2008-2009 Drexel Secondary Application Thread

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I was complete in early august, and no decision has been made yet. I'm thinking of sending an update. Does anyone know if I should e-mail them or send it by snailmail?
 
Hey, so how is the financial aid situation like at drexel? i saw on their website that they had some scholarships and work study programs, but since i'm not a student officially i can't see them.

the cost of tuition is worrying me haha
 
therocketman said:
Hey, so how is the financial aid situation like at drexel? i saw on their website that they had some scholarships and work study programs, but since i'm not a student officially i can't see them.

the cost of tuition is worrying me haha
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I know you can't see them without a username and password, but there are around 150 scholarships that Drexel has available to med students. Obviously, you won't be eligible for all of them, but there are plenty of opportunities.

There are also plenty of work-study positions available both at the Drexel main campus, as well as at the Center City Hahnemann and Queen Lane campuses.
 
yeah.. i plan on applying for as many scholarships as i am eligible for to help ease the hurt of paying that much money. also from your past experiences, how hard is it to be a work study and go full time at med school?
 
therocketman said:
yeah.. i plan on applying for as many scholarships as i am eligible for to help ease the hurt of paying that much money. also from your past experiences, how hard is it to be a work study and go full time at med school?
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I'm not doing work-study so I can't comment on the challenges. However, know that medical school is very time consuming, so don't expect to be able to work a lot of hours each week.
 
therocketman said:
yeah.. i plan on applying for as many scholarships as i am eligible for to help ease the hurt of paying that much money. also from your past experiences, how hard is it to be a work study and go full time at med school?
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From what I've heard from other student advisors and admissions counselors, working while in med school is usually frowned upon due to the work load of med school.
 
tbucky said:
From what I've heard from other student advisors and admissions counselors, working while in med school is usually frowned upon due to the work load of med school.
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As a general rule, yes. However, your ability to work during med school may come down to what your job entails. There are often work-study positions that have you sitting around a lot with time to study.

My advice to those considering work-study is to give yourself time to adjust to med school before you consider a work-study position. Before you've experienced things, it's almost impossible to decide whether you can work it.
 
thanks for the advice.
now that i got accepted to drexel, seeing these numbers are making the heart attacks really start to kick in lol
 
marie14 said:
Hi, i just got offered an interview (for 11/18) via my status page. Will I also receive any info from Drexel about where to stay/directions etc? Any suggestions for you all? Thanks! 🙂
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Wow, your interview is sooner than mine!

I got my interview via status page as well. The appointment confirmation email said "We have tried to provide you with all you need to know about our campus, getting here, and staying in Philadelphia." I'll explore the website later; maybe it was in the invite email that I/we never got.
 
Loon said:
Wow, your interview is sooner than mine!

I got my interview via status page as well. The appointment confirmation email said "We have tried to provide you with all you need to know about our campus, getting here, and staying in Philadelphia." I'll explore the website later; maybe it was in the invite email that I/we never got.
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When I applied, I never received any information about the school or the area prior to my interview day, so don't be surprised if you don't either. There's not much you need to know, though. Just get there on time and have fun.

If you have any questions about Drexel, the area, hotels, etc. feel free to ask.
 
So I'm scheduled to interview on december 9th (yay! 😀), and am wondering if anyone has heard what type of essay they expect us to write?? I hope it's just something similar to the standard secondary essay, since their secondary didn't have one... :scared:
 
Ariana85 said:
So I'm scheduled to interview on december 9th (yay! 😀), and am wondering if anyone has heard what type of essay they expect us to write?? I hope it's just something similar to the standard secondary essay, since their secondary didn't have one... :scared:
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mine was: "as a physician you will have to break some rules, tell us about a time when you broke a rule, how did people view you after you broke it, why did you break it and was the outcome" or something along those lines. They might switch it
 
saqrfaraj said:
I know you can't see them without a username and password, but there are around 150 scholarships that Drexel has available to med students. Obviously, you won't be eligible for all of them, but there are plenty of opportunities.

There are also plenty of work-study positions available both at the Drexel main campus, as well as at the Center City Hahnemann and Queen Lane campuses.
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Yeah I wouldn't really rely on these: you're automatically disqualified from these if your household makes a certain amount of money and/or you're not already in $20,000 of debt or greater.

Unless you have a rich family, be prepared to be sunk $250k.
 
xanthomondo said:
Yeah I wouldn't really rely on these: you're automatically disqualified from these if your household makes a certain amount of money and/or you're not already in $20,000 of debt or greater.

Unless you have a rich family, be prepared to be sunk $250k.
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Amen to that. I just didn't want to make any assumptions about the OPs financial situation.
 
saqrfaraj said:
Amen to that. I just didn't want to make any assumptions about the OPs financial situation.
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Yeah I spent all that time writing the essay/personal statement for the scholarships only to find out I didn't get any. When I called and asked she told me I wasn't even eligible for them in the first place.

