<p>Well, after my daughter had been checking the mailbox everyday and still nothing either way from Drexel, I told her I would call admissions. The admissions counselor told me since she applied to a design program in the Antoinette Westphal College which has a limited number of seats, they have accepted the maximum number of students that they can at this point. So, his response to me was she has not been rejected, but she also has not been accepted, in his words, she is "in limbo". So my next question was if I did not make this phone call, we would never receive any kind of response from Drexel in the mail as to admission status and he said that is correct. Has anyone ever heard of a school doing this?? Colleges ask for a commitment from students by May 1 to let them know if they plan on enrolling yet they can choose to not give a student who has sent in a complete application 3 months ago a commitment as to whether they can or cannot accept them. I would think a student who has taken the time to make application to a college deserves the courtesy of some kind of response either way. I find it ridiculous that the admissions counselor would say she is in limbo. He said in the past, these students may possibly hear something in August if some admitted students decide not to enroll. August? She will be packed and ready to go to whatever college she has chosen to enroll in by the May 1st deadline at that point.</p>
<p>I agree. My son is waiting to hear from Drexel also. We thought we would hear this past weekend, but did not receive anything. I hope its not the same story. Are there others out there in this situation?</p>
<p>Did your son apply to Antoinette Westphal? My husband spoke to the admissions counselor for close to an hour this morning and gave him an earful. He is caught in the middle as he is being told what to say by the admissions department in Westphal. The next call is going to whoever heads up admission in Westphal. Evidently, they have been getting many phone calls by parents like us. I have never heard of such a practice by a college in my life. The kids deserve to hear something - if you can't accept them, then send them a rejection letter, or at least some sort of waitlist letter. It sounds like the school is being greedy by keeping these kids hanging. If they don't get as many kids to enroll as they are anticipating, then maybe late in the game our kids will get a letter saying they decided to accept them after all, most likely after they have mentally and monetarily commited to another choice. This is a stressful enough period for kids as it is, without having a college suddenly decide to muddy the waters when they have gone through the difficult process of making a decision in the first place. We don't exactly have the best opinions of Drexel at this point.</p>
<p>momofalex, We never toured this school, but my son has 2 friends who are currently freshmen at Drexel. I am sorry, but I do not know their majors, although I assume that one is a business major based on his interests last year. Anyway, both students love Drexel despite all of the negative comments that I have read on other websites about the school. I did hear the orientation was disappointing and a "waste of time". I was told that it was several days of lets introduce ourselves, with what my son described as silly name games. His friend actually walked out of the orientation before it ended. He did inquire as to whether anything else was going to be going on and was told that it would be more of the same. The schedule is quite different, so I know that my son's friend did not begin college until a month later than my son. He just seems to love it, now that he is there. My son's other friend is very happy there too, though I have not heard any details. I agree that your D should have gotten the courtesy of a timely response from the school. It seems that these are the situations that give the school the mixed reviews that I have read through the last few years.</p>
<p>School of Engineering.....he really would like to attend. I'm going to call today. Thanks.</p>
<p>jinxycat - Good luck with your son. I can't imagine the school of engineering would not give an answer either way since the school is so large, unless he applied to a more competitive major within engineering with less slots. Maybe he'll have something in today's mail.</p>
<p>northeastmom - My daughter had no concerns with Drexel, in fact, I found out to my dismay that this had been one of her top choices until we got our disturbing news. She has visited several times, has friends there who love it, and is very familiar with the area and quarter system schedule. But none of this matters now since she has not been accepted and is "in limbo". She just needs to keep an open mind and make a decision based on her other good choices at this point.</p>
<p>momofalex, Good luck to your D!</p>
<p>Thanks northeastmom. I'll just be glad when this is all over and she's made a decision she's happy about!</p>
<p>Son just received the envelope......he was accepted!<br>
So there is still hope.....good luck!</p>
<p>Congrats to your son jinxycat!</p>
<p>That's interesting....I know that they have rolling admissions and I always wondered what they did if they filled up all the spaces in a program by, say, January. I guess it has to be a common issue, since the program I applied to had 28 spots and the one I'm in now started off with 40, I think.</p>
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