Chances of getting into Warwick , LSE , CASS?

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Why don't you try calling the JBS bonjour2? I heard that if you ask them nicely they might give you some ideas as to when you'll hear from them..

Anyway, have you checked out the other forum I gave you the link to? It makes me wonder whether Cam processes the applications in batch, and so far they've processed the ones up to first week of Jan. So ours, which may be included in the next batch, may only be announced late march or even april?

G'luck to the both of us. It's a good thing you at least have warwick :smile:

Hey absolute , I have just called up JBS about a min ago..... they told me that nothing can be done over their side as the programme is oversubscribed.all I could do is just to wait and wait... maybe till somewhere in April 08 ! :s-smilie:

I guess I am going for WBS .

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oh man...did they specifically mention that we have to wait till even april? or did you just guess that? that's a very very long wait indeed

anyway, you're making the right decision going to WBS :smile:

i hope u have a fun there! as for me, cam was the only place i applied to. till then, keeping my fingers crossed...

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oh man...did they specifically mention that we have to wait till even april? or did you just guess that? that's a very very long wait indeed

anyway, you're making the right decision going to WBS :smile:

i hope u have a fun there! as for me, cam was the only place i applied to. till then, keeping my fingers crossed...

Yes e lady specifically mentioned that I might have to wait till the end of March as the applications are vet through in chronological order. ho ho I am gona report for work after typing this .. :s-smilie:

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Hi Absolute , have u heard from Cambridge yet ?

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hey there,

nope i haven't heard from them yet :frown:

But for some reason, I have a feeling we would hear from them by 21st march. I saw a thread for previous year and a few people said they heard from cam on 20th march. Another thread this year also says a few people heard from them on 20th feb. So maybe there is some kind of pattern there? I mean, to announce a few offers/rejections every 20th of the month, or at least around that date? monthly notifications sounds reasonable to me...what do u think?

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OP

woa u r performing some technical analysis on trends ? jk ... 21March ? that's quite late... :mad:

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bonjour...turns out it isn't 21st march..i just checked my self service account today and the status changed to "cancelled". The reason was "unable to offer a place" :frown:

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Paulwhy

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bonjour...turns out it isn't 21st march..i just checked my self service account today and the status changed to "cancelled". The reason was "unable to offer a place" :frown:

Sorry to hear that. Have you still got time to apply somewhere else?

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sana1234

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bonjour...turns out it isn't 21st march..i just checked my self service account today and the status changed to "cancelled". The reason was "unable to offer a place" :frown:

which program did u apply to????? i've applied for the mphil econ option A and i'm thinking maybe i sent in my application a we bit too late - sent it around mid feb - a few days b4 the deadline

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hey absolute!
sorry to hear about the rejection, they suck but i do hope you are going to go ahead to apply to another school! :smile:

Its still not too late! :biggrin:

LSE was just at my uni last thursday trying to psycho us to apply! :biggrin:

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LOL sana1234! hahaha we almost replied around the same time!

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btw a shoutout to all the SIngaporeans, are you guys going for the warwick organised gathering on the 26th march?

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Hey guys,

Thank you for the fast replies :smile:

surprisingly i am not so devastated with the news. More like a relief after such a long, long wait. I guess it's better to get a rejection and move on with life rather than to wait endlessly lol...

sana1234: I applied for the mphil in finance programme. Submitted my online application on 10th jan and documents reached them within a week after that. Hope you get a reply from mphil econ soon!

saranyachop: I am considering LSE too..so you're saying it's still not too late to go for it? Don't they have this rolling admission system there where most places are already filled up? Plus my GMAT is only 620 :frown:

but I do have a good GPA with heaps of experience from school and internship experiences at major MNCs...

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I guess if you dont apply you would never know. :smile:

though it is true that MOST places might be gone, if they think you are what they want, then you should still stand a chance! :smile:

i just hope it works out for you the way you want!

:biggrin:

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OP

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bonjour...turns out it isn't 21st march..i just checked my self service account today and the status changed to "cancelled". The reason was "unable to offer a place" :frown:

Oh No ... I haven't got time to log in here and the first thing I saw on this thread was yr rejection thingy... Don't fret my friend... there are many other Good UK universities you can try ... for me my status is still applicant .. but guess I am most prob gona accompany u in this case ... my application is most prob waiting for its turn to be ousted .. haha.

LSE MSc Finance availibility is limited already... u can try other unis? Like Imperial , Warwick , MBS ?

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sana1234

which program did u apply to????? i've applied for the mphil econ option A and i'm thinking maybe i sent in my application a we bit too late - sent it around mid feb - a few days b4 the deadline

Did u sent in online application or paper application ? If online application I believe it will still pass ...eg e supporting docus will have its seperate deadline if I remember correctly.

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bonjour2

Oh No ... I haven't got time to log in here and the first thing I saw on this thread was yr rejection thingy... Don't fret my friend... there are many other Good UK universities you can try ... for me my status is still applicant .. but guess I am most prob gona accompany u in this case ... my application is most prob waiting for its turn to be ousted .. haha.

LSE MSc Finance availibility is limited already... u can try other unis? Like Imperial , Warwick , MBS ?

I'm starting to feel like to applying to Imperial now. Do you know how competitive it is compared to the mphil finance at cambridge? I read from the website that they usually offer 130 places (out of about 1000+ application) so if that's the case I guess it's not as competitive? Also, how did you know the LSE MSc Finance available is already limited whereas the Imperial Msc Finance is not?

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Paulwhy

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I'm starting to feel like to applying to Imperial now. Do you know how competitive it is compared to the mphil finance at cambridge? I read from the website that they usually offer 130 places (out of about 1000+ application) so if that's the case I guess it's not as competitive? Also, how did you know the LSE MSc Finance available is already limited whereas the Imperial Msc Finance is not?

well 130/1000 looks like an unconditional 13% chance to me. Still not great odds.

Apply in parallel (i.e. >1 uni at once)
e.g. to Warwick as well.

All The Best

p.s. I expect Warwick still have places as it is currently March not June:
http://www.wbs.ac.uk/students/masters/finance/apply-to-us.cfm

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