Tell me about Drexel University

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Anonymous wrote: At this point, if that was my child, I'd pick Drexel over Northeastern.

Drexel doesn't have a campus. It's on the streets like Boston University.
BU would be the better comparison.

It isn’t remotely like BU, what an odd thing to say. It’s continuous to UPenn and they form a nice little urban college oasis over in west Philly,

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Anonymous wrote:He will most likely be safe but that area is not safe. Drexel and Upenn are in a terrible location (I’m from philly). They are great schools in the midst of a challenged neighborhood. But for the most part they are in their own little world and he will he fine.

When were you in Philly? Your assessment hasn't been accurate in decades. I went to Penn, my kids go to Penn, and two of my siblings live in Philly, each not far from Penn or Drexel.

It's a city, so if you're scared of cities (I realize that lots of DC urban mom people are actually suburban or exurban parents afraid to come into even DC), you'll be scared. But there's no reason to be.

Drexel butts up against Penn. The two campuses are literally next to each other. And Penn has grown so large and taken over and redeveloped so many blocks and blocks of Philly that much of West Philly is either Penn, property owned by Penn, or businesses dependent on Penn or being incubated by Penn. On the other sides of Drexel are the river and across it a fairly expensive part of center city, and on the other end 30th Street Station, which has become a center of another area of amazing development.

As a result of all that Penn and the city put into this area, there are jobs galore, especially tech, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and design. It is attracting lots of young workers, with center city Philly now having a more vibrant vibe than DC. Over the past decade, Philly is jokingly referred to as the New Brooklyn or the sixth borough. It would be a great place to do a coop.

I would say that Drexel has a lot of similarities to Northeastern, with both having a coop program as its core. The key differences are: Drexel is the real deal on STEM and design-- it's what they do-- but Drexel until recently didn't do the full blown marketing job that Northeastern has done to polish its reputation.

My suggestion is that, if your child wants a coop, likes STEM or design, and wants to be in a youth- focused, dynamic city that is only two hours away (and about three blocks from Amtrak), then Drexel is a great choice. At this point, if that was my child, I'd pick Drexel over Northeastern.

and if that was my child, I'd pick Northeastern over MIT

Other than shrewdly focusing on playing the USNWR ratings game for a couple decades, Northeastern has nothing to offer over Drexel. And at this point, I'd rather be in the Philly job market (and less than an hour to midtown Manhattan) for a coop than in Boston and a region in decline.

yes sure seriously my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

Wow. I hope you're just trolling. If not, all I can say is, the power of advertising . . .

Why is it surprising when there are people choosing Dexel over Northeastern?

Umm, because Drexel and Northeastern are very similar schools for very similar students with very similar experiences, while of course, MIT has almost nothing in common with either one.

There are more similarities between MIT and Northeastern than Drexel and Northeastern in terms of location, student quality, having actual campus.

NE is much closer to the center of the city than Drexel, which is set off from the rest of the city. Weird that you keep talking about NE’s campus when they are housing lots of kids in hotels that are a 5 to 10 minute walk from said “campus.”

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Definitely NOT a hand holding, nurturing SLAC craved by many on DCUM. Urban school with a co-op program. Likely need to put on "big boy" pants to attend.

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely NOT a hand holding, nurturing SLAC craved by many on DCUM. Urban school with a co-op program. Likely need to put on "big boy" pants to attend.

LMAO!

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Anonymous wrote: At this point, if that was my child, I'd pick Drexel over Northeastern.

Drexel doesn't have a campus. It's on the streets like Boston University.
BU would be the better comparison.

It isn’t remotely like BU, what an odd thing to say. It’s continuous to UPenn and they form a nice little urban college oasis over in west Philly,

Yeah, the architecture, walkways, and signage change when you walk from Drexel to Penn, but their campuses literally connect. They really couldn't be physically closer. And others are right that everything for a mile or two in every direction is Penn or businesses that want to be near Penn.

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Anonymous wrote:He will most likely be safe but that area is not safe. Drexel and Upenn are in a terrible location (I’m from philly). They are great schools in the midst of a challenged neighborhood. But for the most part they are in their own little world and he will he fine.

When were you in Philly? Your assessment hasn't been accurate in decades. I went to Penn, my kids go to Penn, and two of my siblings live in Philly, each not far from Penn or Drexel.

It's a city, so if you're scared of cities (I realize that lots of DC urban mom people are actually suburban or exurban parents afraid to come into even DC), you'll be scared. But there's no reason to be.

