Official 2018 Cambridge Postgraduate Offer Holders

Hey, fellow Philosophy PhD-er! I was wondering, since you're American, did the Philosophy Faculty interview you, too?

Hey, fellow Philosophy PhD-er! I was wondering, since you're American, did the Philosophy Faculty interview you, too?

Hey! I'm Australian but yeah had a faculty interview late January. Are you going to the faculty welcome event on the 19th? It's a tad too far and pricey for me sadly

Degree: PhD in Philosophy
Applied: 4th December 2017
Conditional offer made: 14th February 2018
College: Girton (1st preference and I taught at a secondary school named after Girton so I'm stoked about the offer!)
Funding: Invited to interview for Gates (!!!) and nominated by my Faculty for the central Cambridge funding competitions

Has anyone been offered the Cambridge International Scholarship or know the chances of being offered one if you're offered a Gates interview? I know the criteria is different but I'm hoping there's some cross over?? I've heard the CIS offers are starting to go out via email too but nothing in my inbox yet

Hi! Congrats on the invite to interview with Gates I have been offered both the interview with Gates and the Cambridge International Scholarship, so yes, it is possible to have both. I accepted the Gates interview invitation, and I haven't accepted the Cambridge Trust one yet. I will probably let them know today that I will probably accept it, but that there will be a delay reaching my final decision.

Is anyone else on this same position??? I'm not sure about the pros and cons of each scholarship, in the rare case that I would get Gates. And also, I'm not sure if I should let either parts know, at this point, about my situation. Any insight would be v helpful!!

I think the gates is definitely a better call if you are offered that one too because of its additional benefits such as the research and travel grants.
Plus the community that you will be introduced and meeting during the gates dinners and balls can help you a lot in your future carrier. No matter what you will do (academia or any other job), connections and additional benefits of gates will definitely overweight the trust benefits. Plus even if you reject the trust offer, you still will be an honorary scholar in their list.

Hi actually this is incorrect. Gates is the only funding source that, if you are awarded gates funding, that they will not award you an honorary trust award. It says so on their website. Under "guidelines for scholars" and "awards from other sources".

Hi, great to hear from everyone!

Degree: MPhil Public Policy
Applied: Mid Nov
Conditional offer made: Mid Dec
College: Darwin, start Jan
Funding: didn't apply for any

Anyone else in Darwin College or who knows what it's like to be there?

I think you read my message incorrectly..
I am saying that the trust would give this applicant a honorary status not the Gates..

I think you read my message incorrectly..
I am saying that the trust would give this applicant a honorary status not the Gates..

I'm also accepted by corpus on Friday. Naturally, I didn't receive any letter from them yet.

Though I sent an email to them a couple of weeks ago to ask about the details of college scholarships given to international students, they were not very clear. They just said they generally partner with the trust for international studentships, but they did not give details of how many students would benefit these. Guess corpus is one of the smaller colleges in terms of funding

Ah ok, I guess it's not something to worry about so! They probably contact us when accommodation etc is being sorted.

What will you be studying? Hadn't come across any other Corpus folk yet!

Congratulations!! I was actually wondering about the likelihood of getting offers for both rather than the possibility if anyone knows? It is possibly something only the trust and gates themselves would have stats on 🤷🏼*♀️

Thank you!! I'm not sure about any statistics....
I was also accepted at Girton college
Have you thought about living in college or rather looking for private accommodation? The prices are quite high in Girton's graduate accommodation :/

Hey fellow Girtonian! Yeah I was thinking of staying my first year at least- private accommodation is meant to be super pricey too and moving to the other side of the world seems slightly easier with a college setup - what made you go with Girton?

Yeah, same, although I've been looking at a Facebook flatshare group and prices seem to be around the same or even a little cheaper.
Actually, Girton was my second choice (mainly due to funding opportunities), but I was rejected by Trinity...