Hello everyone! Moved to PAO on 30 March, but have not received any further communication yet. 

Just want to know if any of you (who moved to PAO on 30 March or earlier) are also in the same boat and still awaiting further communication? 

PS: Many Congratulations to all the offer holders! :) 

When can one expect to hear back on scholarships?

Hello everyone! Moved to PAO on 30 March, but have not received any further communication yet. 

Just want to know if any of you (who moved to PAO on 30 March or earlier) are also in the same boat and still awaiting further communication? 

PS: Many Congratulations to all the offer holders! :) 

Got accepted to Gonville and Caius college today (change only in the online system,no email)

Got accepted to Gonville and Caius college today (change only in the online system,no email)

Received the college offer letter yesterday afternoon

Got accepted to Gonville and Caius college today (change only in the online system,no email)

Received the college offer letter yesterday afternoon

If you do not mind my asking, did you receive the Studentship at Gonville? 

Hi everyone!

I just got an email that I move forward and received a conditional offer. The same is replicated on my portal. Don't worry, you'll get the same too!!

Hi everyone! I got my offer some two hours ago. Good luck to all those waiting and so excited to see you all at Cambridge!

Congratulations guyss!!! 

On which date did you guys move to PAO? 

I moved on the 31st of March. Looking forward to meeting you all!

[congrats! Hope our turn is soon ]Hi everyone! I got my offer some two hours ago. Good luck to all those waiting and so excited to see you all at Cambridge!

[Edited by MuhannadMunir007 on Apr 26, 2022]

Has anyone been accepted to St Edmunds? 

Hey guys, I also just got my offer yesterday.  Thanks to all of you for posting in this group, It's been quite the support during the awfull wait this year. (I also moved to PAO on 31 of March)

I got my conditional offer too last night!! Wishing luck to all those waiting and so excited to see you all at Cambridge! Really grateful to you guys for the regular updates on the group during the wait!! (I moved to PAO on 1st April). 

Hey! Is it possible to request for a college transfer now and do they entertain such requests?

Hey! Is it possible to request for a college transfer now and do they entertain such requests?

Got accepted by Peterhouse.

The general rule is that you cannot get a college transfer in cambridge. This rule applies whether you’re already in Cambridge or not. There are two exceptions to the rule: 

1 ) that you receive a scholarship from another college (this is not overly common since most college scholarships are tied to their current students - if you applied for a college specific scholarship which does not require initial college acceptance, you’ll know the outcome of this soon enough); or 

2 ) that you have a really good reason. These really good reasons are virtually limited to medical reasons or if for some reason some event occurred which completely severed the trust you should have had to your college (think e.g. some bullying or abuse by staff issue - these kind of issues are usually unlikely to progress to a level where a transfer is contemplated within the short time frame of the LLM). Medicinal reasons are usually limited disabilities that relate to mobility issues, in which case they would normally entertain requests to not place you in the colleges that are furthest away, i.e. p, Girton and Homerton. The rest of the colleges are usually not affected by those concerns though.

Every year, a lot of people seem to be dissatisfied with their college choices for some reason. I think they overestimate the relevance of the college in postgraduate studies. They’re usually quite uninvolved compared to undergrad study. There are also some who seem to be more interested in whatever “prestige” can be derived from the buildings and wealth that individual colleges have. For those I can just say: Grow up, and also realise that the “prestige” is mainly tied to undergrad studies anyway; not really the postgrads. For the most part, postgrads live in accommodation far away from college, often of quite dubious quality.

As a PS to point 1 above, they will unfortunately  not entertain requests to change colleges to make you eligible to run for a scholarship that you otherwise was not eligible to apply to by not being accepted there in the first place/not putting them as a first pref college. Applying to Cambridge can be a bit of a minefield if you’re depending on funding, since a lot of information is hidden around the college pages. This is usually why they tend to advice applicants to plan their application months in advance. It is also a somewhat undercommunicated point, but you’ve got 14 days to change your college preferences after the application deadline in early December, which no doubt was intended to allow applicants time after sending their application to research college funding and other things important to them (e.g. accommodation, etc.). 

[Edited by Gobbledygook on Apr 27, 2022]

Omg I am still stuck at PAO 

Got accepted by Peterhouse.