InMyDNA Posted December 14, 2019 Author Posted December 14, 2019 @automatic_peas, I assume we will get an email in the next few weeks about who is on the interview panel. I received an interview invite on 12/6.
Double_Espresso Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 Anyone (1) receive an interview invitation from the Physical Sciences panel, (2) hear anything since Friday 12/6, or (3) get an official rejection email? Like many others, I still haven't heard anything, and at this point suspect the Trust is just waiting to release a whole hurricane of rejections (including mine) on Friday 12/20. Thoughts?
enburgia Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 6 hours ago, Double_Espresso said: Anyone (1) receive an interview invitation from the Physical Sciences panel, (2) hear anything since Friday 12/6, or (3) get an official rejection email? Like many others, I still haven't heard anything, and at this point suspect the Trust is just waiting to release a whole hurricane of rejections (including mine) on Friday 12/20. Thoughts? I emailed my department (chemistry) this week and they informed me that I didn't make it past their departmental ranking. However, I haven't received any kind of rejection from G-C yet.
Jillybean06 Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 10:00 PM, aliceoutofwonderland said: @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! I think I assumed we would get a rejection notice if we weren’t nominated at all, especially as the Gates site says all applicants are notified by December 20. Guess we will see Friday!
Jillybean06 Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 Also, it seems some departments wait until they complete the degree committee hearings to nominate, if they don’t have any strong candidates to put forward at early admission. I pestered some people with GC and at the Uni and was told we could be waitlisted due to pending nominations, and it was implied (though not directly stated) that we would be informed Friday about waitlist status. However, I haven’t seen many people on previous years’ threads report waitlist notices. That could be self-selection or a misinterpretation of info on my part, though. Either way, I feel alright about submitting early and not getting a rejection from Cambridge itself if they had to look at my GC app already to decide on shortlisting.
Jillybean06 Posted December 19, 2019 Posted December 19, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 6:03 PM, Red_Ranger said: @coffeeortea @automatic_peas @Jillybean06 Were all of you PhD applicants? @aliceoutofwonderland Were you an MPhil applicant as well? yes, PhD.
Red_Ranger Posted December 19, 2019 Posted December 19, 2019 Still nothing. It looks like all of the rejections will come in tomorrow. Def update if you get anything!
enburgia Posted December 20, 2019 Posted December 20, 2019 Good news! I got the rejection email this morning! Elwynn11 1
Double_Espresso Posted December 20, 2019 Posted December 20, 2019 4 hours ago, enburgia said: Good news! I got the rejection email this morning! Me too! I guess by sending early interview offers on 12/6, and then waiting until 12/20 to send an avalanche of rejections, Gates (unintentionally) did a pretty good job of managing down expectations.
Paulcg87 Posted December 20, 2019 Posted December 20, 2019 11 minutes ago, Double_Espresso said: Me too! I guess by sending early interview offers on 12/6, and then waiting until 12/20 to send an avalanche of rejections, Gates (unintentionally) did a pretty good job of managing down expectations. Received Gates Cambridge rejection email this morning. Disappointed but oh well. Congrats to those who got interviews! My PhD application is still in departmental review, which is the same status it’s been in for over two months. I’m hoping the Gates rejection isn’t a negative sign for my broader application.
scytoo Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 Hey all, I was successful in applying for Gates last year - PhD Astronomy, interviewed by Skype with the Physical Sciences panel If anyone has been invited to interview and wants some tips, PM me! [although obviously I can't give much advice for fields very different to my own, different panels and all] InMyDNA and automatic_peas 2
automatic_peas Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 Does anyone know if the people on the panel are all people listed on this page? https://www.gatescambridge.org/about/trust
scytoo Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 No, you won't get anyone from the Trust. Your interviewers will be mostly previous scholars. I was interviewed by two engineers and a chemist, and Luisa sent their names shortly before the interview. InMyDNA 1
rockwizard Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 (edited) . Edited December 23, 2019 by rockwizard
Jillybean06 Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 I was waitlisted and got my rejection today. Good luck to those of you still in the running!
Moremi Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 Is anyone here in the international round? I got my department conditional offer and just wondering if anyone's heard back from GC yet.
Fleugame Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 Does anyone know of a slack group/groupme of people waiting to hear back/who have been selected for the scholarship or google spreadsheet with info about interviews and such? I heard this was a thing for Rhodes and Fulbright, but wasn't sure if the same was true for Gates. @Moremi Also in the international round, haven't heard back yet.
automatic_peas Posted January 25, 2020 Posted January 25, 2020 Just interviewed today... anxiously crossing my fingers. Does anyone know when US applicants can expect to hear?
automatic_peas Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) ^^ looks like we will be hearing in the next 3 hours or so. So nervous!!! If anyone hears anything let us know! Good luck all. Edited January 30, 2020 by automatic_peas
coffeeortea Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 Got the bad news early this morning that I wasn't awarded a scholarship. Such a bummer! Oh well. Best of luck to everyone else who interviewed!
automatic_peas Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 @coffeeortea — same! Oh well! We will have better luck next time. Congrats to everyone who got it! coffeeortea 1
Castles Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 Any international applicant heard back from their department yet? I applied by the Jan 7th deadline and my program requires an interview. However my app status has been stuck in "submitted" ever since. Is anyone seeing the same thing? I assume if I don't hear back about an acceptance before the trust starts shortlisting in mid-Feb, that automatically means it's been rejected?
vector55 Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 I am an international applicant waiting expectantly for an interview invite. Any Gates interview tips, suggestions etc perhaps from this year (US applicants) or past years?
reddcurry Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 hey all - also an international applicant here and figured I’d get in on the waiting game with you all. got my acceptance into my program and a college and just hoping a scholarship comes through to make the dream happen! I think we’re to find out mid-March if we were shortlisted. Anyone applied to the Smuts or HRH one, too? I can’t find any info on Smuts - # of scholarships, adjudication criteria, notification dates, etc.
vector55 Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 On 2/4/2020 at 9:53 PM, Castles said: Any international applicant heard back from their department yet? I applied by the Jan 7th deadline and my program requires an interview. However my app status has been stuck in "submitted" ever since. Is anyone seeing the same thing? I assume if I don't hear back about an acceptance before the trust starts shortlisting in mid-Feb, that automatically means it's been rejected? Has your department interviewed you already?
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