<p>zack does co-op take int’l students’ cpt or opt? if it takes opt then will there be a compensation in opt after we graduate?</p>
<p>no idea, you’re better off calling drexel and asking them or asking an international student. PM me if your having trouble reaching someone</p>
<p>I have some small questions on the co-op. So Do we all have to apply for co-op ourselves, how does Drexel involve in student’s choosing a co-op position ? I mean helping to pick the right jobs, build up lists of possible jobs and so on. Is co-op a requirement for graduation ? Does Drexel guarantee that all students would get a co-op job during their study at Drexel? THose are my most concerned issues till now. If later questions pop up , I will have to ask you more 
thanks heaps in advance !!</p>
<p>Yes you apply for co-op positions yourself. Drexel has their own online job system (similar to monster.com). It has thousands of co-op jobs offered for students and you apply for these jobs and submit your resume. If the employer likes you, they call you in for an interview. You can then pick and choose what job you want if you get more than one offer after an interview. There are three rounds (A, B, and C round), so the jobs that people reject and the jobs that people don’t apply for in A round goes to B and then C round. Nothing is guarenteed that you will get a job, but I will tell you that of every single person I’ve known, nobody has failed to get a co-op job unless due to their own negligence (eg: they didn’t apply for jobs). There are plenty out there, although some might be better than others. Co-op is not a requirement for graduation although the co-op office would like you to think that to try to make you do everything correctly (eg: evaluations and whatnot). You can also do an independent job search and find a job anywhere as long as its relevant to your major in some way (you just need to get it approved). Many people work at family businesses, or even find their own co-ops overseas (drexel has a number of programs for co-op abroad), across the country, or government internships.</p>
<p>i heard that placement tests r gonna be available online soon…</p>
<p>umm could sum1 explain the implications of these tests? like what would these tests do for us differently in comparison with AP credits in the same subject?
can these tests completely waive certain courses? or are they just a guide for us to see which classes we should enroll in, whereas AP credits actually let us skip courses?</p>
<p>sports61kh: <a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/provost/advising/placement_exams.html#1[/url]”>http://www.drexel.edu/provost/advising/placement_exams.html#1</a></p>
<p>“In order to ensure that you are placed into courses for which you are well prepared, Drexel’s faculty has developed a set of placement examinations. These examinations reflect the proficiency that is expected of students to be ready for the curriculum presented in the various college level Mathematics, English, Chemistry and Modern Language courses.”</p>
<p>Hmm I haven’t taken Chemistry since Sophmore year…should I be worried? </p>
<p>And what is “Modern Language Courses”? Is that like Spanish and what not? I haven’t taken that since Sophomore year either…</p>
<p>The chem placement test is to see whether or not you are prepared for chem 101. The course goes over a lot of high school material fairly quickly in the first few weeks of fall term, so if you haven’t had chem before, I believe they will put you in a lower chem class for preparation (although I don’t know anyone who started below chem 101). The other implication of the chem test is that if you do well, you can take the honors courses of it. However, the honors chem is really no different than regular chem except that you have to do a few extra homework problems a week (that most people never did anyway) and you have a different lecturer. The best lecturer for chem 101 is Dr. King though, so many honors kids just choose to attend his lectures (unfortunately they were always at 9am so I never wanted to wake up and went to the honors lecture instead). I hadn’t had chem since soph year either and aced chem 101 and 102 no problem, so you should be fine as long as you follow along with the courses and don’t fall far behind, because then you will struggle on the exams.</p>
<p>English placement tests are basically to see if you want to take a regular class (3 hours a week) or a hybrid class (one 1.5 hour class a week and then online work). You can also write an essay to try for honors English, but that’s not required. I took hybrid for ENGL 101, 102, and 103 and found it to be relatively easy, but it all depends on the teacher and if you can keep up with online work or if you prefer more face-to-face interaction.</p>
<p>The math exam is basically to see what math track you’ll be taking, but that’s also dependent on your major and its requirements. </p>
<p>Modern language exams are like French, Spanish, etc. They aren’t required until you want to take a language course. </p>
<p>None of the placement tests actually let you place out of courses, because then a lot of people would probably just cheat to get all of the answers right.</p>
<p>Woah thanks for the reply sarahjudith!
I guess I won’t take a language course. Unless they let you into one with no prior experience. Like I’m interested in Japanese, but never took a class in it or anything. Are there beginners classes or anything? or is it required to have prior knowledge?</p>
<p>kuzurvusen: [Drexel:</a> COAS: C&C: Modern Languages: JAPANESE: Academics](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/coas/culturecomm/lang/japanese/academics.asp]Drexel:”>http://www.drexel.edu/coas/culturecomm/lang/japanese/academics.asp)</p>
<p>zackdude : every detail you gave me is of great help…thanks a lot !!!
