Time Line
Admissions
| January 1 |
Application deadline |
Student |
| Early–Mid February |
Applicants invited to interview in NYC (Phone
interviews conducted when necessary) |
CBM Program Director |
| Mid February |
Selected applicants visit NYC for open house and
interviews, after which CBM program makes
admission decisions for applicants |
CBM Program Director |
| March |
Acceptance letters mailed out |
CBM Program Director |
| April 15 |
Students accept offers of admission to program |
Student |
Pre-Matriculation
| May 1 |
I-20 visa applications completed and submitted to Graduate Admissions Office at CU (foreign students only) |
Student to complete the application for submission, CU-I Graduate Admissions to process I-20 |
Summer Session, Year-01 (NYC)
| First work day after July 4 |
Students begin summer program in NYC, featuring 6-
week laboratory rotations, faculty research presentations, and student journal club. |
Student |
First Semester, Year-01 (Ithaca)
| Orientation Week |
Each student is assigned a temporary major advisor from the Cornell University pool of Computational Biology Graduate Field |
Ithaca Computational Biology
Graduate Field administrator |
| September–December |
Students take graduate level courses according to the Academic Requirments of the Computational Biology Field at Cornell University. |
Student |
Winter Interession Year-01 (NYC)
| December 1 |
Student must make arrangements for and notify CBM
Administration of choice of labs for NYC January session mini-rotations |
Student |
| December 1 |
Students notified of January session housing |
CBM administration |
| First week in January |
Students commence in NYC and spend intersession pursuing mini lab rotations and daily journal clubs |
CBM Program Director |
Second Semester Year-01 (Ithaca)
| Mid January |
CBM students return to Ithaca to continue approved
graduate level coursework |
Student |
| March 1 |
Deadline for year 1 students to submit their housing applications for year 2 in New York City to Program Administrator |
Student |
Summer Year-02
| May |
Students begin summer session in NYC and/or Ithaca including:
• Lab rotations
• Research Lunch Talks/Journal Clubs |
CBM Program Director |
| September 1 |
Deadline for selection of thesis lab (and therefore whether students will return to Ithaca or stay in NYC). |
Student |
Year-02 and Beyond
| August |
Students who have chosen WMC or SKI labs remain in
NYC |
Student |
| August |
Students who have chosen Cornell University labs return to Ithaca |
Student |
| TBA |
Students who have chosen NYC labs must complete and
submit an Application for Change of Enrollment to another Campus form to the CU-I Graduate School Office |
Students must submit form to CU-I CBM administration |
| End of year 2 |
A or Ace Exam: All students will write and defend a thesis proposal for their A exam or ACE exam. The exam must be successfully completed and registered according to the guidelines of the graduate school in which the student is matriculated. Originals of all required forms must be filed with the appropriate graduate school, and duplicates must be filed with the CBM office. |
Student |
| Annually |
Annual meetings of the Thesis Advisory Committee must be held and a report filed with the CBM administration and the appropriate graduate school office. |
Student |
At All Times in the CBM Program
| Students are required to abide by all of the policies and guidelines of the graduate school in which they are matriculated for their thesis research |
Student |
ALL CBM students are required to participate in:
• CBM journal clubs and seminar series
• Annual Tri-Institutional CBM symposium/retreat
(CU-I students participate in existing journal club and research presentation forums on Ithaca campus) |
The student is responsible for meeting ALL deadlines. Failure to comply with any deadline may result in the student's status being placed on hold, thus preventing them from registering for future semesters. The CBM program staff will facilitate the coordination of these processes. |
