Official CAMBRIDGE 2017 Postgraduate Applicants thread

On Cambridge website it said the PhD was for 3 years, so I applied for ATAS filling the expected course end date to be 3 years from start date. My CAS came and the course end date was set for 4 years. I emailed Cambridge and they told me that Cambridge would sponsor PhD students for four years, last year for writing thesis.
I have already submitted visa application and realized the course end dates on CAS and ATAS don't match. What should I do?
Ps on other hand, the ATAS certificate doesnt mention course end date, and even when I was filling the ATAS form it said '''when do you 'expect' your course to end', so I don't know how important will the issue of different end dates be?

No mail yet! My College's Graduate Secretary says that last year they had very remarkable delays which they're trying to address this year -- many new postgrads arrived in Cambridge still unable to access their cam emails! -- and that I should let her know if by the 11th of September I still haven't received anything...

I received my registration email about an hour ago, I guess they may do them in batches so not everyone will have them yet but they're seemingly doing better than last year!

I received my registration email about an hour ago, I guess they may do them in batches so not everyone will have them yet but they're seemingly doing better than last year!

Hey I had the same issue. I contacted the International Students Team and they said it doesn't matter. Will let you know once I receive the visa though.

Thanks!
I hope we both get visa without any issues!
See you in Cambridge!

Hi guys,

Does anyone know how long our referees have to complete their references after we click "Save and send request"?
Does this expire?

Thanks!

I think they say 7 days, but in previous years there have been successful applicants who haven't had references submitted for weeks or months after that, so I wouldn't worry. I think it's just to make sure people try to get things done quickly to help those responsible for sifting through all the applications.

Thank you, that's helpful! If there is a seven day window, do you know if the whole application needs to be submitted as soon as the references are submitted, or should there still be an opportunity to edit the sections despite clicking "save and send request"?

Thank you