<p>@lucybravener, I havent toured the university but in the other thread a student said that the dorms were actually ugly and overbooked. The did mention 2 dorms with bigger rooms but the rooms were for triplets which doesnt really help much… They also said it was nice living in an apartment nearby and the costs were somewhere around 500 to 600 $ per month, and if you share it with a room I guess the costs are less.</p>
<p>I’m interested in the Music Industry Program. What do you think about it? I’m a little concerned about entering it because of the economy and deterioration of the music business.</p>
<p>If you are rejected now, can you re-apply? Only next year of is it possible to re-apply right after you have been rejected (going for psychology major)?</p>
<p>Wow, hi everyone. Okay, I will answer by person.</p>
<p>Dreamies - I will list the “big” breaks but keep in mind that there are, of course, some days that we are given off for university holidays or national holidays that are only a day or two. The big holidays off are Thanksgiving break which this year started Wednesday and classes resumed the next Monday, however all of my classes on Tuesday were cancelled, as were many other classes. Then there is Winter Break. This week is the last week of classes and then starting Monday the 6th, finals week begins. I get to leave as early as Tuesday night but some people have to stay until Friday for finals. Whenever your finals are over is when your break begins and school starts back up on Monday January 3 2011. Then after the winter quarter we have a one week spring break. After that break the spring quarter starts and when that is finished we have summer break, or summer quarter if you’re taking classes. Most people went home for Thanksgiving break but I, along with some international students, stayed because it was too expensive to go to Florida and then go back again two weeks later. Instead my sister came to visit me. I don’t know anyone who is staying here for winter break as it is almost a month long, and the dorms close. As for spring break, I’m not sure what most people do. I will either go home or do an Alternative Spring Break which is a one week long volunteer opportunity with organizations like Habitat for Humanity and environmental projects.</p>
<p>Are you going for architecture or psychology? I saw you say both… I know a few people who are in the architecture major and I know that they are always working on projects. It seems to be a very hands-on major (I find that this is the case with almost all majors in Westphal College of Media Arts and Design). As for why they aren’t offered a co-op, I honestly have no idea. I would suggest contacting the architecture department directly and speaking to them about it. The information that I got from the website about architecture was this: “Drexel offers two routes to attain a bachelor of architecture degree: the 2 + 4 option and the part-time evening option. In the 2 + 4 option, offered by the Antoinette Westphall College of Media Arts and Design, students complete two years of full-time study, then continue studies on a part-time basis for four additional years while employed.” It would seem to me then that rather than having a 6-month co-op, architecture students are doing 4 years at an actual job, while still studying, instead of an internship. However, I could be wrong. Again, I’d call the department and check. Here’s the website: [Architecture:</a> Undergraduate: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design: Drexel University](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/academics/undergraduate/architecture/]Architecture:”>http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/academics/undergraduate/architecture/) Under the faculty tab are direct numbers to faculty and staff and under the contact tab is a section to write in questions.</p>
<p>If you are rejected I am sure that you can re-apply but I’m not sure how soon. I would assume that if you were rejected that you would need to re-apply the next year unless your stats have changed for the current application (such as you retook the SATs and got a higher score or something like that). Otherwise I would say if your application is the exact same then you would get the same conclusion. However, don’t quote me on this as I am not 100% sure.</p>
<p>Yayayaya - Hi, I answered something along this line in the last message I posted in this thread. Switching majors really depends on the major you are trying to switch into. As I am a student and am not in either of those majors I can’t give you any percentages or real facts about the difficulty of getting into them, though I do know that our engineering program here is exceptional. I would suggest calling the engineering department directly and asking what you need to do. You might re-submit your application, but if you don’t get into your first choice major you could still get admission in your second choice major if that is something that interests you. I was originally not accepted into my first choice major but was luckily able to make the switch after making LOTS of direct phone calls and stressing the importance of getting into my program. Direct contact is always best. Good luck.</p>
