Gradhop Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 (edited) What panel btw? @luiswel Edited March 7, 2017 by Gradhop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechbuster Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) For those that have gotten a gates interview invite, did you get a college membership first? I only got accepted by my college today. Edited March 8, 2017 by mechbuster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akh276 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 6 hours ago, mechbuster said: For those that have gotten a gates interview invite, did you get a college membership first? I only got accepted by my college today. Yes, my college membership was sorted in December itself but I don't think being accepted into a college has any bearing on how they process your Gates application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luiswel Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 On 3/8/2017 at 7:53 AM, mechbuster said: For those that have gotten a gates interview invite, did you get a college membership first? I only got accepted by my college today. I still don't have a college selection so it seems to be irrelevant? What college did you get? On 3/7/2017 at 11:44 AM, Gradhop said: What panel btw? @luiswel Physical sciences Anyone knows how many panels there are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akh276 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, luiswel said: I still don't have a college selection so it seems to be irrelevant? What college did you get? Physical sciences Anyone knows how many panels there are? There are 4 - Arts, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences and Social Sciences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechbuster Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) 30 minutes ago, luiswel said: I still don't have a college selection so it seems to be irrelevant? What college did you get? I got Jesus College. Still looking forward to an interview invite. Anyone got any more invites this week? Edited March 9, 2017 by mechbuster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schluk Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Are area studies, linguistics, music, and literature departments classified under the arts head? And has anyone from area studies got any emails yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luiswel Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 2 hours ago, akh276 said: There are 4 - Arts, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences and Social Sciences. 4 panels, 25 interviews per panel, that is 100 potential scholars. There are 54 positions so it comes to 50/50 odds. May the odds be ever in our favour. Regardless a great accomplishment for those interviewed and let's stick together and hope for the best. <3 Gradhop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avril3 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) I should be in Arts, if my department nominated me. I haven't got anything yet... @Schluk Edited March 9, 2017 by avril3 Schluk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schluk Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Thanks @avril3 for your response. Let me remind you and others that departmental nomination does not ensure being invited for an interview. Nominated students undergo another whetting process. In all, 250, are nominated by various departments, as per the website, but only 110 make it to the interview. This choice is made by a committee of gates officials. The numbers are different for American students, and I'm talking about the rest here (Round 2). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lele2017 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Some of my friends say they got Gates rejection emails today, while I still didn't receive anything...I am afraid my chances are really slim. Best of luck to everyone! Fingers crossed~ sat0ri and theamazonianist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avril3 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Rejection from Gates - about an hour ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gradhop Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Ditto! At last the wait is finally over! Well done to everyone. Don't feel too down about the rejection. I have followed the stories of some Gates Scholars/alums and discovered that they didn't even get shortlisted the first time they applied! I think if we're all good enough to get into Cambridge - one of the best institutions in the world - then we're equally good enough to go out and do some great things in the world. Good luck to everyone here who got an invite. I'm rooting for you all! theamazonianist and Nickman20 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luiswel Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 2 hours ago, Gradhop said: Ditto! At last the wait is finally over! Well done to everyone. Don't feel too down about the rejection. I have followed the stories of some Gates Scholars/alums and discovered that they didn't even get shortlisted the first time they applied! I think if we're all good enough to get into Cambridge - one of the best institutions in the world - then we're equally good enough to go out and do some great things in the world. Good luck to everyone here who got an invite. I'm rooting for you all! Good luck to everyone and I think you will be great. My understanding is that people shortlisted for gates are first in line for other awards. If I may, what does the email say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capplicant Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, luiswel said: Good luck to everyone and I think you will be great. My understanding is that people shortlisted for gates are first in line for other awards. If I may, what does the email say? The funding bodies are completely independent so being rejected from Gates does not mean you're advantaged for other awards, unfortunately. The email is a generic rejection mentioning they had a lot of applications and they had to make hard decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theamazonianist Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) The rejection e-mail – at least as I see it – doesn't even mean we have been shortlisted. They probably have sent it to all the applicants. Also, as @capplicant just said, the funding bodies work independently. I was reading about the Cambridge Trust again and I just realised they take the candidate's financial situation seriously into consideration. This alone distinguishes this selection process from Gates'. Good luck for us all, keep your fingers crossed! And please let us know as soon as you start to hear from other funding bodies (we have from late march to july, it will be a tough ride). Edited March 15, 2017 by Thaís Carlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soconfusedandnervous Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 @Thaís Carlo Actually not all Trust Scholarships take into consideration the candidate's financial situation. The Vice Chancellor and International Scholarship (fully funded + stipend for PhD) are only based on merit, and given to the highest ranked applicants across the entire university. You can see this here. And about 120 of those have already been offered this year, you can see the list here. But there are some other postgraduate scholarships, who are maybe not fully funded that look at applicants' financial conditions. You can read more about that here and here. Goodluck everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theamazonianist Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 @Soconfusedandnervous oh god, a LOT have been offered. ok, now I'm starting to get really nervous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sat0ri Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Hope interviews went well for everyone! Good luck everyone! gradapp2048 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradapp2048 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Does anyone know how many days after all interviews have been conducted we can expect to hear back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sat0ri Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 1 hour ago, gradapp2048 said: Does anyone know how many days after all interviews have been conducted we can expect to hear back? Extremely fast. This might be one of fastest turn around times there are--it might be slightly longer for international. For USA, interviews were on the 1/27 and 1/28 and decisions were announced 4-5 days later on 2/1. Since you guys interviewed in the middle of the week, 4-5 days would mean this weekend (which I doubt), so maybe next week at the latest? It seems the year before (2016-17) there were announced within 1-2 days and my friend from Peru interviewed in 2015-16 application year and he was told within a few days IIRC. It might be possible you find out in a day or so. gradapp2048 and luiswel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akh276 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 14 hours ago, gradapp2048 said: Does anyone know how many days after all interviews have been conducted we can expect to hear back? I asked while leaving and was told the first email would go out by Friday and the second one on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradapp2048 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, akh276 said: I asked while leaving and was told the first email would go out by Friday and the second one on Monday. Great to know. Are these 2 rounds of acceptances? Monday cohort to fill in spots that were declined? Edited March 30, 2017 by gradapp2048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akh276 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 36 minutes ago, gradapp2048 said: Great to know. Are these 2 rounds of acceptances? Monday cohort to fill in spots that were declined? Yes, that is correct. gradapp2048 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akh276 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 1 hour ago, gradapp2048 said: Great to know. Are these 2 rounds of acceptances? Monday cohort to fill in spots that were declined? There has been an update - we will be contacted today or tomorrow. gradapp2048 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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