Hello all,
This is Sohail Abbas Karimi
This video is about my journey to
University of Cambridge
I will discuss following topics in this video
(Topic 1) showing my offer letter
as most people wanted to see conditions
Well, my offer letter consists of 6 pages
(Topic 2) Overview of Cambridge University
(Topic 3) Discuss the initial preparations for application
(Topic 4) Talk about Main Entry Requirements
Mainly I will discuss Academic GPA requirement keeping Pakistan as example
(Topic 5) English Language Test Requirement for non-English native speakers
Generally test required but also exempted for some non-native based on conditions
(Topic 6) Application submission procedure
As most people consider it complicated but in reality it is easy
(Topic 7) What happens after application submission
(Topic 8) Course Deadline  and funding deadline are related to each other
I will also break the myth that Cambridge has no Funding/Scholarship
There are multiple scholarship options under Cambridge trust  and
Gate Cambridge Scholarships
Overall, 80% of admission offer holders gets scholarship as per University of Cambridge Records
(Topic 9) Finally, I will show my application portal which is now indicating my successful application outcome
The topic 1 conditional offer will be shown in last par of this video
Because the other topics are more important for applicants
Uni of cambridge always ranked in top 10
according to Time higher education ranking
and QS ranking and by all other well known ranking systems
Beside, the Cambridge has also various notable alumni
Such as the national poet of Pakistan (Allama Iqbal) is graduated from trinity college university of Cambridge
Moreover, the list goes on with the famous scientist Issac Newton and Indian Scientist Ramanujan
And more more as you can see which also includes
Stephen Hawking and Charles Darwing and many more. To take names of all alumni I may need another whole video :D
Google it if you want to know more about alumni :)
So let's discuss the (topic 3)
The required preparation steps prior to application
Firstly, I hope that more people will apply with proper preparation
Because without preparation the application outcome will not be favorable
Also due to the myth of no funding/scholarship in Cambridge very small number of students apply
But I confirm you that, there are many scholarship opportunities. So I hope this time more student will dare to apply.
And I also hope if you thoroughly watch this video you will get the complete guidelines
So, lets go to the first step you will take for the admission purpose
Which is finding the relevant course using course directory of official university website
From there you should also find a potential supervisor
It is not mandatory to find but some research degrees asked you to indicate the supervisor while filing the application
Therefore, I recommend to convince a supervisor by sending him a good CV via Email.
If you do not know how to contact supervisor. Watch the videos available on internet
Then make a good CV and ask him to supervise you for Master/PhD
So, if you are lucky to get approval of supervisor in advance then there is a high chance that you will get the admission offer. Cheers :D
Therefore, I again reiterate to contact a supervisor in advance
Now come to deadline. Remember each course has different deadline but related to scholarship deadline... I will discuss about deadline later on
Which documents are required for application?
The documents required for application includes CV, Transcripts, Degree,
Beside you also need Study Plan and Research Proposal depending upon the course and level of study
But for PhD the research proposal is mandatory so prepare it if you are looking for PhD
But study plan also works for some fields so make sure to cross check.
Additionally, you will also have to take recommendation from your previous university
If you are doing job them ask for recommendation from your boss
Generally, two recommendations are asked for the admission application
But if you want to apply for Gate Cambridge Scholarship, you will need an additional recommendation letter
Note: It is always recommended to take recommendation from a notable/famous professor or CEO etc
But this is not compulsory
You can take from any fresh and young Assistant professor or etc
But ask him to thoroughly write about your strengths and weakness
This way you will get the good weightage for admission
One more important things is that the person who is giving your recommendation should have institutional email address
But if there is some exceptional situation where your professor/CEO offical email is not working then you may use general email such as gmail, yahoo etc.
But in this case, after admission offer the university will contact that professor for confirmation.
The next step after admission offer is allotment of colleges.
There are 31 colleges in university of Cambridge
One of the college will give you membership
But if you are interested in specific colleges, then list them on application portal
Generally, you can list 2 colleges of your choice for membership
If anyone want to know more about colleges the google it.
(Topic 3) Now Discuss Entry Requirements
I have similar question during my application time that
Am I eligible?
Most people have similar question particularly related to CGPA/Grades
So Generally, you must know universal rule that: you need high grades/GPA for admission
But if you have low Grades/GPA then it does not mean you are ineligible...
No doubt, there is threshold for each country and university you can find from the university website
For example, for Pakistan and from LUMS university graduate need 3.9/4 for  admission to university.
But if you do Master later on and get more grade then even with low cgpa of undergrad will not restrain you from getting into university
For Example I had low grades in bachelor but very high in master along with strong research profile so I got admission
So Do master if you low gpa in undergraduate!