<p>LucyBravener - I have not been home yet this year but I leave on Tuesday and I am SO excited! I will have been here for a little less than 3 months. I’m not going to lie to you, it is very hard to be away from home for so long but the GREAT thing about technology is that you can video chat and call and text all you want. It’s also great being so far away because it makes you really independent and teaches you a lot about being responsible for yourself. In some ways I’m jealous of the people who live within a couple hours of here (which is a lot) but I do think I have many advantages over them as well. Also I know multiple people here from California and they all went home for Thanksgiving. I just stayed as a personal decision to save money and also so my sister could visit Philadelphia for the first time. I will also probably go home for Spring break and my parents are going to visit sometime next year (possibly April?) </p>
<p>There are many parts of Philadelphia, for example there is Center City (which is the downtown, big building type area), University City (which is where Drexel and Penn are located), Chinatown, the Gayborhood, Old City, etc. etc. Drexel is a medium distance walk and short subway ride to Center City and the actual University City area is pretty nice. Personally, I love my dorm. It’s true that many were overbooked because we were the largest incoming freshman class and they were a little bit unprepared. How they did this was by turning Towers (which does have the biggest rooms) into triples. I’m not sure if they are all triples or only some of them but I would assume all. Then they turned the lounges in Kelly into triples. I don’t think this is too bad because the lounges in Kelly are two stories with a small spiral staircase and have huge floor to ceiling windows. I actually think that would be kind of cool. In Myers they turned I think maybe two lounges on each floor into quads. These are pretty spacious for four people and I know the people in one of them who don’t seem to think it’s too bad. Myers is where I live and it’s my favorite BY FAR. It was my first choice and everyday I’m appreciative of it. I’d heard that everyone loves Towers but personally thought it was gross when I visited. The kitchens and lounges were mediocre, though the rooms were big (which ended up not mattering as they turned into triples). Kelly’s rooms were too small for me, Millenium (Honors housing) was not my style, and I didn’t want to pay the extra money to live in Race (which is a suite style living: two rooms each with two people in them, a bathroom, kitchen and small living room - this was supposed to be Sophomore only housing but was changed due to the amount of incoming freshmen). Myers rooms are the second biggest, it’s only 3 floors, and the floors are co-ed, which I love because it gives me a chance to make guy friends as well. Also there is a huge courtyard in the middle of Myers which is nice.</p>
<p>To you and Dreamies as well - if you are a freshman and not commuting (as in you don’t llive close enough to drive or take the subway - California and Florida for example, really any state or town other than people who live less than 30 minutes away from Drexel) you must live in Freshman housing the first year AND have a meal plan (unless you get a doctor’s note or something excusing you from the meal plan).</p>
<p>Alisonangus - It’s true that the music industry is suffering a little due to the economy, but so are all other industries. So far I love the program here, it is truly one of the best. We have our own record label, concert booking company, promotion company, etc. We have professional level studios that are available for music industry students to use FOR FREE! We have a great reputation due to our co-ops. I was in LA over the summer and had the chance to meet the promotions directer for Columbia Records within Sony. I told her I was going to Drexel for Music Industry and she immediately asked if I needed an internship and gave me her business card. If you are truly wanting to work in music, this is an excellent program, but like all other entertainment industries, it is difficult to get into. I think this program and our co-op helps prepare students for this.</p>
<p>Hope I answered all of your questions, feel free to ask more or ask me to elaborate on something I missed or didn’t go over fully. Good luck to you all!</p>
<p>re: ‘we were the largest incoming freshman class and they were a little bit unprepared’</p>
<p>To what is this attributed? Did Drexel offer admission to more students than usual, did a higher than usual percentage of students accept their offer, or both.</p>
<p>How do you think this will effect the 2011 freshman class size?</p>
<p>callmehaley your last post cleared out a lot of things for me! I am applying but still haven’t got an answer…
I was just wondering one thing, I was reading some of Zack’s posts on the other thread and he said that the first year is always the same for everyone: did he mean that for a specific major the first year is always the same/ the first year for every individual college is the same or the first year for every single student at Drexel (freshman) is the same?</p>
<p>is it possible to do either premed or pre-physical therapy in drexel? if so is the program any good?</p>
<p>Hi SnLMom: Yes, as do most universities, Drexel offers admission to more students than they have room for because some people decline the offer. I believe that many more students accepted than is usual (perhaps they sent out more admissions offers, I’m not sure), which threw them off a little. The same thing happened within my program. More people accepted than was usual and so our program has more kids than it is supposed to.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how this will affect the incoming class for next fall. Hopefully they will consider building more housing but due to overflow housing situations and the fact that they haven’t started building anything new (that I know of), I would think that maybe they would cut back a little on the admissions offers, however I’m not sure about this at all. If it is something you really want to know more about it might be good to call the admissions office and ask about this, though I’m not sure what the statistics would be.</p>