Drexel butts up against Penn. The two campuses are literally next to each other. And Penn has grown so large and taken over and redeveloped so many blocks and blocks of Philly that much of West Philly is either Penn, property owned by Penn, or businesses dependent on Penn or being incubated by Penn. On the other sides of Drexel are the river and across it a fairly expensive part of center city, and on the other end 30th Street Station, which has become a center of another area of amazing development.

As a result of all that Penn and the city put into this area, there are jobs galore, especially tech, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and design. It is attracting lots of young workers, with center city Philly now having a more vibrant vibe than DC. Over the past decade, Philly is jokingly referred to as the New Brooklyn or the sixth borough. It would be a great place to do a coop.

I would say that Drexel has a lot of similarities to Northeastern, with both having a coop program as its core. The key differences are: Drexel is the real deal on STEM and design-- it's what they do-- but Drexel until recently didn't do the full blown marketing job that Northeastern has done to polish its reputation.

My suggestion is that, if your child wants a coop, likes STEM or design, and wants to be in a youth- focused, dynamic city that is only two hours away (and about three blocks from Amtrak), then Drexel is a great choice. At this point, if that was my child, I'd pick Drexel over Northeastern.

and if that was my child, I'd pick Northeastern over MIT

Other than shrewdly focusing on playing the USNWR ratings game for a couple decades, Northeastern has nothing to offer over Drexel. And at this point, I'd rather be in the Philly job market (and less than an hour to midtown Manhattan) for a coop than in Boston and a region in decline.

yes sure seriously my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

Wow. I hope you're just trolling. If not, all I can say is, the power of advertising . . .

Why is it surprising when there are people choosing Dexel over Northeastern?

Umm, because Drexel and Northeastern are very similar schools for very similar students with very similar experiences, while of course, MIT has almost nothing in common with either one.

There are more similarities between MIT and Northeastern than Drexel and Northeastern in terms of location, student quality, having actual campus.

yes, they're both in Massachusetts.

Yes indeed.

And fwiw, I'd pick Drexel over NU for my child, if either of my kids wanted to do a coop college. Seems like better job prospects and far lower cost of living.

Drexel is not bad for its ranking but of course it's not at the level of Northeastern.

Graduation rate
Northeastern: 92%
Drexel: little over 70%?

Salary
Northeastern: $89K
Drexel: $80K

Overall Drexel is obviously a step below Northeastern.
The biggest deference would be peer quality with 80% acceptance rate in Drexel which I think is a very important factor.

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Anonymous wrote:He will most likely be safe but that area is not safe. Drexel and Upenn are in a terrible location (I’m from philly). They are great schools in the midst of a challenged neighborhood. But for the most part they are in their own little world and he will he fine.

When were you in Philly? Your assessment hasn't been accurate in decades. I went to Penn, my kids go to Penn, and two of my siblings live in Philly, each not far from Penn or Drexel.

It's a city, so if you're scared of cities (I realize that lots of DC urban mom people are actually suburban or exurban parents afraid to come into even DC), you'll be scared. But there's no reason to be.

Drexel butts up against Penn. The two campuses are literally next to each other. And Penn has grown so large and taken over and redeveloped so many blocks and blocks of Philly that much of West Philly is either Penn, property owned by Penn, or businesses dependent on Penn or being incubated by Penn. On the other sides of Drexel are the river and across it a fairly expensive part of center city, and on the other end 30th Street Station, which has become a center of another area of amazing development.

As a result of all that Penn and the city put into this area, there are jobs galore, especially tech, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and design. It is attracting lots of young workers, with center city Philly now having a more vibrant vibe than DC. Over the past decade, Philly is jokingly referred to as the New Brooklyn or the sixth borough. It would be a great place to do a coop.

I would say that Drexel has a lot of similarities to Northeastern, with both having a coop program as its core. The key differences are: Drexel is the real deal on STEM and design-- it's what they do-- but Drexel until recently didn't do the full blown marketing job that Northeastern has done to polish its reputation.

My suggestion is that, if your child wants a coop, likes STEM or design, and wants to be in a youth- focused, dynamic city that is only two hours away (and about three blocks from Amtrak), then Drexel is a great choice. At this point, if that was my child, I'd pick Drexel over Northeastern.

and if that was my child, I'd pick Northeastern over MIT

Other than shrewdly focusing on playing the USNWR ratings game for a couple decades, Northeastern has nothing to offer over Drexel. And at this point, I'd rather be in the Philly job market (and less than an hour to midtown Manhattan) for a coop than in Boston and a region in decline.

yes sure seriously my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

Wow. I hope you're just trolling. If not, all I can say is, the power of advertising . . .

Why is it surprising when there are people choosing Dexel over Northeastern?

Umm, because Drexel and Northeastern are very similar schools for very similar students with very similar experiences, while of course, MIT has almost nothing in common with either one.

