<p>on a map, i noticed that race street hall is pretty far from the biological sciences classrooms and labs, but i was wondering if the hall is near the edge of campus?</p>
<p>oh and when they say honors colloquia, do they mean the courses designated as HNRS-some# (i.e. HNRS-200)?
if that’s true, then to stay in the honors college, u only need to keep the 3.2, not get arrested, take 3 of the HNRS courses, and then go to sports events/concerts/etc twice a quarter?</p>
<p>How’s the Modern Languages Department there? Specifically Japanese and French?</p>
<p>Is Drexel University a good school for my major?</p>
<p>ok so I got accepted to their school but I was just wondering, is Drexel University a good school for me to go to if I want to major in psychology? Well specifically I want to become a psychiatrist. I know that they’re well known for their engineering, but I was wondering that since they offer the Co-op program, would it be a good choice for me since I already know that I want to become a psychology major?
Thanks!</p>
<p>P.S. If you have attended Drexel or are currently attending the institution and you just so happen to major in psychology, please let me know how your experience’s were!!!
Thanks again!
=]</p>
<p>Hi NJJC, no your parents don’t go to summer orientation with you. Its just the student. They’ll put you up in the dorm in a room with another student for the night. Its really fun, they’ll put on a bunch of activities for you, and you’ll get some lectures about Drexel, and get put in groups and have a bunch of icebreakers etc to get over the awkwardness of everyone around you that you don’t know. A lot of people meet a friend there that they decide to room with during freshman year. For me though, I didn’t really meet anyone special during my summer orientation. Its just a way to get “oriented” with drexel i guess… Certain orientations there happens to be parties that a lot of students go to, but of course they’ll try to discourage you from going to your first drexel party at orientation.</p>
<p>sports61kh, Race street hall is not far at all from the center of campus. yes honors has a few of their own courses and I believe all freshmen take a 2 credit introduction to honors college class. I know there’s a lot of questions about the honors college that have come up on this message board, and I will tell you that everyone knows the honors college at Drexel really doesn’t mean anything. I am not in the honors college, and I am not sour about it at all, but I just don’t believe any “honors college” kid had an advantage over me in anything. The BIGGEST benefit is you get to register for your classes early, but for me I have priority registration anyways.</p>
<p>You actually don’t need a 3.2 GPA to stay in the honors college. I know kids who have well less than 3.0 GPAs and they seem to be on “honors college probation”, whatever that means. Bottom line, is you really can not go to any honors college events at all, and your grades can plummet, but it would be a few years before they ever got around from officially kicking you out. Also, the honors college hates students already enrolled in the university, which to me doesn’t make sense. You have to go through a big application process and they won’t consider you if you have less than a 3.75 gpa. To me this is ironic, because they are trying to set high standards for themselves, yet a lot of students in the college don’t have good grades or even participate in any type of extracurriculars.</p>
<p>I really think that the “honors college” is more of a admission and recruitment ploy for drexel. That’s not to say that they aren’t trying to change the honors college, I know they are adding courses and more benefits (eg: with the opening of the honors dorm last year) so by the time you come to Drexel it very well may mean a lot.</p>
<p>so overall, you do not have to worry about failing out of the honors college. its more likely drexel will take away your academic scholarships and put you on academic probation before you’d get processed out of the honors college. Congratulations for getting in though, because there are a few perks and advantages like events and concerts you can go to, a few additional classes you can take, and free printing in the honors lounge, but besides early registration, nothing substantial in my eyes.</p>
<p>mz0111935, Drexel has a fantastic psychology program. They make a big deal that its ranked #7 in the nation about something. However, I know a bunch of students in it and most are very happy with it. Co-op will give you a real great advantage, especially if you get a job working with a psychiatrist. I’ll be glad to get you in contact with a few psychology majors at drexel if you have any specific questions, just send me a private message.</p>
<p>11h30, drexel does have a big language department. I wouldn’t consider it a major “language school” though because I don’t believe you can major in any foriegn language and that’s not the focus point. However, the language minors are very big thing, I know tons of people who minor in languages and hare happy with the program, and you have students from all different majors that take a wide variety of languages especially in order to study abroad.</p>
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<p>What are my Chances for drexel ?</p>
<p>(eg: with the opening of the honors dorm last year>>>></p>
<p>Hey Zack-</p>
<p>Would you want to live in the honors dorm? Is it alot nicer? Closer to classes? Or is it nerdy & not as fun as regular dorms?</p>
