<p>Hello everyone! I am currently a junior in high school and I really want to do a major in economics. I live in NJ so Drexel is pretty close for me. But I was wondering if Drexel has an economics department(college board says it doesn't) and if I would be able to get in. I am an Asian female with a 3.8 GPA. My highest SAT math score was 750. highest critical reading 680. Highest writing was a 10/12. I am part of three clubs in school, and I run marathons often. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>buckbeaktwo- specific questions like this can usually best be answered by going to the college website and looking up undergraduate academic majors offered.</p>
<p>Economics is offered at Drexel through the LeBow College of Business. Here is a link to the BS Economics page. [BS</a> in Economics](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/catalog/UG/lebow/econ-bs-index.htm]BS”>Drexel University < 2023-2024 Catalog | Drexel University)</p>
<p>pamom59- Thanks for the website! But I was wondering if I am the kind of person Drexel is looking for.</p>
<p>buckbeaktwo-</p>
<p>click this link for the Drexel freshman class profile [Freshman</a> Class Profile | Undergraduate Admissions | Drexel University](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/undergrad/about/facts/freshman-class/]Freshman”>http://www.drexel.edu/undergrad/about/facts/freshman-class/)</p>
<p>I would say that you are well qualified and would be admitted. You would probably get some merit money.</p>
<p>Your GPA and SAT scores seem much higher than the average student accepted to Drexel. The link that pamom provided is a good one - much better than College Board. Now, I don’t know what kind of courses you’re in, but I think even with a weaker EC part of your resume, you’ll get into Drexel no problem. I come from a PA public high school that admits a lot of students into Drexel so I think that I have a good grasp on the typical student that goes there. Maybe even look into their Honors College if you think that may suit you more? I have to agree that you’ll get merit money as well.</p>
<p>pamom59- Thanks again for the link!
Tinfoyl- I have a few questions. What do you mean by Drexel’s Honors College? And what is merit money?</p>
<p>Well, they have an Honors College that you apply to separately when you apply to the university. They look for a little higher echelon student, and even if you don’t get in, you can still attend the university as a regular student studying economics (conditional on the fact you get in to begin with). </p>
<p>Merit money is different from financial aid. Financial aid is given based on need and income whereas merit money is given by the university itself oftentimes as a way to coax a potential student into attending. A lot of top schools don’t do this unless in the form of National Merit money, but a school like Drexel practices giving out money for superior academics. Assume they give you $10,000 in merit money - that’s that much off your tuition. Get it?</p>
<p>Thanks Tinfoyl! I looked at the website for the Pennoni Honors College, and it seems extremely interesting.
However, I was looking at the Drexel undergrad freshman website, and it says that most freshmen have leadership qualities…since I am not an officer in any of the clubs that I participate in, will this affect my chances of getting in?</p>
<p>You will get into Drexel without a doubt, your scores and grades are clearly above the average admit. Drexel has about a 70% acceptance rate so you don’t have to worry and everyone from my school in NJ that is going to Drexel had much lower grades and scores.</p>
<p>I have no hesitation when I say that you will be able to attend Drexel. The fact that you are not an officer in any clubs will not be an obstacle to your acceptance. A good friend of mine, for example, was accepted and offered $17k/year without any leadership positions (although he was a member of several groups that required commitment). In addition, you still have time to be a leader as you go into your junior year. The students I have known who went to Drexel did not hold leadership positions until senior year.</p>