There are more similarities between MIT and Northeastern than Drexel and Northeastern in terms of location, student quality, having actual campus.

yes, they're both in Massachusetts.

Yes indeed.

And fwiw, I'd pick Drexel over NU for my child, if either of my kids wanted to do a coop college. Seems like better job prospects and far lower cost of living.

Did your kid got in both and chose Drexel?
That would be a very minor case just like a kid choosing Northeastern when also accepted to MIT.
However I guess that can happen.

MIT 85%, Northeastern 15%
https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/col...theastern+University

Northeastern 85%, Drexel 15%
https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/col...th=Drexel+University

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I think Drexel is living rent free in the heads of these NE posters who rushed over to post in a thread not about NE.

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In every Drexel thread, someone always bringings in Northeastern in no time saying they would choose Drexel over Northeastern.
However, they would be not a common case at all.

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Anonymous wrote:He will most likely be safe but that area is not safe. Drexel and Upenn are in a terrible location (I’m from philly). They are great schools in the midst of a challenged neighborhood. But for the most part they are in their own little world and he will he fine.

When were you in Philly? Your assessment hasn't been accurate in decades. I went to Penn, my kids go to Penn, and two of my siblings live in Philly, each not far from Penn or Drexel.

It's a city, so if you're scared of cities (I realize that lots of DC urban mom people are actually suburban or exurban parents afraid to come into even DC), you'll be scared. But there's no reason to be.

Drexel butts up against Penn. The two campuses are literally next to each other. And Penn has grown so large and taken over and redeveloped so many blocks and blocks of Philly that much of West Philly is either Penn, property owned by Penn, or businesses dependent on Penn or being incubated by Penn. On the other sides of Drexel are the river and across it a fairly expensive part of center city, and on the other end 30th Street Station, which has become a center of another area of amazing development.

As a result of all that Penn and the city put into this area, there are jobs galore, especially tech, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and design. It is attracting lots of young workers, with center city Philly now having a more vibrant vibe than DC. Over the past decade, Philly is jokingly referred to as the New Brooklyn or the sixth borough. It would be a great place to do a coop.

I would say that Drexel has a lot of similarities to Northeastern, with both having a coop program as its core. The key differences are: Drexel is the real deal on STEM and design-- it's what they do-- but Drexel until recently didn't do the full blown marketing job that Northeastern has done to polish its reputation.

My suggestion is that, if your child wants a coop, likes STEM or design, and wants to be in a youth- focused, dynamic city that is only two hours away (and about three blocks from Amtrak), then Drexel is a great choice. At this point, if that was my child, I'd pick Drexel over Northeastern.

and if that was my child, I'd pick Northeastern over MIT

Other than shrewdly focusing on playing the USNWR ratings game for a couple decades, Northeastern has nothing to offer over Drexel. And at this point, I'd rather be in the Philly job market (and less than an hour to midtown Manhattan) for a coop than in Boston and a region in decline.

yes sure seriously my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

Wow. I hope you're just trolling. If not, all I can say is, the power of advertising . . .

Why is it surprising when there are people choosing Dexel over Northeastern?

Umm, because Drexel and Northeastern are very similar schools for very similar students with very similar experiences, while of course, MIT has almost nothing in common with either one.

There are more similarities between MIT and Northeastern than Drexel and Northeastern in terms of location, student quality, having actual campus.

yes, they're both in Massachusetts.

Yes indeed.

And fwiw, I'd pick Drexel over NU for my child, if either of my kids wanted to do a coop college. Seems like better job prospects and far lower cost of living.

Drexel is not bad for its ranking but of course it's not at the level of Northeastern.

Graduation rate
Northeastern: 92%
Drexel: little over 70%?

Salary
Northeastern: $89K
Drexel: $80K

Overall Drexel is obviously a step below Northeastern.
The biggest deference would be peer quality with 80% acceptance rate in Drexel which I think is a very important factor.

Not sure what point you're trying to make, but I have to say that, on ROI, it's impressive that Drexel admits such a high percentage of kids--and in guessing more students who can't rely on daddy or mommy to line up a job--and end up with similar starting salaries. And 80k in Philadelphia goes much further than 87k in Boston!

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In every Drexel thread, someone always bringings in Northeastern in no time saying they would choose Drexel over Northeastern.
However, they would be not a common case at all.

Is this written in English? Or was it written by a still learning AI bot?

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Anonymous wrote:He will most likely be safe but that area is not safe. Drexel and Upenn are in a terrible location (I’m from philly). They are great schools in the midst of a challenged neighborhood. But for the most part they are in their own little world and he will he fine.

