I got the impression (although I could be wrong) that the only reason you would be rejected after this stage would be procedural- something to do with visas or something being incorrect on your application.
I hope I'm right!
That's my understanding too.
According to the website, the BoGS is more of a coordinator than anything else and sets the conditions that we have meet in each offer.
"The Board is responsible for oversight of quality in graduate admissions and in this role sets the baseline for the conditions applied to offers:
- required levels for academic and English language attainment:
- by reference to the cost of living, the minimum level of funding a candidate will need in addition to fees
- ensure that he or she is registered for use of CGSRS.
These baseline requirements are set out in the Board's admissions webpages.
The Board has power to question and decline a degree committee's recommendation to make an offer to any candidate who does not meet these criteria.
The Board is the deciding authority on the adequacy of the entry qualifications of candidates for all graduate courses administered by the Board." - Link:
http://www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/graduate-admissions-policy/board-graduate-studiesSo it seems they just do a last formal check to check if we meet the minimum criteria as explained in the LLM webpage, in case the Degree Committee might have missed something. Which I'm pretty sure is highly unlikely.
<blockquote>I got the impression (although I could be wrong) that the only reason you would be rejected after this stage would be procedural- something to do with visas or something being incorrect on your application.
I hope I'm right!</blockquote>
That's my understanding too.
According to the website, the BoGS is more of a coordinator than anything else and sets the conditions that we have meet in each offer.
"The Board is responsible for oversight of quality in graduate admissions and in this role sets the baseline for the conditions applied to offers:
- required levels for academic and English language attainment:
- by reference to the cost of living, the minimum level of funding a candidate will need in addition to fees
- ensure that he or she is registered for use of CGSRS.
These baseline requirements are set out in the Board's admissions webpages.
The Board has power to question and decline a degree committee's recommendation to make an offer to any candidate who does not meet these criteria.
The Board is the deciding authority on the adequacy of the entry qualifications of candidates for all graduate courses administered by the Board." - Link: http://www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/graduate-admissions-policy/board-graduate-studies
So it seems they just do a last formal check to check if we meet the minimum criteria as explained in the LLM webpage, in case the Degree Committee might have missed something. Which I'm pretty sure is highly unlikely.
