masters. Currently my average is, 83.25% in year 1 and 87.25% in year 2 and the grading is more than 70% for a 1st and 60% for a 2nd Upper. These are my offers.

University: King's College London
Course: MSc Computing, IT Law and Management
Date Application sent: 11 December 2011
Date Decision received: 5 January 2012
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: Achieve a overall second upper degree
Your reaction: Surprised, first one in.

University: University of Warwick
Course: MSc Information Systems Management and Innovations
Date Application sent: 11 December 2011
Date Decision received: 13 January 2012
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: Achieve a overall second upper degree
Your reaction: Okay, interesting and sparked a dilemma between my choices. Don't know what to pick, (but seriously, why is WBS so expensive?)

University: London School of Economics
Course: MSc Management, Information Systems and Innovations
Date Application sent: 8 December 2011
Date Decision received: 5 February 2012
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: Achieve a overall second upper degree, Submit my original transcript, reference in cover letter.
Your reaction: wow, this I'm surprised as it just adds on to my confusion. (most people on student room is quite hyped about LSE)

Therefore I still do not know what Uni I should go to although the reply to offer is pretty soon and I don't wanna make a hasty decision. Therefore if anyone has any info with this course or these schools, send me a private msg!

[asparagicus]

University: King's College London
Course: MSc International Marketing
Date Application sent: 20 October 2011
Date Decision received: 16 November 2011
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: 3.5 GPA

University: LSE
Course: MSc Media and Communications
Date Application sent: 19 October 2011
Date Decision received: 9 January 2012
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: 3.5 GPA

University: Warwick
Course: MSc Marketing and Strategy
Date Application sent: 23 October 2011
Date Decision received: 16 January 2012
Decision: Conditional + 10.000 pounds Scholarship
Offer conditions: 3.5 GPA

University: Cambridge
Course: MPhil Innovation, Strategy and Organisation
Date Application sent: 17 October 2011
Date Decision received: N/A, currently at BoGS stage
Decision: N/A
Offer conditions: N/A
Your reaction: Anxious to find out!

Not quite sure which one to choose at the moment. What do you guys think?

[SilGathien]

University: Cardiff University
Course: MA in English Literature - Medieval Literature and Its Afterlife pathway
Date Application sent: 27/01/2012
Date Decision received: 17/02/2012
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: 2:1 in undergraduate degree
Your reaction: Slightly distracted as Friday was also when my Autumn Semester results were released. But I'm pretty relieved the offer came in! Now just have to hit the funding deadline and then I might be able to breathe again.

[Hanshen]

University: Warwick
Course: MSc Management
Date Application sent: sometime around November
Date Decision Received: Early December, around 4 weeks after application
Decision: Conditional with 50% WBS Scholarship
Offer Conditions: 2.1
Reaction: This is the greatest Nando's sandwich I have ever had! Seriously, this is incredible, I will have to eat here more often. (I was in Nando's when I received the offer so was preoccupied ). I was relieved more than anything else, less pressure for other offers.

University: Cambridge
Course: MPhil Management
Date Application sent: Mid September
Date Decision received: Awaiting decision
Offer Conditions: N/A
Reaction: Wow, this is taking a while.

University: Cambridge
Course: Phil Innovation, Strategy and Organisation
Date Application Sent: Late November/Early December
Date Decision received: Awaiting decision
Offer Conditions: N/A
Reaction: I wish JBS would hurry the hell up!

Thanks.

[Durham_]

University: University of Durham
Course: MSc Sustainability, Culture and Development
Date Application sent: 18 Feb 2012
Date Decision Received: 12 March 2012
Decision: Unconditional offer
Offer Conditions: none
Reaction: very happy. For years I had a love affair with Durham and I think I am definitely going to attend!!!

University: University of Edinburgh
Course: MSc Environmental Sustainability
Date Application sent: 14 Feb 2012
Date Decision Received: 27 Feb 2012
Decision: rejected
Offer Conditions: N/A
Reaction: confused...I have a strong environment background...Edin is just not my style as well...not bothered in the end...

University: Kings College of London
Course: MSc Global Environmental Change
Date Application sent: 14 Feb 2012
Date Decision Received: 13 March 2012
Decision: rejected
Offer Conditions: N/A
Reaction: not bothered...don't like kings and maybe I was not suitable for the course.

University: UCL
Course: MSc Environment, Science and Society
Date Application sent: 14 Feb 2012
Date Decision Received: 19 March
Decision: Unconditional offer
Offer Conditions: none
Reaction: Very happy and surprised as it is in the Geography department. They have such a good reputation...and again I am now unsure while it regards to Durham...If UCL offers me funding I will take it.

Tending to Durham and Edinburgh however all of them are great!

