Is this a joke?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I just got an email from Drexel university saying that I'll be a VIP at Drexel. I don't know how did this happen. I never bothered applying to Drexel and I didn't even contact the admission officers. Why are they considering me? How did they get my email?
Using the VIP application I don't have to pay the application fee, I don't need to write the long essay (only short personal statement), and I'll be automatically considered for scholarships $$$
Is this a joke? Or is it like auto-admit?
At the moment, I'm really freaked out by applications, and I'm really considering this university. I have nothing to lose if I apply. I want to major in computer science. Is Drexel good enough? Where do Drexel CS graduates go? Does Drexel have good co-op programs with high-tech companies? Does Drexel offer good opportunities in CS (including undergraduate research)? Please tell me your views about Drexel. Any perspectives from current students would be great :) </p>

<p>So, what do you all think? Should I go ahead and apply?</p>

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<p>Drexel are sending me and my friends messages constantly. It’s really strange. I have a friend with a 2.8 GPA who got a letter too. Doesn’t seem like a good uni, especially if they rely on constant spamming to get applicants.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply.
Hearing that, I don’t feel like wasting my time on Drexel application.</p>

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<p>Nearly all schools do this. They buy lists of addresses from the SAT and ACT people, and then spam or bombard with marketing brochures everyone who scored above a certain level.</p>

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<p>Drexel is an amazing school. Just because they are considerate and allow most of the people who show interest in them apply for free they seem less prestigious? I’m sorry you feel that way. Also they have a great co-op and cs program, I hope you research it a little further before you make assumptions.</p>

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<p>When people mention schools with a good coop program, two schools usually come up; Drexel and Northeastern. Drexel’s engineering program is good, and for people who just want to work after school, is probably great. I filled out the application, at my mom’s urging, and a few weeks later was accepted with $10,000 in merit aid. Here’s some of the co-op companies: [Co-op</a> Options | Undergraduate Admissions | Drexel University](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/undergrad/coop/coop-options/]Co-op”>http://www.drexel.edu/undergrad/coop/coop-options/) and research opportunities: [Drexel</a> University Research - Home](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/research/]Drexel”>Home | Office of Research & Innovation | Drexel University)</p>

<p>Btw Tulane does this, as does a school that Brown University described as similar to it. Spamming free applications usually indicates that a school wants to boost application numbers, not necessarily that its academics are bad.</p>

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<p>I hate to bring this up in light of my other thread but Drexel has an extremely low yield (close to ten percent for females). So it is not surprising that they are marketing heavily and offering incentives. Whether it is a “good” school or not, I have no idea.</p>

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<p>Fordham does the same thing</p>

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<p>GolfFather, Drexel has a low yield precisely because of the fact that they application spam. I would have never applied to Drexel (fit absolutely 0 of my college “wants”) were it not for the free app. So again, hearkening back to the thread, take the low yield in context. </p>

<p>I know of at least one other school which does this (primarily for people on the West Coast though), and this LAC, which both my mom and I agreed seemed to offer good academics for B students, has a similar yield as Drexel.</p>

<p>Oh and when I wrote Tulane, I meant to write Lewis & Clark. Two good schools with free applications.</p>

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<p>My son applied to Drexel a couple of years ago with this VIP application because it is a rolling admission school; it was his safety. They offered him a half tuition scholarship. He may have gone there if he didn’t get into his first choice. So another reason for the low yield is that it is a good rolling admit safety.</p>

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<p>As of this year, Drexel is no longer rolling admission.</p>

<p>Drexel has now added Early Decision. Regular Decision candidates should hear back in March.</p>