<p>I like the idea odf the honors program, but I want to be around a mix of kids, not just honors students.</p>
<p>Ok - so we are down to the wire - live in central NJ - Drexel is my daughters first choice - physics major - $11k scholarship - trying figure out if Drexel is worth the additional $15k it will cost per year over Rutgers instate tution! I think the co-ops are definitely a huge factor - but is it enough?</p>
<p>Do I guide her to go to RU and graduate with little debt with an eye towards grad school or do we bank on the co-op program and have her graduate with $60-$75k in debt?</p>
<p>RU seems to have a lot to offer - research university, special dorm/programs for women in STEM fields - my husband is looking at the sticker price and saying its gotta be RU - no brainer. </p>
<p>We are visiting Drexel again on Tuesday and hope this will make things clearer. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>First, is your daughter planning on a four year degree or stretching it to five or six years. If you are looking at the five year plan then the Drexel five year coop may be an option. Then there is the NJ Stars program to if she is eligible and the deadlines aren’t passed. The rules have changed a bit but two years free at community college and A minus grades finish the last two years at Rutgers with minimal cost.</p>
<p>I heard that it’s pretty hard to get your admission rescinded by Drexel. Do they care if my grade slip in the second semester of my senior year?</p>
<p>G Fresh: don’t live in the honors dorm. i’ve wrote about it a lot on here, its not worth the extra cost. many honors students don’t live in the honors dorm.</p>
<p>Racer12: feel free to contact me and i’ll get you in touch with current students in the drexel physics major. also, i would consider appealing for more financial aid.
finally, when it comes down to it, i tell people over and over again, do not make the decision for her. Let her do what she wants to do and she’ll be a lot happier and have a better experience.</p>
<p>kirtar: don’t worry about it just realize it might affect things like financial aid if you decide to appeal and they want to see your updated scholarship. just don’t fail anything bad and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Hey, I have been accepted for Biomed Engineering 4 year co-op and I am switching to 5 year, do you think that is a good decision for me? I want to go to Drexel Med School right after, I also got a scholarship worth 14 grand and an award for 2 grand. </p>
<p>I visited Drexel about 4 times and I loved it, I really want to go here. I am just confused about what co-op I should do, and what would be best for me to get into Med School at Drexel University</p>
<p>Hi vp22346. first of all, some people do 4 year with 1 co-op, most do 5 year 3 co-op. the downside about 4 year 1 co-op is that its all work and mostly no fun. If your the type of person that wants the most of his college experience, have more opportunities to do things like study abroad, etc, do the 5 year 3 co-op. I try to convince everyone to do a 5 year 3 co-op because you really get the most out of it. Med schools love to see diverse resumes and experiences. You can do a co-op doing research, a co-op in a hospital, a co-op in a pharmaceutical giant working on technology, the possibilities are endless and it might also help you decide what field of medicine to go into… or maybe even you’ll decide you don’t want to go to med school if you fall in love with a research co-op or something.</p>
<p>Either way, start off as a 5 year co-op which is less tuition per year. At the very least you can switch to 4 year co-op sometime during freshman year, or you can even switch to 4 year 1 co-op after your first co-op if for some reason you decide you don’t like it. Of the countless people I know that could have switched from 5 to 4 after their first co-op, only one that I know of did.</p>
<p>Also some people even use one co-op cycle to practice for their mcats and do other activities. i hope this helps</p>
<p>thanks! that really helped but I have one more question, if I did 5 year co-op and I wanted to go to med school does that mean it would take me 9 years to graduate from med school as to doing 4 year co-op where I will end in 8 years?</p>
<p>That’s one way to look at it (if it would take you 4 years to go to med school), and that’s why some people are on the 4 year program. Other people look at the 5 year program as getting a year and a half of paid full time work experience before they go to med school, and they value that experience a lot more. Either way, you don’t have to make up your mind now and you can talk to many people once your at Drexel about the pros and cons when it comes to having co-op experiences for med school. I would recommend at the very least starting out on the 5 year program, and its very easy to switch to the 4 year program freshman year, sophomore year, or even pre-junior/junior year if need be.</p>
<p>Its easy to think in terms of “how many years will it take to get my real life started”, and that’s how I thought of it, but sometimes you need to take a step back and think, “what way can I have the best most fulfilling college experience ever that will be more useful for me now and later on in life”</p>
<p>My question is based on your opinion, and the opinions of others attending Drexel…
What’s the opinions on starting school a month later than other schools and ending a little less than a month later than other schools? Does it make that big of a difference?</p>
<p>Oh ok, so it would take me 9 years if I were on the 5 year co-op cycle?</p>