in December?? Yes it's far too late, send in your app as early as possible next cycle for your best odds.
way too late
I don't think people hate on it. Actually, it's the opposite. It's very popular and attracts a disproportionate number of applicants relative to its tier, because it is in a popular city and is considered attainable. The only real negative I know of is that it's expensive and not particularly generous with aid. That, and the clinicals have been a bit of a mess since it lost its teaching hospital to bankruptcy a few years ago, so people have to travel far and wide for rotations.
Honestly, I think Drexel gets a bad rep because there are so many great medical schools in Philadelphia. If Drexel were the only school it’s area, I think it would have big appeal. But it inherently gets compared with all of the other Philly schools, which arguably have better rankings, better clinical sites, and better locations within the city. Penn, Jeff, Temple, and even PCOM are all great schools. So it’s just really stiff competition.
gotcha, that makes sense, there definitely are a lot of great schools within really close proximity there
word, hopefully the edition of the new facility will help with the whole clinical situation. Drexel is definitely located in a cool area too and seems to have great positives as well though
I think once the new campus opens in West Philly next to the undergrad campus that will majorly boost it's appeal.
I know there is going to be a new West Reading campus, but I don't think it's next to the undergrad campus?
My understanding is that it's going to be a new academic building. As lovely as I'm sure it will be, and as good as its location will be on the main campus, it will do nothing for clinical rotations, since it will not include hospital beds.
Not a new campus, but a new academic building that will move M1s and M2s from the Queen Lane campus in the East Falls section of Philly to University City, which is where the main campus is located, right next to Penn's campus (hence the name "University City"!). Totally separate from West Reading.
Welp, I'll take any med school that will accept me 😂😂😂
With over 13,000 applicants, which is FAR more than any other school in Philly, is it really fair to suggest that its appeal needs major boosting? Or that there is really any place for it go, other than maybe down? 🙂
I hope so, I can not imagine waiting another month to find out my fate.
Over 18,000 applications, actually! Both last cycle and projected for this cycle. I'm not not knocking Drexel. I personally interviewed here and would be delighted to have the opportunity to attend. I was merely offering a potential explanation for the other poster's question about why Drexel seems to have a negative reputation:
Given that many people who want to live in Philadelphia because they like the vibe of the city, I do believe that moving the preclinical-years from East Falls to West Philadelphia will indeed boost Drexel's appeal. Did I say it "needs" boosting? No. I merely said it will be boosted. Consider it an added bonus.
Yes! I freaked out about this, and it only appeared a few minutes before my scheduled interview start time!
i'm wondering the same as someone who interviewed a week later!
Also interviewed nov 8, wondering the same. They seemed to say it would more likely take a month or two, right?
yeah, if i remember correctly they told us it would take 6-8 weeks, but potentially 8-10 weeks because of the holiday
I think the last decision date accounted for up until the middle of October interviews. So I'm guessing late October and early November would hear during this release.
You're right. Late October hasn't heard back yet, at least I haven't heard anything and i interviewed 10/20. Let's hope for the best🙂
Do you consider November 8 early November? 😅
I feel like November is perfectly subdivided since it has 30 days lol
bruh WHY nooooo
Interviewed around the same time too. They had mentioned in my session that we won't hear back until January/February. It seemed liked they leaned more towards feb tho
oh gotcha, my b lol, thought it was some kind of hospital extension or something lolz
It seems like it was around 11 am, however, the date got switched to 12/20
had my interview on 12/2 and I'm kinda hoping with the delay I'll get wrapped up into this round of decisions instead of waiting until late January/February lol
All of us that haven’t gotten one yet 😂
