Anyone got invited to the Cambridge PhD interview for Applied Mathematics?

Is anyone still in dep review? I am

Is anyone still in dep review? I am

Are you still in dep review? I am, and very confused about no hearing back.

I just got my offer today. But now I'm stressed about funding :~(

One thing I should mention is that Cambridge give out offer in rounds (at least 2 of them, maybe more idk). Round 1 has been done so if you're not yet rejected (and got an interview) then you still have a chance of an offer. For example, my offer says that I am entered for university wide scholarships but will get funding from the department if those don't work out. So if I get some other scholarship, then that frees up some funding for someone waiting.

Do you by any chance know when the other rounds would be? I am also waiting post interview but for pure maths.

Congrats to those who got offers. I'm starting Part III in September -- does anyone have any advice re PhD applications? Should I be getting in touch with potential supervisors and deciding area of study asap? Thanks!

You may see advice online that talks about discussing papers and a research proposal for PhDs. Note that in Maths (especially Cambridge) the process is different. You only need to decide what general area by the first term of part III (I decided mine during the August of the holidays but this early isn't necessary.) Once you have supervisors in mind, you can send them an email asking about a zoom call to discuss doing a phd (I also included an academic CV and breakdown of first year grades, this got me responses from 6/8 people i contacted (and all 6 of my main targets). Target the emails to each supervisor. Also try doing an essay with your potential supervisor, I found this helped the person warm up to me. They won't expect you to have a massive area knowledge, only to have a suitable background (eg doing Analysis moules if you want to research PDEs).

Thank you so much for the response. This is very useful advice.
I don't quite understand how the selection process works. Are you selected from a pool of students by the department (and a supervisor may provide a recommendation), or are you selected by the supervisor? And, is funding always part of the package (as a home student), or may you have to apply for funding elsewhere?
Also, what do you mean by 'breakdown of first year grades'? Thanks!

Perfect, thank you for all this info. I wasn't aware of the funding process so this is very helpful to know.
In general, would you say that being proactive in searching for and contacting supervisors is just as important as strong academic grades? I.e., it would be silly to send in a 'cold application' to the department without having spoken to staff beforehand?
Also (I am assuming you took part III), where are the main unis that people applied to / had success with outside of Cambridge? I'd guess that US Ivy league were common. Obviously doing part III does not entitle you to walk into any PhD outside Cambridge, but would you say that it improves success chances?

Sorry i meant third year. But what i did was i made a word document where i listed my most relevant modules to the research area and a description of the content in each module.
(Note theoretical physics is very different, it has an entrance exam, this is for pure/applied maths). Selection process consists of initial review of application (like part III has) then some applicants are shortlisted to interview, where you will be interviewed by 2 members of the research group you want to join. After interview the academics make a ranking of the applicants for funding priority and give a first round of offers. Getting an academic offer is separate to funding. For funding the department recommends a certain amount of people for the university wide funding competition (eg cambridge trust) and for its top applicants will guarantee departmental funding if you dont get funding from another source. Then if people decline their offer (people prioritised over me for funding did this eg for MIT) the next in the line gets offered the funding (which is how I got it). If you have a competing offer then generally things speed up so you can get a funded offer quicker. Unlike most other subjects at Cambridge, if you get an academic offer your funding chances are fairly high (i reckon around 50+%, more if your home) but getting an academic offer is hard, something like 10-15% offer rate (without funding). You can also get college funding if your college is rich *Trinity*.