Was contacted by supervisors (Dec 15th) after applying for writing a proposal together (deadline Jan 8th). Also had an interview on Jan 14th to discuss previous classwork, Master's thesis and proposal. Waiting for funding decision.

1 co-authored publication under review, non-UK student, offer conditional on funding

Oxbridge undergraduate (international). Several summer internships. 1 first author publication. Offer does not come with funding, which comes later.

Has anyone heard anything from Astronomy ?

My fourth rejection this cycle. I'm not too surprised because each year the application is always oversubscribed. Even if I were admitted, I would not tend to choose Cambridge and other UK universities because it's very hard to get funding there for international students :( Personal background: Undergraduate: earned from a prestigious UK university, First-Class Honours Degree (GPA 3.85/4.00 after WES evaluation), 1 year of research experience (4 different projects in total, including 1 UROP summer internship at Imperial College London), 3 preprints on arXiv, 2 strong LoR from my undergraduate project advisors; Graduate: currently earning my master's at WashU, GPA 3.43/4.00 (physics major GPA 3.62/4.00), 1.5 years of research experience (master's thesis project), currently writing my first-author paper, 2 department symposium experiences and 1 conference experience (3 posters presented in total), 1 strong LoR from my current PI. GRE 323+4.0 not submitted.

Ignore waitlist. Has anyone heard back for an interview?

"This year has been heavily oversubscribed"

"Interview period: 20th - 28th January"

Undergrad at top RGU. Averaging +70%, one internship and one research project in the field. Had my interview in late January and was notified of the outcome a week later.

Selected after a 30-min long interview two weeks ago. Grateful for this offer.