<p>i know it varies by the major, but wut do u think is the avg # of credits taken per quarter?
and how hard would it be to manage and get good grades w/ 16-17 credits at drexel, like 4-6 classes?</p>
<p>16-17 credits is usually about 4-5 classes depending if your classes are mostly 3 or 4 credit classes. I’d say the average student takes around this many credits and usually is able to do fine. I don’t think its ever a good idea to take the minimum amount of credits (12) because essentially you are paying the same tuition as if someone takes 20 credits a term. What is good practice is to schedule your classes so you mix some hard ones up with some easy ones. eg: every term I’d try to take a few easy classes to balance the hard ones out instead of leaving all the easy ones or hard ones together. So many people manage good grades with 16-17 credits but again, it really depends on what classes they are, how hard it is, and how much you study.</p>
<p>I know it’s not for a while but a friend and I were discussing move in day.</p>
<p>How does it work since Drexel is in a city? Do people park in the street or do you park in that parking garage all the way past the DAC and walk all your stuff over?</p>
<p>you will sign up for a time to move-in, eg: 9am-12pm on sunday. some people move-in one day early for a small fee like $20 or $30. It will be a controlled chaos, a lot of people directing parking, and you’ll park either in the parking lot bordering the dorm or on the street. There will be friendly staff members and volunteers to welcome you and help move all your stuff into your room as fast as possible from your car. Its a great feeling when you’re finally moved in and by yourself without your parents, I still remember the day very clearly.</p>
<p>Zackdudde Thank you so much for this post. I have been reading it for a while, and it has answered many of my questions. </p>
<p>I had a quick one. I am looking at my cost of attendance and there are two lines labeled Travel, and Miscellaneous. What is this money for? If I assume correctly, it is exactly what it sounds, money for travel expenses and what-not.</p>
<p>My questions is where does this money go? Does Drexel put it on your DragonCard? Or does it get put somewhere else?</p>
<p>these are just estimated costs drexel has included to help you plan how much money is necessary. Drexel never takes that money, transportation and miscellaneous is your money, and in my opinion a lot of it is overestimated, Think of it as personal spending money</p>
<p>zack</p>
<p>1
I have read the suggested curriculum plan that can be downloaded from the website. As I’m quite confident that my AP Calculus will cover all MATH 12* (even if it doesn’t, I’ll request a pre-course test on calculus, at the Drexel orientation, to qualify for an exemption of these single variate calculus courses), I would like to have these courses’ requirements met at the beginning of my freshman year, and go on to the multivariate. I’m also comfortable with linear algebra though I didn’t take its AP, so I’d like to pre-test it out too, or at least have it elected from fall 2009 not my sophomore year. (I was an auditor at Peking University math dept and I got them audited, so I’m not fresh indeed)</p>
<p>2
My AP Computer AB is horrible. I never expected that AP comp was in Java not C until mid April (I mean it was too late for me to realize this and too tough for me to handle a new language that fast. I took the AP on my own and this was a mistake in the timing of AP prep). However, I’m comortable with C and the data structures & algorithm basics in C, i.e. if C (not Java) is the language that CS 131, 132 and 133 use, I’ll again, look for a pre-course test to qualify these courses out and go on to high levels.</p>
<p>3
I understand that with a satisfactory GPA by the time I have 90 - 120 credits, I’ll be able to enroll in the BS/MS. And I’ll be glad to.
But - will my tuition significantly increase, or scholarships significantly decrease, if I should take that accelerated program and elect courses at master’s level?
