| Like all colleges, it is now harder to get into Drexel. The following is a quote from the student newspaper ( The Triangle):The increase in enrollment has also pushed the acceptance rate down. This year, Drexel is expecting 25,000 applicants for only 2,500 spots. In 1995, there were 3,513 freshman applications and in 2007 there were 21,713 freshman applicants. Because the numbers have grown drastically, the academic standards at the university have increased as well.
"We're putting a number of students that we'd normally admit on a waiting list," McDonald said.[McDonald is the asst. director of enrollment]. |