I'm so glad they told us up front so that we didn't waste our time with those stupid essays... but then again, I guess they were just preparing us for the huge amount of time that medical school would be wasting of ours in the near future.
 
chemolupusMD said:
mine was: "as a physician you will have to break some rules, tell us about a time when you broke a rule, how did people view you after you broke it, why did you break it and was the outcome" or something along those lines. They might switch it
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wow.. so..complicated... reminds me of the upitt essay...
 
saqrfaraj said:
When I applied, I never received any information about the school or the area prior to my interview day, so don't be surprised if you don't either. There's not much you need to know, though. Just get there on time and have fun.

If you have any questions about Drexel, the area, hotels, etc. feel free to ask.
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I also have an interview at Drexel Nov 19 which I found on the status page a couple days ago but I didn't get an e-mail about it. (For those who care, I was complete sometime late September and I'm OOS). I called the admissions office to get some info about how to get there, which room to go to, etc. but she just said the information e-mail should arrive soon, so she was entirely unhelpful.

My question is, what's the best way to get between the airport and the campus? How much time should I allot? I need to make my flight arrangements and get the day off work asap. Thanks!
 
dave1718 said:
I also have an interview at Drexel Nov 19 which I found on the status page a couple days ago but I didn't get an e-mail about it. (For those who care, I was complete sometime late September and I'm OOS). I called the admissions office to get some info about how to get there, which room to go to, etc. but she just said the information e-mail should arrive soon, so she was entirely unhelpful.

My question is, what's the best way to get between the airport and the campus? How much time should I allot? I need to make my flight arrangements and get the day off work asap. Thanks!
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Personally, I would take the R1 train into the city (or you can cab it for about $30 flat rate) and then depending where you need to go you could take a cab or another train.
 
richse said:
Personally, I would take the R1 train into the city (or you can cab it for about $30 flat rate) and then depending where you need to go you could take a cab or another train.
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So if the interview day ended at 3, could I make a flight at 6:00 out of PHL??
 
dave1718 said:
So if the interview day ended at 3, could I make a flight at 6:00 out of PHL??
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That would be cutting it a little close, specially if you stay a little longr chatting with adcom or students. Assuming you got to the airport by 4 or 4:30 you would probably be fine. There has only been once where my wait in security at PHL was longer than an hour and a half. Normally its 30 min or so. I'm not very familar with the Drexel campus/interview location. If it's in east falls you will have a longer trip than if it is in the city where you can just hope right off/on the R1.
 
richse said:
Personally, I would take the R1 train into the city (or you can cab it for about $30 flat rate) and then depending where you need to go you could take a cab or another train.
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Agreed, the R1 train into the city is your best bet. I'm assuming you're staying somewhere in Center City and not arriving the day of the interview, so I'd need more info before I could tell you the best way to get to Drexel Med. However, if you're somewhere downtown, your best bet is definitely the R8 train to the Queen Lane Station. It's right next to campus.

dave1718 said:
So if the interview day ended at 3, could I make a flight at 6:00 out of PHL??
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Agreed, that's definitely too close. Try and find a later flight, or stay another day.

richse said:
I'm not very familar with the Drexel campus/interview location. If it's in east falls you will have a longer trip than if it is in the city where you can just hope right off/on the R1.
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Yes, the interview is at the medical campus in East Falls. If you're going straight from the airport your best bet is the R1 train to the 30th St. Station, and then the R8 to Queen Lane Station.
 
Loon said:
Wow, your interview is sooner than mine!

I got my interview via status page as well. The appointment confirmation email said "We have tried to provide you with all you need to know about our campus, getting here, and staying in Philadelphia." I'll explore the website later; maybe it was in the invite email that I/we never got.
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I ended up emailing Kelli Kennedy in the Admissions office and she sent me an interview brochure. Have you gotten any suggestions on where to stay?
 
you know, I had a 6 o'clock flight out of philadelphia and I had plenty of time to get to the airport and check in. my uncle even took the long way through downtown philadelphia to give me a quick tour of the city. I wouldn't be too worried, cause the majority of interviews happen 10:30-1:00ish and if you want to stay for the PIL seminar type thing it lasts a bit longer. at the very latest you would get out around 3.
 
marie14 said:
I ended up emailing Kelli Kennedy in the Admissions office and she sent me an interview brochure. Have you gotten any suggestions on where to stay?
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Thanks, marie. I took you advice and emailed Ms. Kennedy.
 
