Cambridge 2016 Postgraduate Entry

Well we are on the same boat. Mind sharing your profile ?

Well, no news is more like bad news in this case.

But honestly, I feel for you. Since I've been told last week that the offers should start rolling (on 4th) and that I was nominated for the chess, I can't concentrate on anything. It's terrible and exhausting.

May I ask which course you have applied?

I got offer to do PhD in Sociology

I am an overseas applicant. I received the Cambridge International Scholarship and heard last Wednesday.

Would you mind letting us know if it's for DPhil or MPhil?

Hello everyone

I've received an offer for a PhD (Humanities subject) and had an AHRC funding interview a few weeks ago. However, since then I've been rejected by my two (big, old) college preferences. I therefore assume that I haven't secured any funding at all (AHRC, Faculty, VC, or C.Trust etc) because presumably colleges snap up funded students? Is anyone in a similar position?

JD x

I applied for Mphil in Finance and I just receive a rejection email from Gates. My applications is under consideration by department .Does this rejection mean anything regarding my application result?

I am an overseas applicant. I received the Cambridge International Scholarship and heard last Wednesday.

I also contacted the Gates office last Monday. What the lady said is pretty much the same as in @ejminihane's case. She told me that although I wasn't shorlisted for an interview with Gates committee, I should expect to receive something else as my ranking is high. Another week has passed, and yet I still haven't heard anything official yet

I had an interview the previous week (btw I kind of got offered the place but I was told to ask the administrator of the course, steps to follow, from which I have had no reply nor update at camsis)

In my interview I was practically asked nothing, they asked me how I was going to finance my studies, they also asked me what was that I was interested in doing research about but actually, the supervisor spoke most of the time. We spoke for 29 minutes of which, he spoke 27 easily, lol. He spoke about the difficulties that I would have doing certain research and why he suggested I should do something else instead.

I was also e-mailed to have another interview at other department but haven't have it yet. I was told I would be asked questions about technical knowledge, motivation and past relevant experience.

Huge congrats mate! Which research group are you looking to work with?
Do you know whether most interviews tend to be completely motivational? Now that you've mentioned it, I'm hoping mine will be similar too!

I also called the Gates office last Monday, and she told me the exact same thing - that I was ranked "very highly" and I should hear something soon (she specifically said by mid-March) from the Cambridge Trust. I'm starting to think the lady at the Gates office says the same thing to everybody...

Yet here we are... two weeks later, and still nothing - especially as the majority of the CISS awards have been allocated. It also seems that some of the partial Cambridge Trust Scholarships have already started rolling out.

Has anyone heard from the Vice-Chancellor's Award? They told me they will begin to send letters this week, but I have not heard anything from them so far... Also, my department told me I have been shortlisted among the 250 students referred to on this page:
https://www.cambridgetrust.org/scholarships/v-c-awards-and-cambridge-international-scholarships/ supposedly the highest ranked students. But do you know if all of these 250 students indeed receive some funding as the webpage suggests or if it is not always the case..?