PhD The Early Process, Application and Interview advice

I didn't do proposals for anyone... i just sent transcript, degree, cv and cover letter... i got 3-4 rejections purely just due to lack of money... they clearly told me. 2 of them apologized as well cause they said they wanted to work with me (?!) but... lack of money! I only apply to advertised ones also..

now i am waiting for 3 more... 1 of them told me i m the perfect candidate... lol... BUT there may be restrictions in funding....****



so, let's wait and see...this is amusing...

Yeah this is true... I guess u are right...

i noticed however nowadays that more people than ever are so keen into phd studies.. I can only explain it due to high unemployment rates possibly... Last year i heard of two cases that people in their 1st year phd, found a job and left the phd...and had funding...its just amazing...

ugh yeah my Masters Supervisor just had a PhD student drop out, it's such a joke. No way am I looking for jobs while I am PhDing.

I was applying to NERC funded ones and they were so ridiculously competitive it was unreal. 36 people applied for the same title I did.

Wait until you graduate and have 300 people going for one lectureship


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Anyone apply to Sheffield via their online application page either for this year, or previous years? If so, when did you hear back from them and did they send any emails back to you?

I only applied to Sheffield and I am guessing there are probably no institutions offering funding for this year, as all the deadlines have passed?

Is not receiving a rejection, as of yet, a good or bad sign? If your applications not up to scratch, I'm guessing you receive a rejection fairly quickly?

Just phone and ask. That's what I did with York. If you leave it up to them it'll still say your application is being processed this time next year.

I know that son had an interview and didn't get an offer but it was months before they actually told him that.

It is always a waiting game. But hang in there - son was rejected by 3 of the 5 he had applied for but then got an offer from the one he had wanted the most, St Andrews.

Oh I have a place now - In London

It was the best of the PhDs I applied to but one I thought I would never get

there you go then -congratulations!

Oh I have a place now - In London

It was the best of the PhDs I applied to but one I thought I would never get

congrats!
living costs in london are really horrific. that's why i decided not to apply to SOAS at university of london. even though the program seems to be quite good. but without funding i would never be able to afford studying in london.

I know that son had an interview and didn't get an offer but it was months before they actually told him that.

What year was this in, I read somewhere they made a student wait till July for an interview then rejected him.

Is the interview really that crucial or is it just a formality?

If my proposal was really bad , surely I'd have been rejected formally by now?

Is no news good news or bad news? In this case.

That was last year but the two cases are not quite the same because his was for physics and he did not have to give a proposal and would have been almost automatically funded by STFC. But interviews are not a formality - just the opposite. they are quite crucial.

Normally having to wait is not good news. It probably means they have made offers and are waiting for replies. There is usually a lot of action at this time of year as people turn down offers. So don't give up hope.

Thanks for the reply.

Fingers crossed. I have no back up plan

Leeds are funding 101 PhDs in any subject so I would start making inquiries about that if I were you.