<p>why does the tuition fee for the 2009-2010 academic year is risen from 29.8k to nearly 31k? Last year it was 28k if I’m not wrong.zzz</p>
<p>[Drexel</a> University | Undergraduate Admissions | Financing Options | Tuition and Fees - Drexel Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/em/undergrad/financing/break-down/default.aspx]Drexel”>http://www.drexel.edu/em/undergrad/financing/break-down/default.aspx)</p>
<p>Hey!</p>
<pre><code> I am a junior in high school and I plan on applying to the
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<p>Medical program at Drexel when I am a senior. I have a projected 3.43
gpa as long as i keep 4.0’s from now on. I know my gpa is low for the
requirements but, my classes are taught by college professors who are
teaching us at college level. I am going to take AP Bio (already took
it), Chem (Junior year), Physics (Senior year) and Calculus (Junior
year). Also, I am taking a few classes at a local college, like
Psychology and some others. I take SAT’s next year. I have three
questions. First, what scores on my SAT should i shoot for so I can
sort of makeup for my slightly low gpa. I have improved in the classes
i did poorly in freshman year. Now I am trying to keep a 4.0 for
junior and senior year. Second question is, how many Sat II’s are
recommended, and in what subjects if i plan on pursuing the medicine
field at Drexel? My last question would be, are there are summer
programs that Drexel has that can have me sort of affiliated with the
school so I can boost my chances of getting into the school. Any type
of programs would help. I just thought of one more question. If I have
any work experience in the medicine field, like through EMT
work/volunteering and/or shadowing a doctor, would that help at all?
Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>i’d highly recommend getting your EMT and volunteering at a local ambulance/first aid squad. This has helped students in the past and will look terrific on your resume now and for many years to come. you’ll also gain a lot of experience</p>
<p>you think that’s sufficient to get into the school in general? other than the basics? What do you think my chances of getting into med program? I am taking ap bio chem, physics and calc. And i am taking about six college classes, first semester next year im taking psych and then something else in science second semester but senior year im taking two classes first and two classes in second semester. Any recommendations for what classes i should try to take. The credits are transferrable for me so it would be worth it.</p>
<p>you do realize that med school is a graduate school after you get your BS or BA right? You need to first get a bachelors to get into med school, in most cases at least, unless it’s an accelerated program. are you talking about getting into the Drexel 7 year accelerated BS/MD program? If so, realize that this program is very very rigorous and very very competitive. only a few students get selected per year and most turn down much more competitive schools such as the ivy’s for the program. i don’t want to deter you from this, but you have to realize this. what is much more practical is pre-med which prepares you for the mcats and med school. biology is very popular for going to med school here at drexel, i have a ton of friends that are doing that. in fact any major practically can prepare you for pre-med if you do everything right. there are lots of engineers that are pre-med, biomedical engineers, nursing majors, psychology majors, chemistry, even a business program like drexel’s business and engineering degree (med schools love diverse students). the great thing about drexel’s co-op program is with the major you like, you can work in a hospital or any type of medical field or job that you like to “try” it out, gain experience, build up your resume, make connections, etc. You may be a biology major and figure out 2 years into the program that you don’t want to be a doctor and go to med school anymore and decide to go into research instead, or maybe the corporate world. keep taking bio, chem, physics, calc, etc though, sciences and math are very good. also i’m not sure what you mean about the credits being transferable, do you mean AP credits? Realize Drexel is not as AP friendly as other colleges (which I believe is a good thing in the end) but it all depends on a variety of things… as a warning, you probably won’t be able to opt out of everything you take AP credits for that your school says you could. don’t be fooled, i’m no pre-med major, and know very little about this, so it would probably be better to ask someone that knows what they are talking about.</p>
<p>thanks a lot man! i guess there is really no chance for me to get into the program but i def will get into the pre med system right? like 8 years of undergrad and then med school. And what i meant from credits was not referring to AP classes, i am just taking them to make my credentials better but im not using them to avoid classes in college. But what i was talking about was taking classes at a college. Like im taking psychology at a local college. I was wondering what other classes i should take.</p>
