<p>cultural passport can be used once only for each place… unless the person working doesn’t stamp it, or doesn’t know that you can only use it once, which happens a lot.</p>
<p>i have a lot of friends from florida here, including my roomate last year. they always complain about the weather in the winter (especially this past winter!). there’s no hurricanes here in philly though, so that’s a plus. since you’ve never seen snow, it’ll be a life accomplishment when you build your first snowman or snow angel.</p>
<p>can’t speak for you about adjusting because everyone’s different… but i’m sure you’ll be ok. I could probably go for 10 years without speaking to any of my immediate family so I had no trouble at all. The flights down to Florida from Philly are pretty cheap if you book them in advance. If you really miss home you could always do a 6 month co-op in florida. (I have a friend from california that went back to live home every co-op) - just realize that all your friends will be in philly after being here for a few years, and there are more jobs here, so you’ll probably end up staying.</p>
<p>bottom line is you are moving onto new and better things. congratulations on your scholarship. housing will cost you around $600/month after freshman year if you work it out good. It’s a lot cheaper to live off campus. Living on campus freshman year is a good idea, but I wouldn’t recommend anyone to live on campus after that. It’s not social like freshman year, expensive, annoying, small living spaces, etc. you have time to make that decision though. the meal plan is a hit or miss, some people love it, some people hate it. It’s only a good deal if you really take advantage of it (eg: eat a lot of food). food is, whatever you want it to be. there’s a supermarket a few blocks away. just don’t be one of those people that order take out every day. what major are you coming here for?</p>
<p>also, co-op money should help you offset your living expenses.</p>
<p>Great. Cheaper housing will definitely help with after college debt.</p>
<p>As for the meal plan: What is it, exactly? What are the options like? I’m a vegetarian and am very worried that I will be limited to few options. I do a summer program at a college over the summer and we eat in their cafeteria type place. Even though it’s only about 5 days, we eat there every meal and by the end I find that I’d rather eat just about anything. While there might be some pasta options and pizza, that will get old after a while and it seems like a LOT of things (such as sandwiches) are made with meat, or unfortunately for me, made with meat products that they don’t even think about. Do you think that this will be a problem for me?</p>
<p>I applied for Entertainment and Arts Management but someone from Drexel contacted me saying they though I might be more interested in Music Industry. I immediately switched but that was pretty late in the game. When I got accepted they said they could not accept me into my first choice major so I got in for EAM. However I have the number of the head of the Music Industry program and I will be trying extremely hard to switch.</p>
<p>And thanks for the congratulations! I definitely needed that scholarship (everyone seems to be a little concerned with how pricey Drexel is, but I guess it’s a good school in a big city so that makes sense). I’m still waiting on my financial aid package. They called and said it was mailed sometime last week but I haven’t gotten it yet.</p>
<p>right right… i forgot you just said your major a few posts before. if you are a vegetarian, yes the cafeteria will suck. not that there aren’t vegeterian options, there’s a whole vegetarian part of the cafeteria, and there are special veggy options, salads, pizza, pasta, etc etc. but just knowing from past experiences that vegeterians don’t usually get along with the cafeteria. pretty much at all colleges a mealplan is required for freshman year… so there’s no way getting around it anytime. There’s two mealplan options as a freshman. The 2nd one gives you less meals at the cafeteria and more account dollars to use at things like starbucks, and other food places around campus, including a mini-mart type store like 7-11. Definitely choose this one. if you can come up to drexel, i would recommend checking out the cafeteria.
