<p>I am a community college student and transfer to drexel for MechE next fall. I managed to pull off a 3.3 in community college with a 3 careless C's that i shouldnt have gotten if i just gave 5% more but it dropped my gpa a bit but whats done is done.
I am excited to move on to the next stage but yet scared at the same time because i dont know what holds next. I guess my question to you is that how will i fare on the next level if i manged to get a 3.3 in community college? any personal experiences or just words of advice would be appreciated. By all means criticize and be harsh as you please </p>
<p>Judging your aptitude to succeed at Drexel based on solely your Community College GPA is a bit tough. There are many who did poorly in CC that find the environment at Drexel more motivating and find the drive to do better. There are others who did great in CC and find out that Drexel is more-fast paced or rigorous than expected. </p>
<p>If you elaborate more on what you’ve done so far in CC and what you’ll be entering into next year, I can definitely give you some better perspective about what lies ahead of you. </p>
<p>Hi apologies for the late response as the semester is winding down but thank you for posting.
At CC I have basically will be finishing my associates in engineering science and photonics. EngSci Associates includes all engineering foundation classes necessary for engineering. I also will be receiving associates in photonics (applied physics with laser and fiber optics).
I will also be serving as an intern for DOE at PPPL in the MechE department.
And like I mentioned will transferring to drexel for the next three years with one co-op in the second year. </p>
<p>Well, as I mentioned before, it’s hard to judge your success in one environment and predict how you’ll do at Drexel. However, I think that you definitely have a solid background, which will prove helpful.</p>
<p>I think the main difference you’ll find in terms of Drexel’s curriculum against your own isn’t going to be as much the subject matter as it will be the environment. Because you’ve already taken classes in Photonics and Engineering Science, I’d expect that you’ve learned the ropes a little bit with generally what STEM classes are like. What you’ll probably find much different will be the pace. Coming from a community college, which likely uses 15-16 week semesters, I expect that getting used to Drexel’s 10-week quarters might be challenging. In your upper level engineering classes, you’re going to start your midterms in the third week of the term. And you’re probably going to have a midterm in one class or another every week until week 8. Half of your term consists of midterm weeks.
I can’t emphasize this enough though: THIS IS NOT A BAD THING. It might take some adjusting to, but you’ll quickly realize that you are not only learning quicker, but also more in-depth this way. </p>
<p>Outside of the general pace of the courses, I think you maybe might find differences in the type of people that surround you. I’ve never been to your CC, so I obviously can’t make accurate judgments about the student body you’re used to. But I think you’ll be surprised at the diversity of people in the program; not just with demographics like race and gender, but also, just general characteristics. </p>
<p>If you really want to get into specifics, I can tell you what to expect from your next-year classes (if you know what they are). If not, let me know if you have any other questions</p>
<p>Best of luck. </p>