<p>I was wondering, if i double major (biology and buisness) do you think ill still have a good amount of free time as long as i get my work done and manage my time?</p>
<p>i’m not saying there is really no chance, you should always try and apply and see where you get. it’s better off applying and you might benefit from the experience (i believe there are in person interviews and stuff also). you should definitely take all your core classes- calcs, physics, chems, biology, those are the big ones. as for a double major of biology and business, it’s not impossible, but you will be very busy and it will be very hard (and it might come with a financial impact as well if it takes more terms to complete both degrees). what is much more practical and something that is done all the time is minoring in something, eg: Biology major with a minor in business administration or a Business major with a minor in biology. However, if you were going to major in business, you might as well major in Business and Engineering since it has all your core physics, chemistry, calculus classes, and a good technical front that would much more please a med school than just a plain business degree with no calculus/physics/chem/technical classes etc. when someone goes to med school with any type of business background (including MBAs) they usually have a bigger agenda than just becoming a doctor, it’s usually using the business background they have to open up their own doctors office, do a lot of managing, or open up or rise in management as a doctor and get the big, big, bucks… </p>
<p>any major can be easy if you are a good manager and you have good study habits and know the right places to go, or it could be very hard if you don’t do well with your time, procrastinate, party every night, don’t take advantage of the resources you have, etc.</p>
<p>also just fyi, the big disadvantage of the 7 year bs/md program at drexel is you are just at one college your whole time. Most likely (but not always), students with a pre med major at drexel will choose to go to another school, sometimes with a whole different look and feel of their college. Then they might even go to a whole other different environment to do their residency. Think of going to college in philadelphia and then going to med school at upenn across the street, or a school in california, texas, or even florida. you’ll certainly get much more experience. In one way, drexel’s co-op program allows you to experience this just when completing your bachelors degree with their work experience. i’ve known biology students who have had co-ops in california, and all over the place. there are even students that work around the world called co-op abroad, and of course you can always study abroad. </p>
<p>One other thing to look at if you are interested in business as well is the joint MD/MBA. Drexel actually offers a relatively good program in this, as well as a few other schools. Here are a few links: (the only thing to realize is a MD/MBA takes longer time, and will cost more money at the graduate level than a business undergrad and straight medical degree)… however depending on what your goal is, it might be worth it. it’s a long time in the future but it’s great to see your options way in advance.</p>
<p>here are a few MD/MBA programs
[LeBow</a> : Prospective Students : MBA and Graduate : MD/MBA](<a href=“Top MBA Degree Programs - Philadelphia | Drexel LeBow”>http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/Prospects/MBA/MdMBA/index.php)
[Yale</a> School of Management - MD/MBA Program](<a href=“http://mba.yale.edu/MBA/curriculum/md_mba/index.shtml]Yale”>http://mba.yale.edu/MBA/curriculum/md_mba/index.shtml)
[Wake</a> Forest MBA - MD/MBA Program](<a href=“http://www.mba.wfu.edu/default.aspx?id=141]Wake”>http://www.mba.wfu.edu/default.aspx?id=141)</p>
<p>alright, ill def apply when it comes around. do you know how much is tuition for drexel per year including housing? I plan on either double majoring or having buisness as a minor. Im hoping i can get done in four years. Im doing buisness as a side thing i can do to make money.</p>
<p>btw any tips on financial aid and other ways to save money on tuition</p>
<p>and he would care why? why did you even reply to the thread if you don’t like him?</p>
<p>zach…quick question…knowing that i have ap classes and that i am taking all ap/college prep courses, as long as i get a SAT in the 2000’s, will i be able to get into Drexel as an undergraduate with a 3.3 gpa?</p>
<p>also, wouldn’t the fact that I have improved in the classes that i did poorly in before help as well?</p>
<p>Hey Zack, this section really isn’t much of a question, but I wanted to say thanks a lot for putting so much time and effort into this thread. I’ve read mostly everything from page one, which helped me to first decide I wanted to go to Drexel, and then gave me clear information once I was accepted. I don’t think many people would be able to check this regularly for such a long time, so I give you some major kudos. I think you’ve helped out a lot more people with this thread than you think. Thanks for putting the time into us "pre-frosh"es (for lack of a better word) and aiding the confused. Good luck in senior year, by the way.</p>
<p>Anyways, I do have a couple questions for you… haha.
