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It’s not just the medical school. It has taken over so many buildings in the villages and made the whole area its campus. Kind of ridiculous from the local point of view. The whole school is run like a land-grabbing mafia. It has a lot of wonderful programs, its art, law, and performance programs are so top notch. But sorry, its medical school has never been considered in that league. Most NYC residents would rather go to Presbyterian for anything than Bellevue.
Funny you say that. I was very happy when Martin Scorsese was the university wide commencement speaker when I graduated from medical school. I used to tell people, “I went to med school at NYU. You might have heard of it’s film school.”…lol
To be fair, NYU never had a traditional campus with a large quad like Columbia, so it needs to grab what space it can mixed in with lower Manhattan. I don’t begrudge them that.
I’m sure things have changed since NYU became tuition free. But when I was there, nobody that I knew of chose NYU over Cornell or Columbia. Many chose NYU over Mt. Sinai, Downstate, and Einstein. I think all 6 are excellent schools.