Well the placement test is coming soon while I haven’t had even a sense of what it is…is it just a procedure to assist students in choosing appropriate classes ?</p>
<p>so even if we do poorly on a placement exam (i.e. math/chem), but we may have AP credit for it, would the AP credit take precedence? or would we have to get a good placement exam score along w/ the AP credit to place out of courses?</p>
<p>oh and since i took the SAT, i only need to take that little quiz for english. is that where we indicate that we want to do a hybrid thing? is hybrid the same thing as regular class, except that u don’t have to literally walk to a classroom as much?</p>
<p>getitlow - They are basically short “tests” you take online that quiz you on some knowledge you may have learned in high school depending on the courses you took. Based on how you do, you will be placed in certain level classes. You actually don’t get to choose the classes you take first term, you are automatically assigned a schedule.</p>
<p>sports - I believe the AP credit would take precedence (provided you get a 5 or a 4 if you’re in an accelerated program), but there should be no reason for you to do poorly. The tests aren’t hard by any means. If you’ve had calculus the math one will be a complete joke, especially if you have a graphing calculator handy. And the English placement exam is basically a survey for hybrid vs. regular. You can also email your adviser and asked to get switched to hybrid or regular once you get your schedule. I was originally scheduled for class 3x a week and got it changed to a hybrid one for the first term. The classes cover the same material, hybrid just requires online work like discussion posts and journals since you have half the amount of class time as regular courses. Each teacher has different requirements though.</p>
<p>do we send final transcripts to the 3141 chestnut st address, or the P.O. box one?
and is there a link to a site about freshman orientation? cuz i only get page not found when i search</p>
<p>Hey Zack-</p>
<p>I was wondering if you or anyone else who is familiar w/ the freshman dorms could share some info…</p>
<p>specifically about the room and bathroom layout.</p>
<p>This is pretty embarrassing, but I have a medical problem and at times really need a bathroom quickly. At home-- no prob–I share a bathroom w/ my brother. In a dorm situation, from what I can tell, I’ll be sharing w/ at least 3-4 other people.</p>
<p>Im not sure if it would be better to apply for a suite or just go for the traditional bathroom down the hall setup.</p>
<p>Whatever way, i wouldn’t want to share a bathroom with me</p>
<p>don’t be in a suite, choose a dorm with a community bathroom. the community bathrooms have tons of stalls, so you’ll have no problem with it being used. In a suite, if one of your friends is in the bathroom for a while, you’re SOL. Not only that, you can do all the nasty stuff you want to and you don’t even have to clean up after yourself. (custodians clean the community bathroom for you)</p>
<p>Hey Zack, thank you so much for your help.</p>
<p>I’m going to attend drexel at upcoming fall and winter quarter as an international exchange student. After your recommendations I will give the traditional dorm life like ‘Towers’ a try. Do you know how many internationals live in the freshmen-halls ?
Because I’m trying to avoid international-crowded dorms like the int.house where you might get too stuck and miss a lot of the general study-life.</p>
<p>Are there people over 21 in the freshmen halls ? Not that I’m the only one on my floor who can go to clubs :D</p>
<p>The last question regards the meal plan system. Is there a difference between Drexel dollars and Dining dollars ? Both can be used to buy food at different merchants, but the Dining dollars forfeit at the end of a quarter, but the Drexel dollars don’t ?
The price of a meal plan refers to 3 month, right? The alternating usage of “term”, “semester” and “quarter” confuses me sometimes.</p>
<p>i know there was a couple international students on my floor in towers, I don’t think they were exchange students though. However, the people in the freshmen halls most likely won’t be 21. Most of them will be between the ages of 17 and 19 starting out. The meal plan price is per quarter, and there is 3 quarters freshmen year. There are four 3 momth quarters in a year.</p>
<p>hey zack, are there any first year students living off-campus?</p>
<p>I have a friend who currently live in Phily so I want to share a house with him to reduce the room and board cost. I will tell Drexel that he is my relative. So am I allowed to live offcampus in that case? ( I’m over 18 already)</p>
<p>yes, there are many first year students that live off campus and commute. Obviously, they will try to give you a hard time if your mailing address doesn’t say your from the area, so I recommend coming up with a good excuse to beat the system. They might even ask for proof.</p>