Having gone to NYU, the institution is bloated, the quality of education could be way better for many disciplines and they could charge less tuition to students

Having gone to NYU, the institution is bloated, the quality of education could be way better for many disciplines and they could charge less tuition to students and still be completely fine. If you look at their budget every year they have an "other" line that's very big and comprises all these types of dealings. It's scummy and doesn't fulfill the mission of teaching people, but it sure does enrich specific people. I still remember taking a course under Julian Togelius where we had to translate some statement from hex or something that amounted to "Columbia is better than NYU". So even the well respected research professors agree on the quality of the education. Shout out to the various student run labs and individual professors I worked with that made the experience more worthwhile and who actually care to foster curious students. NYU continues to have the audacity to reach out to me for handouts though.