In fact, 18 universities _applied_ to an invitation by NYC. The HN headline is rather misleading, making it sound like Stanford has independently decided to branch out into New York.
They are proposing 440 or so students to start, eventually 2,200. They ideate bringing West Coast entrepreneurialism out to the East Coast; a nice idea!
I think what's likely to happen is that they will graduate 380 people who suddenly discover a love of quant-finance.
Look for Stanford school of Applied Math to launch soon. : )
I moved to Roosevelt Island a year ago. It's really a unique spot in the city. Surrounded by water, a cable car to Manhattan, loads of indoor and outdoor sports facilities, and some interesting (and spooky) history.
The Main Street area is pretty disappointing. It's pretty run down and not much going on. Most residents head over to Manhattan for shopping and restaurants.
Hopefully if this goes through it will be a catalyst for Roosevelt Island to up it's game.
Access to the F train, for one, and amazing manhattan views, for two. We were either going to live on Roosevelt Island or in Queens, and we ended up saving some money in Jackson Heights.
If Stanford wants to really lead when they get to NYC they should open the campus in Brooklyn instead of doing the me too thing and going to Manhattan.
