<p>sports61kh: some classes curve, others don’t. it all depends on your teacher and class and major.</p>
<p>scs339: your best advantage of drexel over villanova for pre-med is the co-op program. I actually have a couple friends who are bio majors and really like it. You can choose to do co-ops at a hospital, do research, work for a company, do whatever you like. when applying for med school, this will definitely set you apart, and you get a lot of extra time to study for the mcats. if you PM me i can get you in contact with a few people doing the same thing from drexel you are thinking of doing if you have any further questions. I don’t know much about the villanova science program though, sorry, so I can’t do a comparison. If you are a city person though, I’d recommend coming to Drexel. Security is not an issue. There are cops and security guards everywhere, on every corner, all night and all day. There is so much community service that you can do, both on campus and off campus, with clubs, greek life, or others. I can write another post about this if you are interested.</p>
<p>eugens: a lot of people do take advantage of co-op and graduate early. Its not uncommon at all. In fact, its true that you can really be on the 5 year 3 co-op program and graduate in 4 years if you load up on enough classes. You just have to weigh the costs of taking so many classes all the time.</p>
<p>kuzurvusen: i’m not positive on how to go about rooming with your roomate, but make sure you put down the same dorm on your housing application. there should be a place where you can request to live with someone there, but if there isn’t, just call or e-mail university housing to find out, they are very helpful. As far as paying off your loans and tuition with co-op money, I certainly did, and computer engineers usually are on the high scale of amount you make, but of course i can’t answer that question since it would depend a lot on your financial aid and your financial situation. But yes, many students pay off their debts (like me).</p>
<p>eugens: drexel is right next to 30th street station. you can just take the amtrak down from new york city right to drexel. it can’t be more convienent. 30th street station also connects directly to the philadelphia airport if you have a connecting flight. other than that, perhaps you can call drexel and ask them what type of arrangements other international students have. </p>
<p>greensticky: it sounds like you are attacking the posts that i wrote but i never disagreed with your views, nor do i assume my view is the only one here, but I’m obviously taking the time to reply to everyone elses post. i recommend to lots of people who want to come here purely for a major like english, a language, history and politics, or something of that nature that they are better off going to a school more focused on liberal arts or switch their major like business, international relations, etc. As far as dorms go, I’m an upperclassman and I’ve been in every single dorm and lived in suite environments, and traditional freshman dorms, and know many people who do. There is a sense of pride of those living in dorms that their dorm is the “best” which is why i’m not surprised at all of a race kid saying their dorm is the best, because they have a great time in their dorm and want others to experience what they are experiencing. This is true since i lived in towers and always try to convince people to live at towers. One thing that is true is that you will NOT get a chance to live in a “traditional” college dorm after freshman year. You’ll have more than enough chances to live in other suite style dorms, even Race as an upperclass, or frat houses, or houses, or off campus apartments. I feel that living in Race St Dorm is NOT worth the extra money at all, even if you are an honors student for freshman year. You save over $1000 freshman year by NOT living in Race and living in a traditional freshman dorm. That is a fact. A $1000 can go a long way. By all means though, if you are fixed on Race, and only want to live in suites freshman year and willing to pay that $1000, then go ahead and live in Race, you’ll still have a good time like greensticky says.</p>