Yellow, thanks a lot for info.

Could please provide a couple of coments of how it is to study in Cam - any particular pros or contras, the atmosphere, facilities etc.

I think everyones experience is very different so it is difficult to give you a true flavour of what Cambridge is really like. The pros I see are that you getting some of the best lecturers in the world, it's an atmosphere that is truly academic so it will really stretch you in ways you didn't think possible, the college community means that you have a base of friends. The disadvantages are, if you end up in a college without many LLMs you may not make friends from the LLM, not all of the subjects are great, not all of the colleges are great, you could die and noone from the program would notice. Facility wise it is equivilant to any other university in terms of law - lots of books, access to online journals, desks........

to all cambridge admitted students for 2006

was your position on the cambridge self-service website updated to reflect your admitted status?

thanks!

Hey Yellow,

i've heard that Cam first classifies the application on country basis and then reviews them. is this true?

i have heard about how Cam only cares about your grade sheet and know for a fact that two top 5% students of my class have applied to Cam. it is freaking me out because i'm not very much of a class topper (but am definitely in the top 15%). even so i was able to get some good references from professors at college. would that help???

Kate

I have heard differing views on how they divide up applications in order to review them. However all of them that I have heard involve dividing by country. I wasn't much of a class topper I was in the top 10% or so and I know someone higher than me who go rejected from my college so I would argue that Cambridge takes quite a holistic view to its applicants. However they do definately have a cut-off point for academic criteria below which they won't go and they also take disproportionate numbers of students from some countries.

I have not seen any change to my self-service page despite receiving the "email" two months ago. Because I had not received anything, I sent an email a month ago to the LLM faculty to confirm my admission. The LLM faculty advised me that I would be hearing from the Board of Graduate Studies by the end of March. Interestingly, a friend of mine, who is pursuing a Ph.D in law, has already received a college assignment.

anyone hear anything from cambridge ?

Hi,

it is really strange, I have no info and I have asked them for an urgent decision by the end of January 2006.

I have called to Cam for several times and all they told me was that my application is under consideration by the relevant departement. Well, it seems that begging for urgent decision has no influence on the speed of the process...

" Well, it seems that begging for urgent decision has no influence on the speed of the process..."


it's really a hard time for everyone

yes, it is really a hard time for everyone...

Good luck to everyone!

May be I went to far to use the word "begging" but it drives me crazy to wait for such a long time. Esp. if i really need urgent decision.

Everyone hates waiting - the problem is we do not even know the exact deadline which actually can be even end of
April.
Certainly, Harvard system where they declare all decisions on the same day is much better!

hi,
does anyone have any experience with first accepting an offer and later declining it. I assume, universities are not very happy with that, but since several acceptance terms will lapse before we receive answers from some universities it seems to be the only way...

s.

Everyone hates waiting - the problem is we do not even know the exact deadline which actually can be even end of
April.
Certainly, Harvard system where they declare all decisions on the same day is much better!

how does cambridge notify people? through e-mail or letter?

They email and then about a month or so later you get an official offer letter

Thanks Yellow =D

Email and then a *month* later the former offer comes? That's pretty laggy. :)

does the status check on the cam website actually work?
ive been on applicant status since november.
has anyone received any news lately on cam admissions?

While waiting for the college allocation, which college at Cambridge did you chose and why?