When were you in Philly? Your assessment hasn't been accurate in decades. I went to Penn, my kids go to Penn, and two of my siblings live in Philly, each not far from Penn or Drexel.

It's a city, so if you're scared of cities (I realize that lots of DC urban mom people are actually suburban or exurban parents afraid to come into even DC), you'll be scared. But there's no reason to be.

Drexel butts up against Penn. The two campuses are literally next to each other. And Penn has grown so large and taken over and redeveloped so many blocks and blocks of Philly that much of West Philly is either Penn, property owned by Penn, or businesses dependent on Penn or being incubated by Penn. On the other sides of Drexel are the river and across it a fairly expensive part of center city, and on the other end 30th Street Station, which has become a center of another area of amazing development.

As a result of all that Penn and the city put into this area, there are jobs galore, especially tech, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and design. It is attracting lots of young workers, with center city Philly now having a more vibrant vibe than DC. Over the past decade, Philly is jokingly referred to as the New Brooklyn or the sixth borough. It would be a great place to do a coop.

I would say that Drexel has a lot of similarities to Northeastern, with both having a coop program as its core. The key differences are: Drexel is the real deal on STEM and design-- it's what they do-- but Drexel until recently didn't do the full blown marketing job that Northeastern has done to polish its reputation.

My suggestion is that, if your child wants a coop, likes STEM or design, and wants to be in a youth- focused, dynamic city that is only two hours away (and about three blocks from Amtrak), then Drexel is a great choice. At this point, if that was my child, I'd pick Drexel over Northeastern.

and if that was my child, I'd pick Northeastern over MIT

Other than shrewdly focusing on playing the USNWR ratings game for a couple decades, Northeastern has nothing to offer over Drexel. And at this point, I'd rather be in the Philly job market (and less than an hour to midtown Manhattan) for a coop than in Boston and a region in decline.

yes sure seriously my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

Wow. I hope you're just trolling. If not, all I can say is, the power of advertising . . .

Why is it surprising when there are people choosing Dexel over Northeastern?

Umm, because Drexel and Northeastern are very similar schools for very similar students with very similar experiences, while of course, MIT has almost nothing in common with either one.

There are more similarities between MIT and Northeastern than Drexel and Northeastern in terms of location, student quality, having actual campus.

yes, they're both in Massachusetts.

Yes indeed.

And fwiw, I'd pick Drexel over NU for my child, if either of my kids wanted to do a coop college. Seems like better job prospects and far lower cost of living.

Drexel is not bad for its ranking but of course it's not at the level of Northeastern.

Graduation rate
Northeastern: 92%
Drexel: little over 70%?

Salary
Northeastern: $89K
Drexel: $80K

Overall Drexel is obviously a step below Northeastern.
The biggest deference would be peer quality with 80% acceptance rate in Drexel which I think is a very important factor.

Not sure what point you're trying to make, but I have to say that, on ROI, it's impressive that Drexel admits such a high percentage of kids--and in guessing more students who can't rely on daddy or mommy to line up a job--and end up with similar starting salaries. And 80k in Philadelphia goes much further than 87k in Boston!

Also it's impressive when you graduate from Drexel when it's graduation rate is 68%

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In every Drexel thread, someone always bringings in Northeastern in no time saying they would choose Drexel over Northeastern.
However, they would be not a common case at all.

Is this written in English? Or was it written by a still learning AI bot?

Why you keep brining up Northeastern in Drexel thread.
Drexel seems to be Northeastern wannabe.
No need to compare to other schools. Just improve.

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In every Drexel thread, someone always bringings in Northeastern in no time saying they would choose Drexel over Northeastern.
However, they would be not a common case at all.

Is this written in English? Or was it written by a still learning AI bot?

There’s a rabid NE supporter who appears to be not be a native English speaker.

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In every Drexel thread, someone always bringings in Northeastern in no time saying they would choose Drexel over Northeastern.
However, they would be not a common case at all.

Is this written in English? Or was it written by a still learning AI bot?

Why you keep brining up Northeastern in Drexel thread.
Drexel seems to be Northeastern wannabe.
No need to compare to other schools. Just improve.

I don't think there's a wannabe here. Both became coop schools over a hundred years ago, and both were commuter schools until fairly recently. NU had a well documented plan on gaming the rankings, so parents in places like DC think it's a good idea to send their kids to Boston to attend it (which would have been laughable when I was in college in early 90s). Drexel didn't shoot for the rankings and has doubled down on its STEM and design academics, but is in a similar spot now. Philly is hot, and Boston has been fading.
I'm guessing my own kids will want the handholding SLACs, but if they wanted a coop, I'd definitely pick Drexel.