[aeterno]

University: Birmingham
Course: MA International Relations
Date Application sent: November (can't remember exact date)
Date Decision received: 13/12/2011
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: 2.1
Your reaction: First offer through so slightly less panicky than before

University: King's College London
Course: MA International Peace & Security
Date Application sent: 2/12/2011 (including references)
Date Decision received: 13/12/2011
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: Mid-2.1
Your reaction: I'm going there!

University: Warwick
Course: MA International Security
Date Application sent: 2/12/2011 (including references)
Date Decision received: 19/12/2011
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: 2.1
Your reaction: Happy

University: UCL
Course: MSc Security Studies
Date Application sent: 6/12/2011
Date Decision received: 17/2/2012
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: 2.1
Your reaction: Surprised but yay that it didn't ruin my streak!

[krogers3454]

Also from the US. Finishing up my BA in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Will be done a year early and cannot wait to get away from a state university. Applied with a 3.88/4.00 GPA. Want to work at the UN or NATO down the road. Still unsure of where I will go...

University: LSE
Course: MSc Government and Politics in the EU
Date Application sent: 14 Feb 2012 (Date all docs received)
Date Decision received: Waiting
Decision:
Offer conditions:
Your reaction: I expect to get in, but it would be a tough call between this and UCL.


University: UCL
Course: MSc International Public Policy
Date Application sent: 20 Jan 2012
Date Decision received: 31 Jan 2012
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: 3.5 GPA
Your reaction: Saw this when I was in class. Had to contain my excitement. I like the opportunities a degree like this would provide me. It is a very broad degree and I could take it in many different directions which is why it may beat out LSE in the end. Definitely my number 1 until I hear from them.

University: King's College London
Course: MA Intelligence and International Security
Date Application sent: 15 Jan 2012
Date Decision received: 19 Jan 2012
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: 3.5 GPA
Your reaction: Also saw this in class. I was incredibly surprised with the speed I heard back. I had no idea what to expect when I applied to all of this universities so this was a huge confidence boost, but I doubt I will be going here.


University: St. Andrews
Course: MLitt International Relations
Date Application sent: 15 Jan 2012
Date Decision received: 7 Feb 2012
Decision: Unconditional
Offer conditions:
Your reaction: I applied here as more of a safety net than anything but it was still nice to receive an unconditional offer.

[Ally Kat]

I have a BSc in Education Studies and Science (2.1), a PGCE in Secondary Science and I'm in my second year of teaching. I did apply for 2012 entry but think (99% sure) I'm going to ask Durham if I can defer entry to 2013 instead to give me chance to save more money and to also give me longer to settle into my new job (I started a new post this academic year, a permanent one this time).

University: Nottingham University
Course: MA Education (Part time)
Date Application sent: 3rd October
Date Decision received: 25th October
Decision: Conditional
Offer conditions: Send official transcript
Your reaction: Relieved and pleased

University: Durham University
Course: MA Education (Part time)
Date Application sent: 3rd October
Date Decision received: 25th October
Decision: Unconditional
Offer conditions: N/A
Your reaction: OMG two offers in a day. I read the email from Nottingham first and then the email from Durham. At first I thought the email was from Nottingham again and wondered why they were emailing me twice then realised it was from Durham before screaming out loud.

[ClassicsEd]

Irish National studying MA in Classics at University Edinburgh having graduated with a BA (2:1) from University College Dublin. I am applying for a PhD on an area of Sophocles.

University: Oxford
Course: D.Phil. Classical Languages and Literature
Date Application sent: 20/01/2012
Date Decision received:
Decision:
Offer conditions:
Your reaction:

University: Edinburgh
Course: PhD Classics
Date Application sent: 03/02/2012
Date Decision received:
Decision: unconditional/conditional/unsuccessful
Offer conditions:
Your reaction:

University: Exeter
Course: PhD Classics
Date Application sent: 12/02/2012
Date Decision received: 09/02/2012
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: send off full application with details
Your reaction:

University: Trinity College Dublin
Course: PhD Classics
Date Application sent:
Date Decision received:
Decision: unconditional/conditional/unsuccessful
Offer conditions:
Your reaction:

University: Durham
Course: PhD Classics
Date Application sent:
Date Decision received: 15/02/2012
Decision: conditional
Offer conditionsend full application
Your reaction:

University: University College Dublin
Course: PhD Classics
Date Application sent:
Date Decision received: They had always said they would accept me
Decision:
Offer conditions:
Your reaction:

[PhDavid]

University: Cambridge
Course: Ph.D in Physics
Date Application sent: November 2011
Date Decision received: mid Feb 2012
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: financial undertaking
Your reaction: Happy. Waiting for scholarship. Cam vs Ox - hard to decide.

