Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University

Weill Cornell Medicine

Type	Private
Established	1898
Parent institution	Cornell University
Academic staff	1,049
Students	410
Location	New York City, New York, U.S.
Website	weill.cornell.edu

Weill Cornell Medicine /waɪl kɔːrˈnɛl/ is the biomedical research unit and medical school of Cornell University, a private Ivy League university. The medical college is located at 1300 York Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, along with the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

One of the most selective medical schools in the United States (based on analysis by U.S. News & World Report), Cornell enrolls approximately 100 students per class. In 2015, 6,183 persons applied, and 800 were interviewed for only 106 seats. The average undergraduate GPA and MCAT scores for successful applicants were 3.84 and 36, respectively. The college is named after benefactor and former Citigroup chairman Sanford Weill.

The school was founded on April 14, 1898, with an endowment by Col. Oliver H. Payne. It was established in New York because Ithaca, where the main campus is located, was deemed too small to offer adequate clinical training opportunities. James Ewing was the first professor of clinical pathology at the school, and for a while was the only full-time professor.