<p>hello everyone i would like your thoughts on this</p>
<p>i am a second year engineering student at Purdue, considering transfer to Drexel(closer to home). im wondering if employers will make a great distinction between Purdue vs Drexel. Purdue is apparently in the top 10 and Drexel is in the low-60 range in the overall rankings. im not planning on doing a co-op either, which drexel is known for, from what I hear.</p>
<p>also, i'm not completely sold on drexels program either. the math only goes up to calc III, whereas purdue requires two math classes beyond that(diff eq etc) and requires these classes in upper level chemE courses. </p>
<p>is this a really bad idea? to "jump down" so to speak to a less challenging school? (I have a 3.5+gpa right now, so my major difficulty is not an issue)</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>i wouldnt transfer unless i really really really had to</p>
<p>The reason for this is to be closed to home or is it that you can save on room and board cost? If you live in DC area and will not really save that much except for occasional trip home for the holidays (still about 2 hours away), why changing now with only about 2 years left? Is there any other reason for this?</p>
<p>the cost will be about the same, and if i transfer, i will be living at home, and commuting. im just unhappy here, to be short.</p>
<p>Why not try and figure out why you’re unhappy. If you’re unhappy at Purdue, there’s a good chance you might be unhappy at Drexel.</p>
<p>thanks G.P. Its not necessarily Purdue the school that I dont like, its Purdue’s location.</p>
<p>so academically speaking, will this be a significant downgrade?</p>
<p>What don’t you like about Purdue location? Is it because you cannot stay home and commute? Also wouldn’t you have to drive for 2 hours each way daily to get to Drexel from DC? If so, do you think you will be more happy with that?</p>
<p>oh, sorry for the confusion. i made this screen name when i was vacationing in DC a while ago. i live about 30 minutes from drexel.</p>
<p>Have you talked to your parents? And how do they feel about what you are suggesting?</p>
<p>they’ll definitely let me transfer, but they also want to see me enjoy college, so they wouldnt mind me moving back in. cost is virtually the same, as i said above.</p>
<p>It seems you do not necessary want to enjoy more of college but you want to have less of college and more of your home. It is not a bad thing and I think it’s up to you what you want to do here. If it was my kid, I would try to make him stick with it since Purdue is generally known to be the better school. Two years is really a very short time. But long term, it’s up to what you do with what you learn and grow after graduation rather than what school name is on the diploma.</p>
<p>hey man, i go to drexel, and engineers do have to take DIFFEQ as well as other math courses. The only thing you may not realize is that its not taught in the math department, its in the engineering department, which is why you don’t realize it.</p>
<p>Click here: [Degree</a> Requirements: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics](<a href=“Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics BSME < Drexel University Catalog”>Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics BSME < Drexel University Catalog)
ENGR 232 Dynamic Engineering Systems = DIFFEQ
ENGR 231 Linear Engineering Systems = Linear Algebra</p>
<p>Regardless of rankings, Drexel’s engineering school is extremely prestigious and known all throughout the area. Many people transfer from UPENN over to Drexel’s engineering school. I was actually just at Purdue a few weeks ago, its a great little school, and i think its really cool that they have their own airport, but obviously I know what you mean that the commute sucks. Bottom line is that Philadelphia is a whole different feel and a lot more action packed. If you were considering getting an engineering job in Philadelphia anyway instead of the suburbs of indiana, and you don’t really like the whole purdue area, transferring might be a great idea. Don’t think you’d be an exception either, there are many many many students who transfer to drexel engineering halfway through college. also, if you could take advantage of the co-op program, I’d really strongly recommend you to. its an outstanding program and what drexel is known for and can really help you land a sweet job.</p>
<p>by the way, I guarentee you drexel’s not less challenging than purdue. drexel’s known as one of the toughest engineering schools around and the majority of students don’t have inflated GPAs and every student goes through a lot of weed out classes their first few years.</p>
<p>I agree that Drexel is a good school, but I think you hit the nail on the head:</p>
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<p>Drexel is really only regionally known, whereas Purdue is nationally known. That’s fine if you want to live your life in the NY, PA, NJ, MD area, but as soon as you try to go to a place like CA or TX, you’re at a big disadvantage.</p>
<p>drexel is not only regionally known, its known throughout the world as a leader in engineering. Its funny that you mention a place like California, because drexel just established a campus there. I think Drexel is much more well know throughout the region than nationally, but it doesn’t mean at all that if you get a degree from Drexel it is pointless across the country. That might have been the image of Drexel many years ago, but its changing as the school grows extremely fast. Like purdue, Drexel also is huge especially when it comes to the international ballpark, many students come abroad to study here.</p>
<p>I hear Drexel has an airport too actually, and each student gets his own plane and flies home during winter break. And students at drexel are sorted into their dorms through a sorting hat like Harry Potter.</p>
<p>My friend turned down MIT for Drexel.
Drexel!
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<p>I spent many years as the head of college recruiting for a Fortune 500 company. I assure you that unless we were hiring for our NJ plants, we did not even think of Drexel. </p>
<p>I’m not saying that it’s a pointless degree - it’s a good school. But it’s not the kind of school that can pull recruiters from other parts of the country. If I’m in Houston, and hiring engineers, I can go to TAMU, UT-Austin, Houston, Rice. Would I leave Houston to recruit at a place like Berkeley, Georgia Tech, UIUC, Purdue? Sure - those are top engineering schools with excellent students. Do I leave Houston to recruit at Drexel? Probably not - the quality of the school is comparable to what I have around me.</p>
<p>That’s the point. There are certain schools that, no matter where you’re located, measure favorably against the locally-available talent, and there are other schools that measure neutral or worse against the typical locally-available talent. Drexel’s name just doesn’t put it in that former category. And I don’t see what adding a second campus will do to change that. </p>
<p>I know it’s sometimes difficult to be objective when you’re at a college, but this is an honest assessment of someone not involved with either school.</p>
<p>‘possibly biggest decision of my life’ bump</p>
<p>GP, again, not to say you are wrong and not to get in a whole message board war with you, but each company does things differently. Some companies have drexel grads in their high level management and recruit here from all across the country, and all over the world. Obviouslly drexel is much more well known regionally, but don’t think it will limit you if all of a sudden you decide you want to live in california after college. i know at least a couple drexel grads that are all over the place.</p>
<p>would it matter if I want to go straight to grad school?</p>