My status is still under review by the Department. Is it a bad thing? I am extremely nervous now!

Me too!! But I think as long as they don't send a rejection email, there's still a chance.

My status is still under review by the Department. Is it a bad thing? I am extremely nervous now!

SAME! I keep refreshing the page after every few minutes.

As am I.

Me too!! But I think as long as they don't send a rejection email, there's still a chance.

My status is still under review by the Department. Is it a bad thing? I am extremely nervous now!

SAME! I keep refreshing the page after every few minutes.

As am I.

Me too!! But I think as long as they don't send a rejection email, there's still a chance.

SAME! I keep refreshing the page after every few minutes.

As am I.

Me too!! But I think as long as they don't send a rejection email, there's still a chance.

I think it is too early to panic as only two people confirmed that their status had been updated.

I opened my account sometime between 8 and 9 am GMT today, and it still said under review by department then. Sometime between 10 and 11 am GMT, that's when my account said it's awaiting approval from the GAO. That means my portal wasn't updated when my application went through the degree committee stage from the departmental stage. So for those still waiting for movement in their portals, it's possible that your applications are already with the degree committee and they just didn't update your portals.

Also, the admissions website says that the GAO approximately takes ten days to approve an application. If your applications move to GAO tomorrow, tomorrow's only the tenth day before March 1 which is the target date for Cambridge to release all decisions. I would say that the ten-day period is only the maximum turn-around time, it could take less than that. So, don't fret if you don't get any movement in your account just yet. :)

Best of luck to all of us!!

[Edited by pHcare on Feb 18, 2019]

I opened my account sometime between 8 and 9 am GMT today, and it still said under review by department then. Sometime between 10 and 11 am GMT, that's when my account said it's awaiting approval from the GAO. That means my portal wasn't updated when my application went through the degree committee stage from the departmental stage. So for those still waiting for movement in their portals, it's possible that your applications are already with the degree committee and they just didn't update your portals.

Also, the admissions website says that the GAO approximately takes ten days to approve an application. If your applications move to GAO tomorrow, tomorrow's only the tenth day before March 1 which is the target date for Cambridge to release all decisions. I would say that the ten-day period is only the maximum turn-around time, it could take less than that. So, don't fret if you don't get any movement in your account just yet. :)

Best of luck to all of us!!

No worries! The waiting game's the most agonizing part of the application process. Let's try to attract as much good karma as we can while we're all suspended in limbo haha!

I opened my account sometime between 8 and 9 am GMT today, and it still said under review by department then. Sometime between 10 and 11 am GMT, that's when my account said it's awaiting approval from the GAO. That means my portal wasn't updated when my application went through the degree committee stage from the departmental stage. So for those still waiting for movement in their portals, it's possible that your applications are already with the degree committee and they just didn't update your portals.

Also, the admissions website says that the GAO approximately takes ten days to approve an application. If your applications move to GAO tomorrow, tomorrow's only the tenth day before March 1 which is the target date for Cambridge to release all decisions. I would say that the ten-day period is only the maximum turn-around time, it could take less than that. So, don't fret if you don't get any movement in your account just yet. :)

Best of luck to all of us!!

Guys, do we still have two people whose status has been progressed?

No worries! I'll keep everyone posted when the GAO releases my results. Fingers crossed!

I opened my account sometime between 8 and 9 am GMT today, and it still said under review by department then. Sometime between 10 and 11 am GMT, that's when my account said it's awaiting approval from the GAO. That means my portal wasn't updated when my application went through the degree committee stage from the departmental stage. So for those still waiting for movement in their portals, it's possible that your applications are already with the degree committee and they just didn't update your portals.

Also, the admissions website says that the GAO approximately takes ten days to approve an application. If your applications move to GAO tomorrow, tomorrow's only the tenth day before March 1 which is the target date for Cambridge to release all decisions. I would say that the ten-day period is only the maximum turn-around time, it could take less than that. So, don't fret if you don't get any movement in your account just yet. :)

Best of luck to all of us!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! That helped me relax a bit. Haha hopefully I’ll stop refreshing the page like a maniac..

After pressing the "refresh"-button 1000 times during this afternoon I was updated at 5.26 pm (GMT) to "Awaiting approval by GAO - Awaiting approval by the Central Graduate Admissions Office." as well. So, having no answer yet does not mean anything.

Hey! Do you mind telling when did you apply?

Congratulations!! It must be such a pleasure after 1000 refreshments))

After pressing the "refresh"-button 1000 times during this afternoon I was updated at 5.26 pm (GMT) to "Awaiting approval by GAO - Awaiting approval by the Central Graduate Admissions Office." as well. So, having no answer yet does not mean anything.

After pressing the "refresh"-button 1000 times during this afternoon I was updated at 5.26 pm (GMT) to "Awaiting approval by GAO - Awaiting approval by the Central Graduate Admissions Office." as well. So, having no answer yet does not mean anything.

Hey, @Digorka, are you by any chance from Russia? If you don't mind me asking

Yes, I am. You too?

Hey, @Digorka, are you by any chance from Russia? If you don't mind me asking

Yes, I am. You too?

Hey, @Digorka, are you by any chance from Russia? If you don't mind me asking

After pressing the "refresh"-button 1000 times during this afternoon I was updated at 5.26 pm (GMT) to "Awaiting approval by GAO - Awaiting approval by the Central Graduate Admissions Office." as well. So, having no answer yet does not mean anything.

Just checked the portal and am also awaiting GOA approval.

For the conspiracy theorists- I submitted the day applications were due and am in the top third of the alphabet (first and last names).