I visited NYU back in March, and talked to a first year student there who is a friend of my sister. Anyhow, this is her account of NYU. I am just retelling what I heard, maybe some other NYU students can confirm it.
I was told last year, NYU enrolled 280 students instead of the 220 students as the administration claimed. As a result, there was a problem with accomodating the extra students.
Another issue was the slight change in curriculum. At first I thought NYU changed to PBL, but they did not. They introduced a few classes about patient care, preventive dental medicine, etc and many students complained about the extra work. I stopped by one of the lecture and only about 50 first year students were there, when there are about 280 first year students enrolled in the program. (Maybe someone can confirm this number of first year students because I just think the number of 280 first year is just outragous.)
Anyhow, also, many students signed petitions to complain with the administration regarding the fact that some professors changed the grading procedures after the exams have been taken. An example was how the professor told the class that the passing grade was 70%, but after the exam, the passing grade was 75% or 80% or something along that line. This resulted in more complains from students, etc.
Also, I was told some students outright complain in lectures infront of professors, calling them names and such, ( I really hope this is not true) because of the changes in syllabus, etc.
Anyhow, overall, this friend of my sister is doing ok at NYU. She said that anyone that got accepted should be willing to work hard, and if they work hard, they will be ok. She seems to be doing ok, not at the top of the class, but that is not what she is aiming for. Housing is another issue, but I won't get into it here. Anyhow, that is what I have heard, I went all the way from CA to NYU only to be dissapointed, because initially, I wanted to pack my suitcases to leave CA and head to NYU because it seems so intriguing to live in NYC, but then again, to be realistic, I should pick a school not based on the city but based on the school....
So that's it, I hope this helps, and again, I cannot absolutely guarantee what I just typed is true, but that is what i heard,
good luck to you guys and gals with your decisions,