- That’s one thing that worries me for months. I could read the regulations, now I just want to learn the common situation in the very math department.</p>
<p>4
I would like to take Putnam and Math Modeling (and perhaps other contests too) in my freshman year, but as I read according to the course descriptions, freshmen are sometimes crowded out of these things and the related training, or seminars. I’ll request the department to judge if I’ll make an exception based on some tests on my potential.</p>
<p>Please tell me how to make these met.</p>
<p>Reply expected. Thank you.</p>
<p>wei</p>
<p>Hi wei, as far as I know there are no “pre-tests” to allow you to just opt out of whatever courses you think you don’t need to take. (think about it, if this was the case, everyone would just cram and take a pre-test for every single course so they’d never have to take a course, right?) The only way to get out of a course is if you have valid AP credit or transfer credits from another college that Drexel accepts. Just so you know, there is no guarantee Drexel will accept it in the first place. I do know a bunch of students that got out of MATH 121 and 122 from AP CALC AB but I believe you need a 5 on the test or at very least a 4. I think AP CALC BC covers MATH 121, 122, and 123. (the only ones who take calc III are math majors, physics majors, business and engineering majors, software engineering majors, and math minors) So I think unless you took a linear algebra course at another accredited university that Drexel will accept as a transfer credit, there is little to no chance you can get out of linear algebra, especially with a pretest. Same thing with CS 131, 132, and 133, there is no way to get out of it. You probably can make a case and substitute CS 131, 132, and 133 for a two three credit course such as CS 171/CS 172 (which is taught in C by the way).
As far as your question #3 goes, I’m not entirely sure, I’d talk to someone at financial aid about the BS/MS program but as far as I understand, no it will not affect your financial aid at the undergraduate level and it takes less terms to complete your degree.
I have no clue about the Putnam exam, you should ask someone in the math department about that. I realize your ambitious, but the most important thing I think is to get off freshman year to a sturdy start. The fact that Drexel won’t let you opt out of certain courses is a sign that Drexel takes prestige in their courses. I actually know many people who took AP Calc that took MATH 121/122 over again for the refreshers since it is heavily emphasized in other courses. Look at it this way, if you really know the material, it will be an easy A for you, which will boost up your GPA and help you out later on. I already knew a couple programming languages including C coming into Drexel and got an easy A in CS 171. I assume your a math major right? If you want, PM me and I can hook you up with a few math students/advisors that can be helpful to you and the other questions you have</p>
<p>i looked on drexel’s website about transferable courses, and when i typed in my local CC, it didn’t show any results</p>
<p>does this mean the CC doesn’t have any courses that transfer to drexel? i would find it hard to believe b/c one person from that CC has actually done a 2-yr transfer to drexel</p>
<p>my thinking is that drexel just didn’t bother to make a list for the CC, since it’s in CA and few ppl go to drexel from here lol</p>
<p>i’m a math major. can i elect classes of MATH 3** in my 1st quarter? i dont have an SAT and a weird schedule is the only access to more opportunities, like Honors Program.</p>
<p>p.s. I learned that MATH 3** actually, by myself; but no AP was taken for it.</p>
<p>^ for the community college and eugens’ question</p>
<p>eugens, no you can’t elect MATH 3** in your first quarter. In fact, Drexel will automatically schedule your classes for you, you can’t schedule your own classes unless you talk to your adviser beforehand. Most MATH 3** classes either have prerequisites or require you to be a certain class status (eg: sophomore, pre-junior, or junior). of course there are exceptions to everything if you can figure it out, and i’m not a math major, but as I said we’ve been communicating via personal message and i’ll help you out just give me a little bit of time to get you in contact with the right person</p>
<p>Zack what are your thoughts on the hybrid english 101 class? Is it a good idea?</p>
<p>
Okay I’ve been looking around that site and it didn’t say anything about requiring previous experience with the language if you take 101.</p>
<p>Has anyone taking a modern language without previous experience? Specifically Japanese?</p>
<p>Hi Zach, I’m currently a freshman here & was seriously considering transferring. I live about 2.5-3 hours away because I’m from long island NY, so everybody thinks thats ‘so’ far (but all my friends from home who went to regular schools have gone to places 5,6,7 hours away, but then they have summers OFF)
I was curious if you heard good things about the Physical Therapy program, since I am currently in the accelerated DPT 3+3 program. I think I might not enjoy it here right now so much because I haven’t made that close knit of friends/group here? But its hard because everyone can be somewhere far awy in the city I guess. I’m hopefully joining Drexel Players, going to the two Transfer Orientations, becoming a Transfer Assistant, and living in MIllienium Hall with some stranger I just met (so, with lots of Transfers, and hopefully ‘open doors’).
