PASD693

I talked to Ms. Zaya Sivo. I think it's possible that Ms. Sivo was referring to the fact that they have already made a decision from the systems biology department, but it could be that the formal processing takes a bit longer because of having to go through so much red tape. If Dr. Diana Murray told you that you have been accepted, I am sure you will get an offer from them soon. Since she is the department head of Systems Biology, I am definitely sure that she knows what she is talking about!  
However, as for CMBS, I have seen that a few people have already made posts about receiving offers from the program (http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=Columbia+integrated).

Call me a pessimist, but I think it would be detrimental to your chances unless you can come up with a really great reason as to why you can't do Monday morning- unfortunately, I don't think telling the committee that you have a test and a paper counts as one.  It's likely that you're not the only one who was asked for a Monday interview, which means that you'd be asking them to make an exception for you.  Sounds like a tough situation, but I think you should try your best to be ready for Monday.  Good luck!

Call me a pessimist, but I think it would be detrimental to your chances unless you can come up with a really great reason as to why you can't do Monday morning- unfortunately, I don't think telling the committee that you have a test and a paper counts as one.  It's likely that you're not the only one who was asked for a Monday interview, which means that you'd be asking them to make an exception for you.  Sounds like a tough situation, but I think you should try your best to be ready for Monday.  Good luck!

Call me a pessimist, but I think it would be detrimental to your chances unless you can come up with a really great reason as to why you can't do Monday morning- unfortunately, I don't think telling the committee that you have a test and a paper counts as one.  It's likely that you're not the only one who was asked for a Monday interview, which means that you'd be asking them to make an exception for you.  Sounds like a tough situation, but I think you should try your best to be ready for Monday.  Good luck!

Call me a pessimist, but I think it would be detrimental to your chances unless you can come up with a really great reason as to why you can't do Monday morning- unfortunately, I don't think telling the committee that you have a test and a paper counts as one.  It's likely that you're not the only one who was asked for a Monday interview, which means that you'd be asking them to make an exception for you.  Sounds like a tough situation, but I think you should try your best to be ready for Monday.  Good luck!

Nope, didn't apply to CSBi.  I did get an email to interview for UCSF though, and just got the call for Stanford Biomedical Informatics!