<p>Zaphira: Great! Good luck, hopefully you will hear back soon. I’m not sure what he meant by this. Definitely not the same between different majors. Within majors, yes. The first quarter of freshman year is scheduled for you, meaning you don’t get to pick what classes you take or when you take them. This is nice because I believe it would be extremely overwhelming for students to have to schedule their own classes the first quarter, but also is kind of bad because you don’t get to choose when you have your classes. As for my major, we are given a recommended order to take our classes in for all four years (my major is kind of small so some classes are only offered once a year meaning they HIGHLY suggest taking classes in the order they tell us to ensure we graduate on time). I’m not sure if all majors do this. They also give blocks (once again, not sure about all majors, though I think they do). Blocks means that you choose a certain block (they give about 4 options) and those classes are already set into a certain schedule (this means everyone who chooses the same block will have all their classes together). Unfortunately, many people don’t follow the block and schedule the classes in the way they want to because this benefits them time-wise but ends up messing up those who schedule later when classes are filled and they can’t get a block. (I think this may have been kind of confusing for someone who doesn’t know what I’m talking about. Please let me know if it is and I will try to re-explain it). </p>
<p>As for between majors, classes will be different clearly because you are going for different majors. I’m not exactly sure what he was referring to when he said freshman year is the same for everyone… I’d have to read it in context. Maybe because we all must live in housing and be on the meal plan (unless commuting)? Let me know if this still needs clearing up.</p>
<p>Swkim51: Two of my neighbors are in the nursing program here and love it, I believe it’s a really good program. What they told me was this: Drexel does not have premed or pre-PT program, but they do have a PT program (unfortunately only for graduate students). Not sure why they would do that because it seems that would make it impossible for someone to go to Drexel who wanted to do PT and was still an undergrad. Here is the website for the College of Nursing and Health Professions: [College</a> Nursing and Health Professions](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/catalog/UG/cnhp/index.htm]College”>Drexel University < 2023-2024 Catalog | Drexel University)</p>
<p>I’ll also include the College of Medicine website (which is all graduate programs): [The</a> College of Medicine](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/catalog/GRAD/med/index.htm]The”>Drexel University < 2023-2024 Catalog | Drexel University) and the website for graduate programs in the College of Nursing and Health Professions: [The</a> College of Nursing and Health Professions](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/catalog/GRAD/cnhp/index.htm]The”>Drexel University < 2023-2024 Catalog | Drexel University)</p>
<p>Hope that helps. Perhaps try contacting their offices for more information. :)</p>
<p>hi, i got accepted to drexel for the fall 2011 term. if i received the aj drexel scholarship (about $23,000) and live in california, can i also get the build the pipeline scholarship? is that automatic or do i have to apply separately for btp?</p>
<p>Thanks callmehaley, I understand now and it makes a lot more sense :)</p>
<p>Thank you! Your response got me really excited about Drexel and this program! I hope I hear back soon…positively of course.</p>
<p>Does it usually take a while for Drexel to process transcripts?</p>
<p>Hi Strength: I’m not from California so I’d never heard of that scholarship but I googled it. Here is the Drexel website: [Build</a> the Pipeline Scholarship | Undergraduate Admissions | Drexel University](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/undergrad/financing/sacramento/]Build”>http://www.drexel.edu/undergrad/financing/sacramento/)</p>
<p>It doesn’t look like something you have to apply for seperately, but it does have a contact email for more questions. Fill out your FAFSA for your financial aid package and it will probably end up in there. FAFSA packages unfortunately don’t come until February or March, you might be able to find out about that scholarship though sooner by emailing them.</p>
<p>Zaphira: You’re welcome! Let me know if you have any more questions. :)</p>
<p>Alisonangus: That’s awesome! I applied I think sometime in early November or late September. I heard back in January or February. However I knew some people who found out way sooner than me. I think it all depends on when you apply. The sooner you applied, the sooner you’ll hear back. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Hi, I was accepted for Biological Sciences with a Three Co-Op Option. 
Drexel is not currently one of my top choices at the moment, but I am looking for more information.
What do students think of the Co-Op Program? I’ve heard it was great, but nothing more specific than that. Have you been able to find jobs/internships that you wanted, and was the drexel staff able to help and guide you?
How does the Drexel’s program compare to other school’s Co-Op programs, such as RIT and Northeastern?</p>
<p>Also, how do you spend a normal weekday? Weekend? Is your dorm friendly and social?
And how is the campus area? Do you feel safe?
