So I suppose the question is, has anybody's status changed to under review by committee yet?

Not in my case and, in my experience, the application status would change even after one receives the offer by email. However, it would seem that in cases of rejection, the status will change immediately.

You mean it wouldn’t change? Bit confused here, so are we saying that if the status doesn’t change to committee review within the next week or so we can expect bad news? Or that this is no indication

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Not in my case and, in my experience, the application status would change even after one receives the offer by email. However, it would seem that in cases of rejection, the status will change immediately.

You mean it wouldn’t change? Bit confused here, so are we saying that if the status doesn’t change to committee review within the next week or so we can expect bad news? Or that this is no indication

I am re-applying for 2019/2020. For 2018/2019, the first news that I was made an offer came by email in February, the status didn't change until around March. My opinion is that, unless the status changes to 'rejected', nothing is really certain until we receive an email.

Hi friends, do you have any idea about how we learn the rejections? Should we check the applicant status all the time or will we receive an e-mail? Thanks in advance.

I have a question for those who applied for the same program last year as well. Do you know any example of a person who had received an e-mail from the university's scholarship options before the announcement of the offers, however, eventually got rejected? I am wondering if receiving scholarship eligibility e-mail is a good sign or not.

I have a question for those who applied for the same program last year as well. Do you know any example of a person who had received an e-mail from the university's scholarship options before the announcement of the offers, however, eventually got rejected? I am wondering if receiving scholarship eligibility e-mail is a good sign or not.

Hi friends, do you have any idea about how we learn the rejections? Should we check the applicant status all the time or will we receive an e-mail? Thanks in advance.

I can confirm this. Last year I was also constantly checking my applicant status until I got the admission email. :)

Hi friends, do you have any idea about how we learn the rejections? Should we check the applicant status all the time or will we receive an e-mail? Thanks in advance.

If you look earlier in the discussion apparently rejections will appear in the applicant status but we will receive an email if we are accepted. I am sure I am not the only one who keeps refreshing the applicant portal's page every 10 minutes !

Any news of rejections since last thursday?

Any news of rejections since last thursday?

Hey Guys!

Did anyone recieve this message 'The Graduate Admissions Office is currently working to a ten day turnaround time while we process a high volume of offers. Please do not contact us about the status of your offer- you can check this on your Applicant Portal. Further information about timescales can be found on the following webpage: https://www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/timescales'

Does it mean that we'll hear back within 10 working days?

On their website it says that the department takes a few months to decide, then the relevant degree committee takes about 10 days and then the graduate admissions office takes about another 10 days. What the email to you could mean is that it has gone to the graduate admissions office and within 10 days you should get an answer.

I say so because I have also applied and haven’t got any such email, neither have other people whom I know have applied.

Hey Guys!

Did anyone recieve this message 'The Graduate Admissions Office is currently working to a ten day turnaround time while we process a high volume of offers. Please do not contact us about the status of your offer- you can check this on your Applicant Portal. Further information about timescales can be found on the following webpage: https://www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/timescales'

Does it mean that we'll hear back within 10 working days?

On their website it says that the department takes a few months to decide, then the relevant degree committee takes about 10 days and then the graduate admissions office takes about another 10 days. What the email to you could mean is that it has gone to the graduate admissions office and within 10 days you should get an answer.

I say so because I have also applied and haven’t got any such email, neither have other people whom I know have applied.

Oh sorry! Yes mine also says that. But my status is still under review by department and hasn’t even moved to review by degree committee.

What does yours say?

Hey Guys!

Did anyone recieve this message 'The Graduate Admissions Office is currently working to a ten day turnaround time while we process a high volume of offers. Please do not contact us about the status of your offer- you can check this on your Applicant Portal. Further information about timescales can be found on the following webpage: https://www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/timescales'

Does it mean that we'll hear back within 10 working days?

Oh sorry! Yes mine also says that. But my status is still under review by department and hasn’t even moved to review by degree committee.

What does yours say?

Oh sorry! Yes mine also says that. But my status is still under review by department and hasn’t even moved to review by degree committee.

What does yours say?

Any news of rejections since last thursday?

My status still reads "Under review by department - Your application is under review by the Department" for both the LLM and the MCL.

For all the 'mad-clickers' just like me (just so we all don't start panicking): "The Graduate Application Portal will be unavailable between the hours of 0700 and 0900 (GMT) on the morning of 14th February for planned maintenance. If you are using the system around this time, please ensure you save your progress as you will temporarily lose access."

Hopefully the maintenance serves to send us the offers...