Mphil in Management Cambridge 2017/2018 Entry

Noooooooo.. hopefully they give you an extension!!

I rang this morning and was told the same thing that I have been told every other time (not close to deciding, they have lots of applications to go through and that decisions will be made as late as the summer). I have withdrawn my application as I have time sensitive offers elsewhere that I don't want to lose out on and I'm not happy with how Cam. have handled the process with no transparency and outrageous waiting times.

Have you got other offers?

I'm absolutely certain that the department has already looked at all of the applications. If you haven't been rejected yet then you are a "plausible" candidate who could potentially receive an offer.

They are waiting to see how many of the candidates with the early offers would accept so that they get just the right amount of students. In any case, the department, as any other uni department (especially business schools) would prefer to have more accepted candidates and not less, because students = money. I'm sure that they would never go below a certain minimum amount, regardless of the quality of the applications.

It may be frustrating for us, but I think that's just the way universities work. We benefit slighty, thanks to brexit-style suicide, of course. Most unis would try to overfill their places in anticipation of the mass outflow of candidates that is already happening.

Ah ... the uk. It really is a y place in general, however you just can't beat the quality of the higher education institutes (not yet anyway)

Can all of the offer holders freaking reject the offer already if you have made up your decisions not to go so the rest of us plebs on the "wait list" can be offered roles and have more time to prepare/plan

We are a kind of on the waiting list. We will only get offers if some offer holders decide to reject their offers.
The probability of getting in is very little, if you are still "under consideration".
So if you have offers from other institutions, don't hesitate and go for that.

We are a kind of on the waiting list. We will only get offers if some offer holders decide to reject their offers.
The probability of getting in is very little, if you are still "under consideration".
So if you have offers from other institutions, don't hesitate and go for that.

"We do not have a waiting listing for this programme. The holding batch contains applications which have been reviewed once and will be re-reviewed once all applications have been seen. With such a large application pool it is common for many applicants to be reviewed twice (once initially and again after all applications have been seen)."

My take is that all the applications has been viewed and the not so outstanding yet not so crap applications are put on a holding batch and we will only be offered once the offer holders turn down their offers. I believe there will be a rank also. And yes it would suck to wait for this long and get the Big R...

Can someone who has actually received an offer say how long have they been given to decide so that the rest of us get a better idea of what to so with our backup admissions?

For a different MPhil in the Judge Business School (ISO) - the acceptance date is 1 July 2017.

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4558604&page=2

Last year only 43 students out of a maximum class size of 50 started the MPhil Management course - hang in there. You would like to think that it would be good business to fill every available place.

I have read somewhere on a Cambridge post-grad thread that departments can't offer more post-grad places than spots available - so it may be that you have to wait for someone to decline before they can issue a new offer.

Don't blame you, I did the same the other week and decided that I'd had enough so withdrew. It isn't fair that they treat applicants with zero respect... probably quite telling about the course (which hasn't had great reviews on previous threads). It has put me off applying there in the future for the MBA etc.

Good luck anyway, have you got other offers?