- I am attending this fall for the Digital Media program. I kept hearing Glen Muschio (Head of Westphal, I believe?) talk about an accelerated 5-year program. All the other questions I’ve had about academics have been answered by enough searching online, but I can’t find anything about this accelerated masters program… Have you heard anything about it or have any friends who participated? </p>
<p>2) Regarding student life, how is the interaction between different parts of the student body? Some campuses I went to seemed to have this divide between certain majors and cliques. I wasn’t sure if at Drexel people tended to only hang out with people in their major or if everyone at Drexel was part of one community (Art majors hanging out with Engineers, for example). Like I said, many campuses are divided by major or academic status, but some that I visited seemed a lot more welcome. How’s Drexel?</p>
<p>bballkid, i can’t answer if you’ll get in or not, i do not know. however, drexel is getting more and more competitive. its kind of funny because every year Drexel says this freshman class is the “smartest” because the gpa and sat scores keep getting higher and higher. it is certainly going to be harder to get into drexel than a couple years ago when i applied, but probably a few years after you apply it will be even harder to get in than before.</p>
<p>hey DU2013, I’m glad you found my posts helpful. i wish i had someone to ask all the questions i had about drexel when i was in your shoes… i definitely never thought that i would be answering this many questions many months later. i don’t know about the specifics of that 5 year program, but there are two types of accelerated programs at drexel for the most part. Accelerated programs that you apply to when you get accepted to the school, and accelerated programs that you apply to while you are in school (usually about halfway through your degree). </p>
<p>You can look at all the accelerated degrees here:
[Drexel</a> University | Undergraduate Admissions | Academic Programs | Accelerated Degree Programs - Drexel Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/em/undergrad/academic-programs/accelerated-degrees/default.aspx]Drexel”>http://www.drexel.edu/em/undergrad/academic-programs/accelerated-degrees/default.aspx)
As you see, you cannot apply to the BS/MS in Digital Media accelerated program as a freshman applicant, you must be a drexel student in between 90 and 120 credits to apply. i believe this is very good, since not many high school students know for sure what type of graduate level work they want to do, even though you may think you do, things may change. For example, you may end up wanting to get your MBA instead of an MS in Digital Media. Also, the accelerated degrees to get accepted to in high school are extremely competitive, and if you don’t have that 3.9/4 high school gpa, it might be hard for you to get into it. however, if you apply when you are a drexel student, you have your college academic performance that can get you in and usually if you have over a 3.5 you’ll be ok. </p>
<p>As far as student life, I do not believe Drexel is divided into majors like you mentioned. For example, I have friends in almost every single major at Drexel. Freshman year, you’ll have just about every single major on your floor, unless you are in one of the specific learning communities (eg: the business learning community). anyways, alot of freshman classes are with all the drexel students and not one major. eg: your basic english or math classes. Social frats and sororities are made up of every single major as well, as is rec sports and every single social group and that doesn’t have to do with a certain area of academics. Eg: The bioengineering club obviously won’t have art majors.</p>
<p>thanks a lot man for all your help! I am sure it will get competitive. Crossing my fingers it stays as easy as Rutgers cause if it is, I will def. get in. haha!</p>
<p>Hi Zack,</p>
<p>Do you know if its possible to switch into the 7 year BS/MD program after freshman year?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Hi Zack,
My daughter is applying to Westphal’s music industry major for the business track. She doesn’t have much on her resume to demonstrate that the music industry is her passion. She will be starting a good internship with a record producer in two weeks, but that’s about all she would have on paper to show Westphal that this is her thing. Can you give us any information about what other students in the music industry major have done before arriving at Drexel? Had we known about this program earlier, we could have planned better, but we just found out about it not long ago. Getting into this major would be a dream come true for my daughter and we are trying to find out as much as possible. We’ve read a bunch of your posts and you are so well informed! Thanks so much.</p>
<p>vanillasky, I’m pretty sure its only for entering freshmen, however there are similar programs once you are a drexel student and you perform well such as the early assurance program. see: [SCDC:</a> Steinbright Career Development Center](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/scdc/careerservices/pre-professional-advising/prehealth/pre-health-app.html]SCDC:”>http://www.drexel.edu/scdc/careerservices/pre-professional-advising/prehealth/pre-health-app.html)</p>
<p>mariw, I actually received a similar message about this before. I would recommend visiting the school (they keep track of who comes to visit to see who is serious). When you visit the school, let them know your interested in the music industry program and see if you can meet with the department head for the program during your visit and a few professors. You might need to send a few e-mails and make a few phone calls to do this. Either way, I’d recommend that your actual daughter makes the phone calls and writes the e-mails. Although I’m not exactly sure how the admissions process works for that program, you certainly will have a head above anyone else in a similar situation because the faculty will most likely remember your name and note your interest. Besides that, you can review the music industry curriculum and ask the professors and department heads their best advice for putting together an admissions package (and maybe even have some professors read over your admissions essay). In the past students actually had to submit a whole portfolio, but I believe that has changed in the past year or so, so it wouldn’t be much help to get advice with that. However you could also ask to get in touch with a few music industry students and have them give you general advice as well. hope this helps</p>