Timeline and Requirements
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Deadline | Description |
Pre-Admission | Admissions | |
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December 1 | Application deadline | |
Early January | Interview invitations extended | |
February – March | Selected applicants are interviewed in NYC during the CBM Open House | |
March | Acceptance letters sent; accepted students visit Ithaca (optional) | |
April 15 | Deadline for students to accept offers of admission to program |
Year 1 | Summer Session (Ithaca or NYC) | |
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July | Students begin first laboratory rotation | |
Late July | Students submit course approval form (for fall semester courses) to CBM Program Co-Directors | |
August | Students attend the annual summer retreat |
First Semester (Same location as summer session) | ||
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Late August | Students attend Orientation activities | |
Sept-Dec | Students take graduate level courses; begin another laboratory rotation | |
October | Students submit course approval form (for spring semester courses) to CBM Program Co-Directors | |
Second Semester (Ithaca or NYC) | ||
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January-May | Students take graduate level courses; begin another laboratory rotation | |
Year 2 Summer |
Summer Year 2 (Ithaca or NYC) | |
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May 15-June 30 | If necessary, students perform another laboratory rotation | |
June 30 | Deadline for selection of thesis lab |
Fall Year 2 & Beyond |
Fall Year 2 and beyond (Ithaca or NYC) | |
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June 30 | All students will write and defend a thesis proposal for their A Exam (CU-I), ACE (Weill Cornell/Sloan Kettering), or TRP at The Rockefeller University. 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. | |
Every 6-12 months | Thesis Committee meetings at least every 12 months (Years 3 and 4) then at least every 6 months (Year 5 and beyond); Thesis Committee report must be filed with CBM and the graduate school in which student is enrolled. |
Ongoing | At all times in the CBM Program | |
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At all times | Students are required to abide by all policies and procedures of the CBM program and the graduate school in which they are matriculated for their thesis research | |
ALL CBM students are required to participate in:
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