I've called the drexel admissions office a few times and they always tell me the same thing... I'm complete and they are still looking at my file... is this a nice way of saying they are not interested? Has anyone had the same result but received an interview? I've been complete for about 2 months now. OOS 29M 3.69 BCMP I know I don't have stellar stats
 
Spoonbig21 said:
I've called the drexel admissions office a few times and they always tell me the same thing... I'm complete and they are still looking at my file... is this a nice way of saying they are not interested? Has anyone had the same result but received an interview? I've been complete for about 2 months now. OOS 29M 3.69 BCMP I know I don't have stellar stats
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Your stats aren't stellar, but they're not terrible either. If they reject you, you'll get a letter. Until then, keep the faith.
 
Spoonbig21 said:
I've called the drexel admissions office a few times and they always tell me the same thing... I'm complete and they are still looking at my file... is this a nice way of saying they are not interested? Has anyone had the same result but received an interview? I've been complete for about 2 months now. OOS 29M 3.69 BCMP I know I don't have stellar stats
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just got an interview invite from them! OOS, 29L (and 28M, 25L 🙁, 3.85 GPA, and very non-traditional applicant. was complete for about a month. if i had a chance, you could too!
 
Vera2 said:
just got an interview invite from them! OOS, 29L (and 28M, 25L 🙁, 3.85 GPA, and very non-traditional applicant. was complete for about a month. if i had a chance, you could too!
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Awesome!! congrats!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed 😀
 
Where is a good place to stay that offers both easy access to the med school and to fun-ish stuff to do the evening of and day after my interview?
 
Loon said:
Where is a good place to stay that offers both easy access to the med school and to fun-ish stuff to do the evening of and day after my interview?
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It depends on what you mean by fun. Movies? Bars?

If you stay downtown there's plenty to do and you can take the R8 train to Queen Lane. There are a couple of hotels on City Ave., which would be closer, but there's less to do and it's more suburban.
 
saqrfaraj said:
It depends on what you mean by fun. Movies? Bars?

If you stay downtown there's plenty to do and you can take the R8 train to Queen Lane. There are a couple of hotels on City Ave., which would be closer, but there's less to do and it's more suburban.
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I guess "fun" means an interesting area to walk around and maybe see some historic stuff or something. Also, how do I get to the cheesesteak place?
 
Loon said:
I guess "fun" means an interesting area to walk around and maybe see some historic stuff or something. Also, how do I get to the cheesesteak place?
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You'll want Center City then. The cheesesteak place is up for interpretation. The classic ones are Pat's and Geno's, which both claim to have created/perfected the cheesesteak. They're right across the street from one another and are open 24 hrs/day.
 
jim's steaks on south st and 4th definitely has the better cheese steaks. genos is such a poser.

I'm decling my interview slot at drexel, who wants it?? Bidding starts at $100.
 
wasteoftime said:
jim's steaks on south st and 4th definitely has the better cheese steaks. Genos is such a poser.

I'm decling my interview slot at drexel, who wants it?? Bidding starts at $100.
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$120!
 
wasteoftime said:
jim's steaks on south st and 4th definitely has the better cheese steaks. genos is such a poser.

I'm decling my interview slot at drexel, who wants it?? Bidding starts at $100.
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No doubt that Pat's and Geno's are tourist traps. But that's not necessarily a bad thing when it keeps your lines shorter. 😀
 
Sooo...after learning that Drexel notifies people of their status via the "status" page, I logged in for the first time today.

Turns out I'm not complete yet. The status page states that they never received my secondary nor my payment. This is surprising as the homepage states that the secondary was finalized and submitted on 8/7/08 and that the payment was received on 8/7/08 as well (I even have an email copy of the payment receipt).

Did I do something wrong? (Is there another button to press?) Or is Drexel's computer system glitching?
🙁
 
chemolupusMD said:
mine was: "as a physician you will have to break some rules, tell us about a time when you broke a rule, how did people view you after you broke it, why did you break it and was the outcome" or something along those lines. They might switch it
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ooh that's a tough one! i can't even think of an example i would use for that... they probably do have a lot of different ones though
 
NyQuil said:
Sooo...after learning that Drexel notifies people of their status via the "status" page, I logged in for the first time today.

Turns out I'm not complete yet. The status page states that they never received my secondary nor my payment. This is surprising as the homepage states that the secondary was finalized and submitted on 8/7/08 and that the payment was received on 8/7/08 as well (I even have an email copy of the payment receipt).

Did I do something wrong? (Is there another button to press?) Or is Drexel's computer system glitching?
🙁
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This situation, my friend, warrants a call to the Admissions Office first thing Monday morning.
 
I know this thread is filled with posts like the one I'm about to write, but I going to do it anyway.

3.73gpa, 37S mcat, decent ECs. And no news from Drexel as of today. I was complete as of 8/13/08. The admissions person on the phone told me that there was no way for her to know if I might be called for an interview.

How long do they interview until? I'm just trying to gauge if I should still hope for this one, or pack up and move on.

Thank you fellow SDNers.
 
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