I am a international student and got selected for my Computer science BS in both with scholarships . which one will be better for me ?
UMass Amherst has a stronger CS program than Drexel does. What do you have to pay to attend each school, once you subtract any non-loan aid they’ve given to you?
UMass I need to pay 20k and Drexel is 15k after scholarship
Just remember that Drexel school year last ALL YEAR, there is no vacation. Umass is out in May and school starts on 1st September. That was shock to my kid, with no vacation in Drexel. Drexel is in heart on Philadelphia, big city. Umass is own town, but Northampton (small town) is nearby.
Drexel just expanded A LOT. I love Drexel for its dynamism - they are really about creating and finding opportunity. But they also expanded a lot and I feel like that has impacted them organizationally. My daughter takes classes there and it always seems a little more chaotic than it should be. They have more students than they can handle is always my impression. And the students are somewhat disengaged from their coursework. She’s still in HS and the professors openly complain that the HS students are way more engaged. On the other hand, because it’s in flux there also presents opportunity, too.
Drexel CS would be a 5 year program with Co-op. So I believe you get the summer off after your 1st year and then you’ll either do 2 Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer Co-ops. So you won’t have another long summer break but you will have 6 months working and no classes - twice. Of course you’ll have smaller breaks.