I live about an hour from Philly and I know there’s some areas especially in West Philly that I would NEVER want to walk around at night.<br>
I appreciate any help. :)</p>
<p>I haven’t been on co-op yet but I know that the program here is really great. For example, as I said earlier, when I was in LA and I told a woman who works at Columbia Records that I was going to Drexel and she asked if I needed a co-op. I don’t know anything about other school’s co-op programs as I did not apply to either of those schools, sorry.</p>
<p>A normal weekday, I go to class during the day, do homework and hang out with friends during the night. The weekend I might go out into the city to do something or hang out with friends in my dorm or do homework, etc. Basically everything I would do at home, but you’re with your friends a lot more because you live with them and are around them all the time. My dorm is very social and I really like the people who live there, including the RA’s. </p>
<p>The campus area is pretty safe generally, but you have to be careful, because it is Philly. There is campus security and as long as you don’t walk by yourself at night, you should be fine.</p>
<p>Hope it helped!</p>
<p>callmehaley - Since I see that you are in Westphal COMAD, I was hoping you could clarify a few admissions concerns. Is it true that the regular decision applicants to Westphal will not get a decision until mid-Feb? Are regular decision applicants at a disadvantage when it comes to AJ Drexel Scholarship consideration?</p>
<p>Hi SnLMom! Sorry it took so long for me to respond, I wasn’t checking much over winter break.</p>
<p>By regular decision do you mean non-VIP applications? I’m not sure I understand because I believe that Drexel does rolling admissions.</p>
<p>I think I applied sometime in October or November. I heard back in either late December or early January and then again in February (as I switched my major). I don’t believe when or how you apply has anything to do with the AJ Drexel Scholarship. This scholarship is academic and based purely on your merits, not how you apply. Hope this helped, let me know if you have any more questions!</p>
<p>How are the facilities? We drove by the campus and decided not to take the tour. Also wasn’t sure of safety. It would be interesting getting current at student thoughts.</p>
<p>callmehaley -</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. I just wanted some reassurance that I did not misunderstand the admission policy … of the past. Apparently Westphal admission procedures have changed since last year to an ED (binding) and RD procedure; possibly an attempt to avoid the over enrollment problem from the 2010 Westphal freshmen class which you referred to in an earlier post. We took a campus/Westphal tour last spring with my DD and the Westphal admissions rep who met with us made several references to rolling admissions. DD was hoping for a quick decision, one way or the other, when she submitted her application in late Nov. Her status changed to ‘complete,’ no decision 2 weeks later, DD emailed admissions to verify that her file was complete, received the following email reply: </p>
<p>“…The graphic design program at Drexel has an early decision and regular decision process. We just wrapped up our early decision reviews and will begin reviewing regular decision applications. I would anticipate an update from us between mid-February and early-March. …”</p>
<p>So, I went back to the Drexel website and found this:
[Freshman</a> Instructions | Undergraduate Admissions | Drexel University](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/undergrad/apply/freshmen-instructions/]Freshman”>First-Year Application Instructions)</p>
<p>I wish we had known this sooner. Maybe a note on the Westphal pages to alert prospective students of the change would have been helpful. I guess the lesson we learned is that if you get a head start on your college search, revisit the deadlines page for any changes before applying. </p>
<p>So now we wait … anxiously, fingers crossed.</p>
<p>Hi Lacrossmom - Please consider taking a tour, I believe there are things you can’t see at Drexel just by driving by. The facilities here are very nice! I live in one of the oldest dorms that was supposed to be temporary housing, but I love it. I find it to be my favorite dorm (even if it isn’t the nicest or newest) because of the co-ed floors, the big rooms, the more “intimate” setting (I believe closer relationships because it is only 3 floors), etc. Though there will always be some cons when picking a school, you have to look for the pros too. I love my classes here, the teachers do their very best. The work is hard, but it’s worth it.</p>
<p>As for safety, Philly is not the safest city (no surprise to anyone), but I do feel very safe on campus. Of course there is some crime, but I think that this is true anywhere. Also, the only time I have ever received Drexel alerts via text message about crime was once during summer break and once during winter break. While school is in, I believe that security is tight and there are always people walking around. I’ve even gone back from the gym to the dorm by myself at night and felt safe (though, of course, I still wouldn’t recommend walking by yourself at night if it can be avoided). Overall, Drexel is a great school. </p>
<p>SnLMom - I’m very sorry but I am not familiar with this admissions process. Hopefully you will hear back sooner than that. If not, hopefully it was worth the wait! Good luck and best wishes to you guys!</p>
<p>Is the Music Industry program particularly competitive? Does the program only accept so many students or if you want to be in it, you’ll be in it?</p>