good luck and let me know if you have any other questions.</p>
<p>Thank you. I’m coming to the Accepted Student’s Day on April 10th so I’ll make sure to check out the cafeteria. The second option seems like the better choice for anyone, but definitely for me too. Thanks!</p>
<p>heyy question for anyone who knows stuff about Drexel Financial Aid. My payment has come down to about 10,000-14,000 (estimated by Drexel), not including the 5500 stafford loan they include in their “financial aid package”. Since my family’s EFC = 0, would I be able to negotiate this price?</p>
<p>I really don’t know how this works at all. The reason it would be nice if I could get a little more money is because I’ll be applying to med school after college. My family is not going to be able to pay for any of my college, so I would have anywhere from 40,000-56,000 dollars in loans before med school. The costs are really going to add up for me. How should I go about this?</p>
<p>BTW, I dont meant to complain about the financial aid package I’ve received. according to a lot of people I know who’ve been accepted to Drexel and have their FA package, my package is really good for this school. I’m just trying to say that if there is a way I could get more money, I will definitely try.</p>
<p>EFC=0? lol, I had no idea that’s possible. I’m in a worse position…mine is 22,500, so i dont think I’ll be getting anything. I think you should try for scholarships, definately. Drexel gave me 17,000 merit aid, so I have to either take out 20,000 a year in loans or get scholarships.</p>
<p>see drexel gave me 21,000 dollars in merits, practically half of their “financial aid package”. for some reason I was expecting more in the financial aid part based on need rather than merit</p>
<p>and yeah depending on how much you make and how many people live in your home, your efc can be as low as 0.</p>
<p>My son is going to visit Drexel…any suggestions as to what he should do or see while he is there to get a real feel for the school…Thanks</p>
<p>I visited drexel a couple months ago. since im from the suburbs of philly and know a little bit about it, I would definitely say that your son should not only visit drexel’s “campus” (which is integrated into the city) but walk around the whole city and see what it has to offer after the tour. You’ll really see that not only are the Drexel buildings and centers going to be his home, but the rich, cultural city as a whole.</p>
<p>Hey Zack,</p>
<p>All of the information on this thread has been really helpful! I’m really interested in going into the Sports Management program at Drexel with Co-op and I was wondering if you had heard anything about it. Also, I read that there are far more males than females at Drexel compared to the difference at other schools is that true?</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>no that’s not true. it was once true, about 10 years ago, but not anymore, especially with the addition of the nursing school a while back. i don’t know much about the curriculum, but i know people that were in it and liked it and got good co-ops.</p>
<p>thanks man i appreciate it. i’m from oregon but i really like the vibe i get from drexel. it just feels like the right college for me</p>
<p>Hey I got into Drexel a few weeks ago and I was thinking about the co-op. How does it work?
Do you get to choose where you want to work or do they assign you a place depending on your major and what not? And say you get a job/internship in Boston or New York, would they cover your expenses?</p>
<p>a lot of the details of your question are within this long thread. no your expenses will not be covered. you choose a place to work either independently or through the drexel online job search system. nobody is “assigned” and you can always reject your offers</p>
<p>Zack-I have been reading all the info you have posted over the last few years…thanks for all the valuable info. You posted last year that you knew of no one who had not found a co-op, in this job market…is this still the case? Thanks</p>
<p>i don’t know anyone who has gone a whole co-op cycle without finding a co-op. There are some people who miss getting a job in C-round, and they start off the co-op cycle without a job, but the way Drexel works it is you have to constantly be looking for a job and reporting to them about it in a journal if you don’t have one. Eventually, everyone settles down with something. If they don’t, it’s from their own negligence. Sometimes you have to settle down in a job you wouldn’t want, but that’s life. I’d say even in this economy, 75% of the time, students really like and enjoy their co-op job. Initiative is everything. Sometimes you have to be the one that finds the job, not the other way around. Usually, independent co-op jobs are less competitive then regular co-op jobs, because you aren’t competing against every other Drexel Student (unless it’s some type of national internship program)</p>
<p>also, it depends on your job. engineering co-ops are certainly different than COMAD co-ops. </p>
<p>Another thing to note, is usually the toughest co-op is your first one, because you usually don’t have much on your resume, and once you have that first co-op (assuming they like you there), you’re usually fully trained and your previous co-op would be willing to have you back… which allows you to compete for better offers instead of playing it safe. Hope this helps</p>
<p>If I recently got accepted, how soon should I expect an aid package?</p>
<p>Thanks Zack…makes sense.</p>
<p>Hey Zack, I was wondering if you knew anything about drexel’s summer internship program for 2010. It’s for biomed and I’m supposed to be getting an email from them this friday but I’m getting nervous since I didn’t really turn in my app early enough and is scared that it might be a first come first thing.</p>