Gates-Cambridge 2020-2021

[InMyDNA]

I haven't seen any posts about the Gates-Cambridge Scholarship and thought I'd create a thread for this year's application cycle. The title is misleading, but I am following the nomenclature of previous threads. Based on last year's GC thread, interview invites were sent the first week of December. Has anyone heard from Gates-Cambridge?

Posting: Feel free to update the thread with admissions status changes and notifications from GC.

Edited December 5, 2019 by InMyDNA

[Jillybean06]

I received a rejection email today, if that is any help. However, I’m still being considered for admission. They must have looked at the application, so I’m hoping it is a good sign my application is not yet rejected! It is hard not to read too far into any of this! Haha

[automatic_peas]

I got an interview for Gates -- I heard Friday. I applied for my program October 6, and was admitted by October 30. Does anyone have any interview tips for social sciences? 

[aliceoutofwonderland]

Haven't heard anything - biology applicant, received conditional offer 11/8. 

[coffeeortea]

I also got the interview invite on Friday, October 6th! I actually received the email from Gates 10 minutes before I received the conditional offer email from my Cambridge department. I'll be interviewing with the Arts panel! 

[Red_Ranger]

Also a biological sciences applicant who hasn't heard anything. Conditional Acceptance on 11/6. 

What time in the morning/afternoon/evening did people hear back from them for social/arts panels?

Edited December 10, 2019 by Red_Ranger

[automatic_peas]

I heard back around noon EST if that helps... 

[coffeeortea]

I heard back just before noon EST as well. 

[aLphAnumeric13]

Any updates for physical or biological sciences panels? I haven't received word either. 

[aliceoutofwonderland]

Radio silence, glad it’s not just me. It’s gotta be coming soon.

[Red_Ranger]

A friend of mine got an interview on 12/6 for biological sciences. He applied for a PhD and also noted that people got rejection emails. So maybe everyone that didn't get anything is either an MPhil (if they separated notifications between PhD and MPhil) or on a waitlist. 

For those who got a notification - were you a PhD or MPhil applicant? and for those who didn't get anything - same question. 

Edited December 11, 2019 by Red_Ranger

[enburgia]

Hey everyone -- I'm a Chemistry MPhil applicant. I haven't heard any news about admission or GC interview yet...

[aLphAnumeric13]

mphil, haven't heard anything

[Red_Ranger]

@coffeeortea @automatic_peas @Jillybean06 Were all of you PhD applicants?

@aliceoutofwonderland Were you an MPhil applicant as well?

 

[coffeeortea]

@Red_Ranger No! I am an MPhil applicant in the MML department. 

[aliceoutofwonderland]

@Red_Ranger I'm PhD applicant.

@automatic_peas and @coffeeortea Did they give you a timeframe to accept the interview offer in the email?

Edited December 12, 2019 by aliceoutofwonderland

[coffeeortea]

@aliceoutofwonderland Yes, I received it the 6th and they asked me to accept or decline the interview offer by the 10th. 

[aLphAnumeric13]

Anyone hear about the physical sciences panel? Does Gates-Cambridge send out interview invites separately/at different times for the different panels?

Also does anyone know how to know which panel your degree program is categorized within?

Edited December 12, 2019 by aLphAnumeric13

[pecanpie2020]

I'm an applicant for the MLMI MPhil, received conditional offer a few weeks ago but haven't heard about interview - not sure what panel my degree is categorized in though (perhaps physical sciences?)

[Red_Ranger]

They definitely are not notifying by panel nor are they notifying by Mphil/PhD. So, I assume we are on a waitlist or they are sending them out in batches. 

I just relooked at their website and it says that "all applicants notified ----- December 20, 2019"

[Jillybean06]

This might be silly, but my potential supervisor emailed me and told me I wasn’t nominated for Gates but am being considered for other funding (hence my earlier post). However, I haven’t gotten a Gates rejection email. Wonder why?

[aliceoutofwonderland]

@Jillybean06 weird! I figured it was a waitlist situation but that makes me a little less certain - I know I was nominated by my department. Looking back on old threads it seems like the interview offers are all sent out at once and then rejections trickle in through January, but no harm in being hopeful!

[automatic_peas]

Does anyone know when we will find out who is on the interview panel? 

Also @Red_Ranger I am an MPhil applicant, if that helps. 

[Red_Ranger]

Thanks. Ya, it looks like it's not good news for those who haven't gotten anything. 

Does anyone know if anybody actually got a Gates rejection email? If not, I assume all those will come out on the 20th. 

Edited December 13, 2019 by Red_Ranger

[coffeeortea]

@Red_Ranger  I think @Jillybean06 mentioned earlier in the thread that they had received a rejection email, but I could be wrong