Weill Cornell Medical College is the biomedical research

Biomedical research

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 unit and medical school

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 of Cornell University

Cornell University

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. The medical college is currently located at 1300 York Avenue

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, on the Upper East Side

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 of Manhattan

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 in New York City

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, along with the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. One of the most selective medical schools in the United States (based on average MCAT, GPA, and acceptance rate in a 2009 issue of U.S. News & World Report

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), Cornell enrolls approximately 100 students per class.