<p>Recently I was accepted into the accelerated BS/PhD program at Drexel on top of receiving an 18,000 dollar yearly scholarship and acceptance to the honors college there. I had a few concerns and was wondering if anyone could give me their opinions. The scholarship is only renewable for my undergraduate years in the program and I was just a little concerned with paying the graduate price. How often do students get money from schools such as Drexel for graduate degrees. Also i just wanted to get a general consensus for the difficulty of doing an accelerated program such as this. I am in no way trying to say that I want an easy route, as I understand the commitment and hard work that I'll have to put in, but I really have a desire to pursue a doctoral degree.</p>
<p>I also forgot to mention the program is for Chemical Engineering</p>
<p>You do not pay for full time graduate programs. They will pay you and you will serve as a TA in addition to doing research that will benefit the university.</p>
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<p>Why would you bump this? You got your answer, and it was the correct one.</p>
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<li>You may want to find out:</li>
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<p>1.1: The average # years it takes to get a PhD in Chemical Engineering at Drexel if you took the accelerated program versus the normal BS –> Phd. </p>
<p>1.2: What is the average course load/semester for accelerated program & the average GPA of students in this program? (In other words, how are they accelerating the requirements & will it have negative impact on your overall GPA?)</p>
<p>1.3: How long does it take to finish the requirements for BS? Will you be awarded the BS degree at the end of meeting all the requirements, or at a later point in the due course of the program?</p>
<p>1.4: If you left the program after getting your BS, will there be any penalties? If so, what are they?</p>
<p>2.0: Are you ready to pay roughly $33,930/year (=$51,930-$18,000) for the duration of your undergraduate at Drexel? I presume you have evaluated similar options at other Universities.</p>