My question is for those who applied for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship. Last year, the practice was that you applied using the GRADSAF form and once you were nominated, you received an email in April from Carmen Butler asking you to fill in the EAS.
I just checked out the Cambridge Trusts page and Commonwealth Commission Page and saw something about having to fill in the EAS by the 2nd of December 2014 and that the deadline has now passed.
Is anyone aware of this? TIA
It is a bit confusing right? I checked the prospectus again. It says that candidates must apply using one of two methods: "Via university" or "EAS only" and for the University of Cambridge it's specified that one has to apply "Via EAS". Only two universities (Cambridge and Chester) have this particular option of "Via EAS" whereas the rest have either "Via university" or "EAS only". I don't remember the application form mentioning anything about applying separately using the EAS. I did not do it :( If that means I won't even be considered for the scholarship scheme, clearly, my Cambridge dreams are almost over!
I was as worried as you are initially because last year, we only filled in the EAS after getting nomination emails from Cambridge telling us that we had been nominated for the award and asking us to fill in the EAS. The EAS was actually available until April. This year however, the EAS was only available for Cambridge until December.
So today I emailed Cambridge Trusts and was assured that what I needed is having filled in my GRADSAF by 2nd December 2014. So I guess they will adopt last year's format of nominating people to be put forward for the award who will then have access to the EAS.
<blockquote><blockquote> My question is for those who applied for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship. Last year, the practice was that you applied using the GRADSAF form and once you were nominated, you received an email in April from Carmen Butler asking you to fill in the EAS.
I just checked out the Cambridge Trusts page and Commonwealth Commission Page and saw something about having to fill in the EAS by the 2nd of December 2014 and that the deadline has now passed.
Is anyone aware of this? TIA</blockquote>
It is a bit confusing right? I checked the prospectus again. It says that candidates must apply using one of two methods: "Via university" or "EAS only" and for the University of Cambridge it's specified that one has to apply "Via EAS". Only two universities (Cambridge and Chester) have this particular option of "Via EAS" whereas the rest have either "Via university" or "EAS only". I don't remember the application form mentioning anything about applying separately using the EAS. I did not do it :( If that means I won't even be considered for the scholarship scheme, clearly, my Cambridge dreams are almost over!</blockquote>
I was as worried as you are initially because last year, we only filled in the EAS after getting nomination emails from Cambridge telling us that we had been nominated for the award and asking us to fill in the EAS. The EAS was actually available until April. This year however, the EAS was only available for Cambridge until December.
So today I emailed Cambridge Trusts and was assured that what I needed is having filled in my GRADSAF by 2nd December 2014. So I guess they will adopt last year's format of nominating people to be put forward for the award who will then have access to the EAS.