Caveat for students considering Drexel

Colleges & Universities Drexel University
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<p>From the Financial Aid forum–</p>

<p>"I am in my final year of college and cannot get a loan to finish. Sorry for the long post, but I will lay it all out on the table as I’m desperate and in a bad situation.</p>

<p>I should have been done a year ago but my school has cancelled many classes that were required for my degree, were prerequisites for other classes, etc. resulting in several quarters (they do 4 quarters, year round) of only part time enrollment due to cancelled classes and no alternative classes that applied toward my degree. The school still charged me for full time tuition during those quarters, giving me the run around “Your program is only offered in full time, so we can’t put you on part time for these quarters” which makes no sense since they weren’t offering that curriculum full time. . ."</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1021496-cant-get-loan-last-year-college-ideas.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1021496-cant-get-loan-last-year-college-ideas.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Did this happen at Drexel?</p>

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<p>If you read the full post, it does say it is Drexel, but sounds like the poster is working full time and trying to complete a degree at night. (He also thinks women and minorities are getting all the “free” money.) A cautionary tale, but a complicated story and not necessarily typical of the traditional 4 year college student.</p>

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<p>Personally we have had no issues with Drexel. My son is in his 2nd year and the only issue we’ve had was a financial hold which was our mistake… there was a mix-up… of course, he’s only in his 2nd year so we have a ways to go. I feel, in my opinion, that if you don’t deviate from the courses they recommend from your particular major you won’t have a problem, just saying…</p>