University: Oxford
Course: D.Phil in Physics
Date Application sent: Dec 2011
Date Decision received: mid Jan 2012
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: financial conditions
Your reaction: Happy but anxiously waiting for scholarship decision. Have to choose between Ox and Cam!!

[neuro11]

From Bangladesh......Currently enrolled in teaching at home. Interested in biomedical engineering research, particularly biomedical imaging and signal processing. I have applied several universities in different country but only one in UK.

University: Oxford
Course: D.Phil in Biomedical Engineering
Date Application sent: Oct 2011
Date Decision received(unofficial): Dec 31, 2011
Date Decision received(official): Jan 19, 2011
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: financial conditions
Your reaction: Can't explain,Can't explain, take long to believe. Waiting eagerly for scholarship result which will be very competitive as i was eligible to apply for 2 different scholarships only .

[Expatriate1]

British student, currently studying History at Lancaster University. Also did a year abroad at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Area of intended research based mainly around Russia & The Balkans, particularly 19th Century Great Power politics.

University: St Andrews
Course: M.Litt in Central and East European Studies
Date App Sent: Late November
Date Offer Received: Early January
Decision: Unconditional
Your Reactions: Very pleased with it as a back-up, especially due to holding an unconditional offer - takes a lot of pressure off.

University: University of Cambridge - Corpus Christi College
Course: M.Phil in Modern European History
Date App Sent: Late November
Date Offer Received: Early February
Decision: Conditional
Offer Conditions: Achieve 67% or higher average in my final year
Your Reaction: Ecstatic, though now stressing over the grades a little bit.

University: Oxford University
Course: Mphil in Modern British & European History
Date App Sent: Early November
Date Offer Received:
Decision: Pending
Your Reaction: A little frustrated its taken this long, but willing to wait.

[TheRandomer]

(Original post by PhDavid)
University: Cambridge
Course: Ph.D in Physics
Date Application sent: November 2011
Date Decision received: mid Feb 2012
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: financial undertaking
Your reaction: Happy. Waiting for scholarship. Cam vs Ox - hard to decide.

University: Oxford
Course: D.Phil in Physics
Date Application sent: Dec 2011
Date Decision received: mid Jan 2012
Decision: conditional
Offer conditions: financial conditions
Your reaction: Happy but anxiously waiting for scholarship decision. Have to choose between Ox and Cam!!

Congrats!!! Which type of Physics are you interested in?
I've applied for the DPhil in Astrophysics

[janjanmmm]

Hi everyone! Thank you very much for sharing. Best of luck!

To people who did not share yet - please do! It is in everyone's interest to be able to get some idea of the timelines and chances of admission. I know it is so much easier to just look at what other people write, but if no one gives any info there would be nothing to look at!

[PhDavid]

(Original post by TheRandomer)
Congrats!!! Which type of Physics are you interested in?
I've applied for the DPhil in Astrophysics

Thanks!

Mine is Condensed Matter Physics.

Good luck with your application.

[WaSaDa]

Irish applicant. Did a joint honours degree in History and English at an Irish university.

University: SOAS
Course: MA History: Asia/Africa
Date Application sent: 17th January 2012
Date Decision received: 10th February
Decision: unconditional offer
Offer conditions: -
Your reaction: Thrilled! Suddenly telling people I'd be doing a postgrad nest year wasn't filled with the dread I'd be shown up as a fraud!

University: University of Manchester
Course: MA World History
Date Application sent: 11th February 2012
Date Decision received: 24th February 2012
Decision: unconditional
Offer conditions:
Your reaction: muted. Long day at work and was checking e-mails instead of doing something productive. I think I'm less thrilled about this one coming in because it means I have to make a proper decision about my future now rather than leaving it up to an admissions tutor.

University: Oxford
Course: M.St. in Global and Imperial History
Date Application sent: 19th January 2012
Date Decision received:
Decision: unconditional/conditional/unsuccessful
Offer conditions:
Your reaction: Just waiting for the end of March.

[devils_nose]

I haven't got much to fill in here yet but will edit this post as things happen. I graduated last year from a BSc in Meteorology at Reading uni and this is my 2nd (and last for the moment) round of PhD applications.

University: Bristol
Course: PhD Earth Science
Date Application sent: 25th Jan
Date Decision received: Awaiting decision following interview
Decision:
Offer conditions:
Your reaction:

University: Reading
Course: PhD Meteorology
Date Application sent: 1st Feb
Date Decision received: Interview next week
Decision:
Offer conditions:
Your reaction:

University: Oxford
Course: PhD Atmospheric physics
Date Application sent: 16th Jan
Date Decision received: Interview next month
Decision:
Offer conditions:
Your reaction: