2024-2025 Drexel

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Can anyone give me the rundown for the two campuses? I know the west reading one is much smaller, but are there any pros/ cons that they don't tell you?
Also what's the rent like for the 2 campuses?
 
Icehound233 said:
Can anyone give me the rundown for the two campuses? I know the west reading one is much smaller, but are there any pros/ cons that they don't tell you?
Also what's the rent like for the 2 campuses?
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Pros: Small class size, you get your own home hospital (tower health) which gives u more opportunities to shadow and do research there, and you stay in one place all 4 years since you do rotations at tower health, rent is cheaper

Cons: you’ll be living in west reading, pretty separated from Philly activities and opportunities
 
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TAP112 said:
Pros: Small class size, you get your own home hospital (tower health) which gives u more opportunities to shadow and do research there, and you stay in one place all 4 years since you do rotations at tower health, rent is cheaper

Cons: you’ll be living in west reading, pretty separated from Philly activities and opportunities
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Thanks, I’m guessing the west campus has less research?
 
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Icehound233 said:
Thanks, I’m guessing the west campus has less research?
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Not really, most clinical research is remote access unless you're doing wet lab research (which is also time consuming). Students haven't had any difficulty finding research here. Philly is also an hour drive away so if you're okay with the commute (and some students are) you can actually live in Philly and commute as well.

Also news today that the Crozer hospital in Philly is closing, likely less clinical rotation sites in Philly for the foreseeable future. That means the only sites in Philly are for rotator students where you move places per rotation.
 
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krippy said:
I interviewed in September and haven't heard back yet, so I wouldn't get your hopes up lol. There's no order to how they're reviewing applications, so there's no way to know when you can expect to hear back either.
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This is actually insane how long they’re making you wait 🥲
 
krippy said:
I interviewed in September and haven't heard back yet, so I wouldn't get your hopes up lol. There's no order to how they're reviewing applications, so there's no way to know when you can expect to hear back either.
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Have you emailed them asking for an update? I remember they said during the interview if it’s been over 14 weeks you can email them to see what’s going on.
 
Anyone know why drexel seems to be so hated on SDN and reddit? When I look up the school it seems like most of the replies and comments are saying how to avoid this school at all cost. or that any other school is better
 
Icehound233 said:
Anyone know why drexel seems to be so hated on SDN and reddit? When I look up the school it seems like most of the replies and comments are saying how to avoid this school at all cost. or that any other school is better
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Generally I think it is because it's a very large and very expensive program (usually gives zero aid), lowest ranked out of all the schools in Philly, and the closing of Hahnemann. Plus the way they conduct their cycle, extremely long response times via email and sometimes your emails get ghosted completely, giving out pre-II holds very very late in the cycle (in some cases when interviews are already over, even though pre-II holds are a soft R for this school anyways), and having a pretty much nonexistent timeline for reviewing apps (they do not go in order and you can sit in purgatory for 6+ months if you are unlucky). At the end of the day though they are a good program that will get you through medical school, but they do have some problems with being disorganized.
 
Fortunate_ said:
Generally I think it is because it's a very large and very expensive program (usually gives zero aid), lowest ranked out of all the schools in Philly, and the closing of Hahnemann. Plus the way they conduct their cycle, extremely long response times via email and sometimes your emails get ghosted completely, giving out pre-II holds very very late in the cycle (in some cases when interviews are already over, even though pre-II holds are a soft R for this school anyways), and having a pretty much nonexistent timeline for reviewing apps (they do not go in order and you can sit in purgatory for 6+ months if you are unlucky). At the end of the day though they are a good program that will get you through medical school, but they do have some problems with being disorganized.
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I see, thank you for the analysis. So if this is the only med school I got into, there shouldn't be any issues for me to go here right? Like no major red flags other than the disorganization and the clinical rotation?

I can see why people are upset about the cycle going slowly but that shouldn't really have an effect on the med school curriculum right?
 
Icehound233 said:
I see, thank you for the analysis. So if this is the only med school I got into, there shouldn't be any issues for me to go here right? Like no major red flags other than the disorganization and the clinical rotation?

I can see why people are upset about the cycle going slowly but that shouldn't really have an effect on the med school curriculum right?
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As far as I’m aware you’re correct, I’ve not heard of any major red flags within the curriculum or anything about faculty.
 
Does anyone know when pre-matriculants must submit their campus preference by? The site says "as soon as possible," but I am struggling to find a date that they are formally due by (if they are).
 
GiG7 said:
Does anyone know when pre-matriculants must submit their campus preference by? The site says "as soon as possible," but I am struggling to find a date that they are formally due by (if they are).
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If you want a campus assignment by the first time its ran (my cycle was late March), then you should get your preference in sometime soon. Did you have any questions about either campus?
 
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Wish there was a timeline for financial aid offers and other relevant information. I don't even see my acceptance listed on the "select your medical school" tool
 
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