PhD in Law (Cambridge)

I have applied. I applied last year and got an offer but couldn’t take it up because I didn’t get funding. Last year I was contacted on 18 January about interviewing, so if the timeline is the same this year I expect it could be anytime from now (if we are even invited!)

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OP

Original post by bleepbloopbleep

I have applied. I applied last year and got an offer but couldn’t take it up because I didn’t get funding. Last year I was contacted on 18 January about interviewing, so if the timeline is the same this year I expect it could be anytime from now (if we are even invited!)

Keeping fingers crossed! I've clicked the refresh button so many times on the website that I'm wondering if it even still works.

Any news from anyone

OP

My status still indicates that my application is under review. 🙁

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I was contacted on Wednesday about interviewing next week. I’m trying to arrange a suitable time with them

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OP

Original post by bleepbloopbleep

I was contacted on Wednesday about interviewing next week. I’m trying to arrange a suitable time with them

Congratulations! That's fantastic news. Let us know how it went.

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PhDapp2019

Congrats! Keep us posted

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jsmith5926

Original post by bleepbloopbleep

I have applied. I applied last year and got an offer but couldn’t take it up because I didn’t get funding. Last year I was contacted on 18 January about interviewing, so if the timeline is the same this year I expect it could be anytime from now (if we are even invited!)

I've had an interview with a potential supervisor earlier this week and it seemd to have gone pretty well. May I ask when your status got to the GAO stage last year so as to have a better idea with the timeline? Thanks a lot!

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OP

Is it safe to assume that my application was unsuccessful if I have not received feedback yet?

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LoveOverFear

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Original post by PhD123

Is it safe to assume that my application was unsuccessful if I have not received feedback yet?

I wouldn't be pessimistic like that - they probably have tons of applications and interviews to sort through, keep your hopes strong because you never know!

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Original post by jsmith5926

I've had an interview with a potential supervisor earlier this week and it seemd to have gone pretty well. May I ask when your status got to the GAO stage last year so as to have a better idea with the timeline? Thanks a lot!

Last year it was about 3 weeks between my interview and the status changing to GAO.

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Original post by PhD123

Is it safe to assume that my application was unsuccessful if I have not received feedback yet?

I wouldn’t assume that just yet! There could be lots of reasons you haven’t heard yet like they are figuring out who the best supervisor would be or the relevant person is too busy just now etc

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jsmith5926

Original post by PhD123

Is it safe to assume that my application was unsuccessful if I have not received feedback yet?

I agree with bleepbloopbleep - it's still at the early stage of the decision-making process and I think the order of interview really depends on how quickly they can find a match between your proposed research and a potential supervisor interested in your topic.

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OP

Thanks for the positive words everyone! I'll keep fingers crossed.

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OP

Any updates?

How did the interviews go? Has anyone else been invited?

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My interview seemed to go well, I haven’t heard anything further though and it was a week and a half ago now.

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My status changed to awaiting approval of GAO yesterday. Anyone else heard any news?

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jsmith5926

My status was just updated to awaiting approval by the GAO! That's exactly 3 weeks from my interview - bleepbloopbleep your prediction was so accurate lol

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