Official Class of 2014 Drexel Decisions Thread

<p>you all are way much smarter than us…=X jus saying. && I go to Drexel right now !!</p>

<p>I got my official letter today. I got 11k for Dean’s Scholarships and I was accepted to the 5 year BS/MBA program.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: History/Political Science</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: M:580 CR:520 W:510
GPA: 3.3 W 3.3UW
Rank: Top 25%</p>

<p>Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Very Good
Teacher Recs: Very very good
Counselor Rec: Average</p>

<p>Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type: smaller/avergae public school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>

<p>Other Factors:Boys State Attendee
General Comments: Haven’t gotten my letter yet but I have been accepted on the drexel portal. Now I’m just waiting to see if I get any money, which I highly doubt I will.</p>

<p>Accepted!
College: Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT (superscore): M: 650; CR: 650; W: 660;
SAT II: Math II: 680; Biology-E: 600
GPA: 3.77 UW; 4.07 W;</p>

<p>Other:
Essays: strong
Teacher & Counselor Rec’s: assuming very good
EC’s: about 5 fairly strong ones.
Location: about 15 minutes away from Drexel, Philadelphia suburbs
School Type: Average public school
Ethnicity: white</p>

<p>Pretty siked!!!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!
Major: Engineering/Business 5 Year</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 650 CR 760 M 780W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II 700 World History
[<em>] GPA: ~3.9
[</em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank, but probably top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: Nothing I guess lol.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I talked about my parents’ hands being a symbol of our journey to America.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didnt read but I heard they were great. One from my 11th grade English teacher/head of NHS who I’m vice president of, and a second from my history teacher in 10th grade/sociology teacher 12th grade/personal finance management teacher in 12th grade.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Read it and it was really generic.
[<em>] Hook (if any): White male (just kidding)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I like long walks on the beach.
**General Comments: ** glad to be accepted. 17k scholarship is pretty nice too. Still waiting on Columbia ED plus like ten other applications, but it feels great to get an acceptance and scholarship to my first school!</p>

<p>Just looked online and to my surprise I was ACCEPTED!!!
Major:Environmental Science
White, Male
Live in NJ
GPA: 3.45
SAT: 1140/1630
Pretty good extracurriculars
Essay: Bad
No teacher rec.
Great counselor rec</p>

<p>congrats to all and looks like a batch of acceptances to well-qualified applicants!</p>

<p>keep it rolling and so nice to hear this early with good news for many…and a great place for first landings.</p>

<p>still waiting to hear about some money for us, but don’t think there’s anything coming.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Music Industry(Possibly Accelerated MBA program)</p>

<p>Stats:
ACT: Composite: 31(actual composite) English:29 Math:33 Science:33 Reading:32 Essay:8 (superscored between two tests)
GPA: 4.2W 3.4UW
Rank: Top 10%</p>

<p>Other stats:
Subjective: High Honor Roll, National Honor Society, Varsity Athlete, All Conference, All State runner
Essays: Very Strong.
Teacher Recs: I would think incredible.
Outside Recs: Artistic Reccomendation from a producer I worked with. Probably something that could get me a job now in the industry. So SUPER.
Counselor Rec: Mediocre. Almost childish.</p>

<p>Hook (if any): Strong grades and a strong artistic resume so I’m a good choice for the school all around. Plus interested in a Biology minor.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Connecticut
School Type: Larger Public High School
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Worked at a studio this past summer, did a production program at Brown University. Run a small home studio.
General Comments: No letter yet, so I don’t know about money or if it was the accelerated program I was accepted into. Not my first choice but a strong second choice.
I’m excited to have my first accept! Congrats to everyone else too!</p>

<p>Two of my classmates just recently got accepted to Drexel and both used the VIP app. The weird thing is that one of them had only a 1090 CR and Math on her SATs. But, I am still waiting for my decision.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Communications</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: CR:590 M:600 W:690 (1190/1600 1880/2400)
GPA: 3.5
Rank: 40/247</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **
**Major: Computer Engineering **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1230/1600 1790/2400 [M:670 CR:560 W:560]
[li] SAT IIs: None[/li][</em>] GPA: 3.75
[<em>] Rank: 10%
[</em>] Other stats: None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: None
[</em>] Teacher Recs: None
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasion
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: NHS, 3 years Varsity Football
General Comments: Used the VIP app. It’s either here or Penn State, accepted to both but still deciding.</p>

<p>shogunzek are you gonnna play foootball in college or no?</p>

<p>Stats:
ACT: 29
SAT IIs: no
GPA: 3.75
Rank: no</p>

<p>Subjective:
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: generic</p>

<p>State: NJ
School Type: Very Large Public
Ethnicity: Anglo
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Varsity lacrosse, NHS, Nat’l Latin Honor Soc, Eagle Scout, huge hours of community service</p>

<p>General Comments: VIP app, applied 10/30, accepted online portal 11/11, 4 year/1 co-op Lebow School of Bus, AJ Drexel Scholarship 19K/year, first acceptance…yes!</p>

<p>Nah, I’m not.</p>

<p>oh i gotcha. is drexel your first choice?</p>

<p>It’s tied for 1st with Penn State. Penn State would definitely be my #1 right now if it was closer to home, Drexel is about half an hour away vs. five hours for Penn State.</p>

<p>Stats:
ACT Composite-28
SAT Composite-1860
SAT II- Chem-650
Math2-650
HS GPA: 4.09- Weighted
Class Rank- 27/656
State:CA
Gender - White female
Other factors: NO HOOK- 200 plus hours community service, NationalHonorSociety, took the hardest curriculum my HS offered all 4 years, all Honors or AP. Chemistry T/A in my high school, Internship in an Aerospace/Defense Company for 4 months.</p>

<p>I applied under the VIP program and interviewed with an admission staff member who visited CA. this summer.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted in the 5 year Engineering Program- AJ Drexel Scholarship recipient, Amount- $18,000 per year, Drexel is my safety school and I will wait until my other decisions come in early next year. Very happy as this is my 1st acceptance- so pressure is off for now. Congrats and best of luck to all of you!</p>

<p>**Decision:Accepted! **
**Major:Computer Engineering **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1220/1600, 1810/2400
[</em>] GPA:3.23
[<em>] Other stats:Act Composite: 25
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Done better
[<em>] Teacher Recs:2 fantastic ones
[</em>] Counselor Rec:1 phenomenal one
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:NJ
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Not my top choice, but I’m excited cause it was the first college I’ve been accepted to so far. My first choice is University of Colorado :D</p>

<p>I was just offered a spot at penoni honors college for engineering with a 3.1 GPA, 31 act and 2110 sat. But no money :(</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!! :slight_smile:
Major: BS/MS Undeclared Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 710CR; 800M; 620W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770P; 800M2; 740M1
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 (wasn’t mentioned anywhere though!)
[</em>] Rank: top 1% ??
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: None
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nah!!!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Nepal
[</em>] School Type: Public-Jesuit
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]
General Comments: Got 22,000 Dean Scholarship… but i still can’t afford it!!! :frowning: :(… being an international student really sucks!!!</p>