Cambridge 2015 Postgraduate Entry

Any one here applied for the MPhil in Development Studies? My application was complete with supporting documents on 27th Jan. However, my status on CAMSIS is still "awaiting consideration by department".

Do everyone really cycle at Cambridge? I was gonna embrace walking !

Stayed over at Cambridge on the weekend, my friend managed to get me a guest room in Gonville and Caius...After the trip I kind of wished I could go back and change my college choices, and have this college as one of my options. In terms of convenience, it was perfect, right next to the city centre, albeit having loads of tourists there.

Some people walk. Most people cycle.


This shows the amount of cycling (and crazily bad cycling, please always wear a helmet.)

It's something like 1 in 3 journeys in Cambridge are made by bikes

Same is true for a lot of colleges though Sidney Sussex, Emma, Pembroke, Christs, Kings etc. etc.

Some people walk. Most people cycle.


This shows the amount of cycling (and crazily bad cycling, please always wear a helmet.)

It's something like 1 in 3 journeys in Cambridge are made by bikes



Same is true for a lot of colleges though Sidney Sussex, Emma, Pembroke, Christs, Kings etc. etc.

Oh wow - maybe I should get a bike then! At least considering Fitz is a bit out of the way.

Any one here applied for the MPhil in Development Studies? My application was complete with supporting documents on 27th Jan. However, my status on CAMSIS is still "awaiting consideration by department".

Not too many from what I've seen as it's slightly more out of the way and doesn't have as open and obvious an entrance as others. But I've only got friends there so not experienced first hand!



Don't get a nice one, get a cheap second hand one. Then get an expensive D-lock. Bikes tend to go wandering if not locked up

Thankyou Greeneyedgirl much appreciated, let's see what happens then. I doubt il be living in anyway.

JimmyLondon, Cambridge is quite small and I intend to walk as much as possible too. There is a massive bike culture and expect to almost be run over by a bike at least 3 times a year! Also just a word of warning there is a roaring bike trade between Oxford and Cambridge, so a good bike lock is needed! Also they do seem to love taking bike wheels if they can't take the bike!


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Friend who lives in Newnham was saying how she left her bike outside to pop in to her room for 15 minutes, came back and it was gone

Thankyou Greeneyedgirl much appreciated, let's see what happens then. I doubt il be living in anyway.

JimmyLondon, Cambridge is quite small and I intend to walk as much as possible too. There is a massive bike culture and expect to almost be run over by a bike at least 3 times a year! Also just a word of warning there is a roaring bike trade between Oxford and Cambridge, so a good bike lock is needed! Also they do seem to love taking bike wheels if they can't take the bike!


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does anyone know how long it usually takes after the BoGS stage to receive an offer? I don't feel like I can start even being tempted to celebrate until I get it, just in case... the wait is driving me crazy!

For what it's worth, I was made a conditional offer for a PhD in Education a couple of months ago and my scholarship application table disappeared last night. Today I received an email from my department that I haven't been shortlisted for ESRC funding interviews, but that I might still be successful in CHESS (although the email said they can't inform us who has been ranked by the department for this). While the timing may be coincidental, I suspect that it might suggest that I haven't been ranked by the department for CHESS funding either (mainly because presumably those places will go to the interviewed applicants for ESRC funding who fail and due to the fact that my financial tracking box has disappeared).

Well, from what I think I've read no 2 colleges can be viewing an application at the same time. Also, I think that an algorithm just randomly determines which college to send your application to.

Those were good college choices. I think on balance I might have liked to apply to Peterhouse due to the on-site grad accommodation and close proximity to the engineering building but I am happy with my college choice. I would also have liked to apply to Johns as a family member went there, but I think if they then rejected me I wouldn't have been able to deal with it.

There are so many colleges to choose from and tbh, you end up just wanting to apply to all of them. haha. Anyway, good luck with your applications...

Emailed grad admissions earlier asking why scholarship application table had disappeared. Will keep you updated when they reply.