Official 2018 Cambridge Postgraduate Offer Holders

I received an offer (PhD) from Darwin the day after the GAO made me a conditional offer, although I only chose the College because it was a graduate-only one. However, I regretted selecting it after some research and made a case to request a change of preferences before membership was offered; the GAO swiftly rejected it without addressing the points I made by simply saying general things like 'We treat all applicants equally', 'Every applicant has had the opportunity to choose their preferred Colleges', 'You cannot start your studies at Cambridge without a College membership', etc... Still, apart from my needs and interests, I believe it's a nice College and most people like it quite a lot, most people I have spoken to anyway.

Unsuccessful at Selwyn, but not surprised since it has such a small graduate body and I would much rather have my second choice, Newnham. Anyone know how likely it is to get an offer there?

Oh! May I know why you wanted to switch colleges? I don't know much about Darwin and can't seem to find a lot of accounts of living there online.

Hi, has anyone here sent the transcripts to GAO by post? How long did it take for you to see the update on the self-service account after you sent them?

My final transcripts arrived at the GAO on 27th Feb, but my academic conditions are still "outstanding", making me worried. Will GAO notify me if anything goes wrong with my transcripts? Thank you!

Sent mine last week monday. Should arrive tomorrow. You've got me worried

Hey, sorry for that. I am going to start my PhD next month, so I am super worried about this since the failure in meeting the conditions on time will affect my visa application.

Hey, sorry for that. I am going to start my PhD next month, so I am super worried about this since the failure in meeting the conditions on time will affect my visa application.

Don't we have until like June or July to meet our conditions? I won't be getting my official degree results until beginning of June so unless you have a different deadline I wouldn't worry..

Oh 🙈🙈🙈 that's a horrible situation. Have you tried calling them? I'm not from the UK - I had an issue with KCL and had a British friend call them for me. Issue was sorted in 15 minutes. Fortunately I am doing an Mphil, so visa just requires conditional acceptance, TB screening and that's about it.

Hey guys,
Has any Mphi offer holder heard from / got fundings yet?

I just found out today that I have been offered a scholarship. My offer is for the MPhil in Philosophy.

Congrats, noumenon! What scholarship were you offered, out of interest? This is so great!

Hi, has anyone here sent the transcripts to GAO by post? How long did it take for you to see the update on the self-service account after you sent them?

My final transcripts arrived at the GAO on 27th Feb, but my academic conditions are still "outstanding", making me worried. Will GAO notify me if anything goes wrong with my transcripts? Thank you!

Always worth giving them a call!