Chiralres7

I just heard back. Selected for the bio panel!!! Good luck to everyone!!!

Just to add another quick data point, I haven’t yet heard back either (bio panel). I’m studying for a major test and trying not to think too much about Gates Cambridge. I hope we’ll all get some good news by Wednesday...the literal end of March.

Did you receive any confirmation email from the department regarding the receipt of your application? If you're sure you received an invitation to interview, follow up with them. Maybe it was sent in error (though I doubt it). Good luck!

Did you apply to two separate programs? It's possible to be nominated for the Gates Scholarship from one department and not the other. It's unlikely that a program that rejects your application will also forward it for shortlisting for the GC scholarship. You should probably follow up with the academic program.

Hey everyone, in case anyone's wondering what the paper review looks like: Our International round of interviews will be replaced by a paper application review process. Each interview panel member will be supplied with a full copy of your application for admission to the University of Cambridge and your Gates Cambridge Scholarship application materials, together with comments from your prospective Department and our Shortlisting Committees. Please be reassured that we have experienced interview panel members who are all University academics and have worked with us before. They are perfectly placed to judge your fit with the Gates Cambridge Scholarship and will apply our usual robust and well-tested selection procedures.

@scytooHi, I just joined this forum and have been reading some of the old comments and updates; they've been helpful--yours in particular. I was shortlisted for the Gates Scholarship on Feb 9. I understand that there will not be any interview this cycle due to the pandemic and that the selections will be made based on paper reviews by the various interview panels. I also know that the shortlisting committees and the interview panels are functionally different, at least in "normal" years when formal interviews are held. Given that there will not be any interviews, do you have any sense as to what the interview panels might be judging that the shortlisting committees did not, or is it just a matter of more rigor? Everyone, please feel free to respond if you can. Thanks!