Transfer Student need some insight

OnWithTheRiotDU
Sun, 04 May 2014 03:50:55 +0000

Well, as I mentioned before, it’s hard to judge your success in one environment and predict how you’ll do at Drexel. However, I think that you definitely have a solid background, which will prove helpful.

I think the main difference you’ll find in terms of Drexel’s curriculum against your own isn’t going to be as much the subject matter as it will be the environment. Because you’ve already taken classes in Photonics and Engineering Science, I’d expect that you’ve learned the ropes a little bit with generally what STEM classes are like. What you’ll probably find much different will be the pace. Coming from a community college, which likely uses 15-16 week semesters, I expect that getting used to Drexel’s 10-week quarters might be challenging. In your upper level engineering classes, you’re going to start your midterms in the third week of the term. And you’re probably going to have a midterm in one class or another every week until week 8. Half of your term consists of midterm weeks.
I can’t emphasize this enough though: THIS IS NOT A BAD THING. It might take some adjusting to, but you’ll quickly realize that you are not only learning quicker, but also more in-depth this way.

Outside of the general pace of the courses, I think you maybe might find differences in the type of people that surround you. I’ve never been to your CC, so I obviously can’t make accurate judgments about the student body you’re used to. But I think you’ll be surprised at the diversity of people in the program; not just with demographics like race and gender, but also, just general characteristics.

If you really want to get into specifics, I can tell you what to expect from your next-year classes (if you know what they are). If not, let me know if you have any other questions

Best of luck.