Tell me about Drexel University

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Anonymous wrote:Most students choose the five year, three coop option. They only pay tuition for the quarters they are in classes and they earn good money during coops.

Thank you for clarifying!

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Does anyone know how helpful Drexel is in arranging the co-ops?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pasting just one paragraph that I 100% agree with. Drexel isn't for everybody, but it has a lot to offer:

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.

Just like my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

You already said that a few pages ago, so odd.

Deja Vu?

Or I post the same thing so frequently, I lost track whether I already said it in this thread. It’s the weird NE poster that tries to insert themselves in every thread.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so DCUM. 🙄

I have an oldest at a “hand-holding” SLAC and it’s a great fit for my oldest. I visited Drexel for my other kid and it seems like a fantastic school! I’m a pretty anxious person and I was not uncomfortable at all. I thought Philadelphia was a really cool city with lots to offer. OP, you should check it out and talk to students there.

Did you actually walk around "the campus"? we did. DD was apprehensive and afraid. never applied.

NP. We did too. Seemed nice. We were impressed. Not sure why anyone would feel apprehensive or afraid unless they are just generally unused to the city?

I went to Penn decades ago and made friends with some Drexel kids. Drove by this summer and was really impressed by how much both schools had expanded. Thar area is really just those two campuses now, whereas back then, there was some dead zones.

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How does Drexel compare to RIT?

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Could anybody please describe what the average Drexel student is like? What kind of kid do they generally attract?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pasting just one paragraph that I 100% agree with. Drexel isn't for everybody, but it has a lot to offer:

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.

Just like my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

You already said that a few pages ago, so odd.

Deja Vu?

Or I post the same thing so frequently, I lost track whether I already said it in this thread. It’s the weird NE poster that tries to insert themselves in every thread.

Drexel is a good solid school.
Just stop bringing in Northeastern to Drexel and every other thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pasting just one paragraph that I 100% agree with. Drexel isn't for everybody, but it has a lot to offer:

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.

Just like my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

You already said that a few pages ago, so odd.

Deja Vu?

Or I post the same thing so frequently, I lost track whether I already said it in this thread. It’s the weird NE poster that tries to insert themselves in every thread.

Drexel is a good solid school.
Just stop bringing in Northeastern to Drexel and every other thread.

The question was what is Drexel like. The easiest answer is it's very much like Northeastern, but without the decades of rankings gaming. And in a city of Philly with better job prospects, and far lower COL.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pasting just one paragraph that I 100% agree with. Drexel isn't for everybody, but it has a lot to offer:

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.

Just like my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

You already said that a few pages ago, so odd.

Deja Vu?

Or I post the same thing so frequently, I lost track whether I already said it in this thread. It’s the weird NE poster that tries to insert themselves in every thread.

Drexel is a good solid school.
Just stop bringing in Northeastern to Drexel and every other thread.

The question was what is Drexel like. The easiest answer is it's very much like Northeastern, but without the decades of rankings gaming. And in a city of Philly with better job prospects, and far lower COL.

Yes, Drexel is a good option if can't get into Northeastern just like Northeastern is a good option if can't get into MIT.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pasting just one paragraph that I 100% agree with. Drexel isn't for everybody, but it has a lot to offer:

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.

Just like my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

You already said that a few pages ago, so odd.

Deja Vu?

Or I post the same thing so frequently, I lost track whether I already said it in this thread. It’s the weird NE poster that tries to insert themselves in every thread.

Drexel is a good solid school.
Just stop bringing in Northeastern to Drexel and every other thread.

The question was what is Drexel like. The easiest answer is it's very much like Northeastern, but without the decades of rankings gaming. And in a city of Philly with better job prospects, and far lower COL.

Yes, Drexel is a good option if can't get into Northeastern just like Northeastern is a good option if can't get into MIT.

Oh Lord. Drexel and NU are peer schools. No school is more like Drexel than NU and vice versa. NU and MIT are in the same state and both offer four year degrees, but similarities end there.

Not dissing NU. It has a fairly uncommon approach to higher education, which it has had in common with Drexel for a century. MIT has almost no real peers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could anybody please describe what the average Drexel student is like? What kind of kid do they generally attract?

It's a big, diverse university. I have family members there. I would say it skews heavily toward STEM, lots of Asian kids (those who were raised here and those who come from other countries to attend), and kids who do not necessarily crave a traditional, 4-year, rah rah degree.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pasting just one paragraph that I 100% agree with. Drexel isn't for everybody, but it has a lot to offer:

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.

Just like my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

You already said that a few pages ago, so odd.

Deja Vu?

Or I post the same thing so frequently, I lost track whether I already said it in this thread. It’s the weird NE poster that tries to insert themselves in every thread.

Drexel is a good solid school.
Just stop bringing in Northeastern to Drexel and every other thread.

The question was what is Drexel like. The easiest answer is it's very much like Northeastern, but without the decades of rankings gaming. And in a city of Philly with better job prospects, and far lower COL.

Yes, Drexel is a good option if can't get into Northeastern just like Northeastern is a good option if can't get into MIT.

Oh Lord. Drexel and NU are peer schools. No school is more like Drexel than NU and vice versa. NU and MIT are in the same state and both offer four year degrees, but similarities end there.

Not dissing NU. It has a fairly uncommon approach to higher education, which it has had in common with Drexel for a century. MIT has almost no real peers.

Drexel has 80% acceptance rate with much lower quality of students.
It's definitely a level down from Northeastern. Let's get real.

[Anonymous]

Drexel's BA-MD program is one of the more generous in the country

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pasting just one paragraph that I 100% agree with. Drexel isn't for everybody, but it has a lot to offer:

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.

Just like my kid chose Northeastern over MIT

You already said that a few pages ago, so odd.

Deja Vu?

Or I post the same thing so frequently, I lost track whether I already said it in this thread. It’s the weird NE poster that tries to insert themselves in every thread.

Drexel is a good solid school.
Just stop bringing in Northeastern to Drexel and every other thread.

lol. The Northeastern booster actually hurts her kid's school because they keep mentioning it so threads go off on how unfair it has been for NEU to market the way it has and offer the non-residential programs as a way of avoiding reporting subscores to USNWR.

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Coming to this late: my suggestion is to visit/tour the school and be sure to stay overnight so you can see a 24 hour view of campus. Get out of the car and walk the streets. See how the student and you feel. I would have let my dd go as opposed to no way would I have let her do Temple.