Do you know if Drexel Players is a strong group of people? I’ve joined so many clubs alredy but they kind of half-do things together. I even am maybe going to look into sororities because its a ‘group’ even though I’m not girly at all and I get that ‘drink and drama’ stigma from them…I like the excitement of greek life stroll, painting the sidewalks, and community service aspect more?</p>
<p>Also, for the PT program, do you know anyone in it? I’m going to have to be at school for a full year, or year and a half (depending if my co-op is switched) and I’m just afraid it might be strenuous (Drexel seems to be a work hard play hard atmosphere with its quarter system and so focused on ‘career’ and ‘job’ over actually enjoying the way there?) that I might want to go to transfer to another school (even though I’d lose the ‘accelerated’ and it would be 7 years instead of my 6 now and cost more $$$!!)</p>
<p>Lastly, how do you get a good of administration? Its such a pain here!</p>
<p>NJJC - I took hybrid English all 3 terms and thought that the style of the class was great. I never had class more than 8 or 9 times a term (one week a term was conferences so we only had to go meet with our teacher for 10-15 minutes instead of the full class), and this past term my teacher canceled class the last week for no reason other than to be nice. With hybrid, you only have class for 1.5 hours once a week, and then there’s online work like discussion posts and/or journals in addition to the papers/projects. If you can keep up with doing work outside of class then it’s a great option for you, but if you need constant reminders then you might be better off having a regular class that’s held 2 or 3 times a week and won’t have as much out-of-class work. Also, every class is going to depend on the professor and how they decide to run the course because everyone has their own style.</p>
<p>Hey Zack!
I’m not sure if your familiar with the art programs, but right now I am still deciding whether or not to go to Westphal or Temple’s Tyler. Have you heard anything about them? I’m leaning towards Temple because alot of people I hear about say they can’t stand Drexel. My sister just graduated saturday from nursing, and she and all her friends would not recommend it to anyone. My sister seemed to be constantly studying, constantly going to school, it seemed she never had a break. I do understand me and her are having two very different majors lol. She also says the school just tries to keep you there longer to try to suck more money out of you.</p>
<p>I read student’s review (website) about drexel and it seems that it’s like that for every student. </p>
<p>I hear alot of things lol >.< As for temple, alot of people seem to love it there and they seem more active and just cool lol. I just don’t know what to decide.<br>
I’m just soo confused and unsure about everything.</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in Graphic Design :] I would appreciate any insight you can give me! Thanks :]</p>
<p>Hi xomissjaye,</p>
<p>I really believe that if any time is a good time to go to Westphal, you probably came at the best time. As you know Drexel is growing a lot and Westphal is one of the big areas that Drexel is pumping money and energy into to make it a top college. See: [Ka-Ching</a>! $25 Million Gift for Drexel | NBC Philadelphia](<a href=“Business – NBC10 Philadelphia”>Business – NBC10 Philadelphia). I can’t speak for your sister because I know many that love the nursing program here at Drexel but the nursing program is (as you mentioned) very different than every other program… (in fact the classes they take are on a different campus). </p>
<p>In general, the quality of life and experience that you’ll be having as class of 2013/2014 will be much better than me. Since I’ve come to Drexel, they’ve built and been building new food and cafeteria places, new dorms, new state of the art athletic centers, etc. As far as your complaint that the school tries to keep you there “longer”, it sounds someone who just had an experience where she got screwed over sometime. Many students actually graduate well under 5 years even if they are on the 5 year program because they can take free classes during their co-ops which can save a lot of money. (just a few years ago, you couldnt even take a class on co-op.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about the graphic design curriculum, but If I were you this is how I would decide: visit both campuses, speak to professors from each program, look at each curriculum and the classes you’d be taking, speak to actual students, look at the overall financial aid you’ll be getting from each college, and which college you like more. I know a lot of people that go to Temple, some love it, some don’t like it. Same thing with drexel - some love it, others don’t. One of the big things that Drexel offers that attracts so many people is its co-op program that gives you a jumpstart over other colleges when it comes to work experience coming out of college.</p>
<p>Also, I’d be more than happy to get you in touch with some graphic design students I’m friends with so you can ask them what they think of the program or if they would have rather gone to another school, just shoot me a private message.</p>
<p>Hey Zach, do you know if it’s too late to appeal your financial aid package? </p>
<p>Obviously I wouldn’t have much room to work with since I already paid my deposit and stuff, but it’s worth a try if I still can.</p>
<p>i don’t think its too late to appeal, its worth a shot.</p>