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It definitely is a very competitive program, but I feel that for the enormous quality of the faculty here and the fact that this is an ivy school program, it is less competitive than others. Again, I want to strongly emphasize that this school is fantastic with great research, but I somehow feel a lot of people are not considering applying here when they choose their "top schools". That might just be a personal impression, too. That being said, if you like the research, then go for it!
I will ask my friend if he would be cool with taking your questions. I know he was a gradcafe stalker as well, so I am confident that he will be happy to help out.
I chose WC, because I really liked to sense of community here. That applies to both the interactions between students and between students and faculty. I feel that there are many faculty members that care about providing good education to grad students. Just the fact that everything is physically so close fosters that a lot. Then, I also really liked the idea of living right in Manhattan while still having this scientific community around. Most importantly, the research fit was just a little bit better. I really enjoyed my visit to Chicago and thought the faculty members there really invested in recruiting me, which was very impressive, but in the end I just had a gut feeling that Weill Cornell is my school and it was not a difficult choice to make. It was much harder to reject the other options haha.

Just accepted my offer for Weill Cornell BCMB !! - Super excited about moving to NYC this Fall

Just accepted my offer for Weill Cornell BCMB !! - Super excited about moving to NYC this Fall

Just accepted my offer for Weill Cornell BCMB !! - Super excited about moving to NYC this Fall

So, I was on the "very small" interview weekend for the Integrated Program at Columbia (Feb 6) and it seemed to me that this was a weekend for all those that they wanted to invite but that couldn't make it the previous recruitment days. We were mainly internationals and for me, they basically invited me on that weekend because I was invited for Weill Cornell the weekend afterwards and wanted to make it easier for me, so that I can make the whole thing one single trip from Germany to the US, rather than having to come to New York twice within a period of three weeks or so.
 
Anyways, what they told us is that they are offering admission on a rolling basis, so that it is very possible to receive an offer at a pretty late stage. They also told us, that it can be a good idea to clearly communicate to them if this is your first choice school, especially at a later stage of the process, because at that point they want to make sure that they fill up their spots.

I got accepted for Weill Cornell BCMB !! I really loved the program and I am about 90% sure that I will be attending.. I really liked the research at UChicago as well, but would very much prefer living in Manhattan than living in Hyde Park..

Just got accepted to UChicago CMB - I will be going to grad school in the U.S.!!!!

Just got accepted to UChicago CMB - I will be going to grad school in the U.S.!!!!

Just got accepted to UChicago CMB - I will be going to grad school in the U.S.!!!!

Just got accepted to UChicago CMB - I will be going to grad school in the U.S.!!!!

Just got accepted to UChicago CMB - I will be going to grad school in the U.S.!!!!

Just got accepted to UChicago CMB - I will be going to grad school in the U.S.!!!!

Just got accepted to UChicago CMB - I will be going to grad school in the U.S.!!!!

Just got accepted to UChicago CMB - I will be going to grad school in the U.S.!!!!

Just got accepted to UChicago CMB - I will be going to grad school in the U.S.!!!!

Just got accepted to UChicago CMB - I will be going to grad school in the U.S.!!!!

Just got accepted to UChicago CMB - I will be going to grad school in the U.S.!!!!

Had my skype interview with them yesterday and have a really good feeling about it All the best for you and have fun during the weekend!

Same here! I just have to get an admission offer by at least one of those two programs But I really like UPenn CAMB, too. However, my girlfriend has 4 interviews in NYC as well (NYU, Columbia, Weill Cornell, Rockefeller) and so this seems to be the best option for us to live in the same city and both get into a great program
 
I am so much looking forward to the time in NYC. Will be my first visit to the U.S.! Good luck to you, maybe we'll meet up!

Woohoo, just got an invitation for a preliminary Skype interview (due to my international status) next week for Columbia CMBS.. However, I will be on vacation next week, so I hope they will ok with postponing it for a few days.. I will be in the mountains for some snowboarding and we won't have internet in our room..

Wow that is amazing!! It is getting really intense these days with all the invites people are receiving - the waiting is really tough though

I don't think that there is an actual problem. I having the same thing showing up on my checklist, but received and interview offer on Monday and was not asked to send them any further materials. However, I wrote an email today just to be sure. As soon as I get a response, I will let you guys know.
 
Personnaly, I think that this is just a matter of what information is "in their online application system". It is very unlikely that the transcripts of all 4 or 5 of us that are in this situation actually got lost..

Just received an interview offer from UPenn CAMB!! Super happy!!