2025-2026 Drexel

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[Pallas]

Hi team. I saw on Reddit and the program website that Drexel offers year-long clinical placements at SF Bay Area Kaiser-Permanente. I'm a CA resident with stats that are a bit above the 90th percentile for OoS accepted Drexel students, but I am still interested in applying if I could learn more about the probability of being placed at the CA site.

Does anyone know if it's a lottery-based system? Also, does anyone know if they yield protect?

 

[chilly_md]

Hi team. I saw on Reddit and the program website that Drexel offers year-long clinical placements at SF Bay Area Kaiser-Permanente. I'm a CA resident with stats that are a bit above the 90th percentile for OoS accepted Drexel students, but I am still interested in applying if I could learn more about the probability of being placed at the CA site.

Does anyone know if it's a lottery-based system? Also, does anyone know if they yield protect?

See this comment from this past cycle's thread:

L

Post in: '2024-2025 Drexel'

May 18, 2025

How popular is Allegheny Hospital in Pittsburgh? I hear it’s a good choice for people interested in surgery.

Allegheny, Reading, and Kaiser are usually the most popular. They filled in the first run of the lottery this year.

• LancesDragonite

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Yes, this school receives many applications and if you are a CA applicant with high stats (strong GPA and 517+ MCAT, it is unlikely they will use their limited interview spots on you.

 

[LancesDragonite]

Hi team. I saw on Reddit and the program website that Drexel offers year-long clinical placements at SF Bay Area Kaiser-Permanente. I'm a CA resident with stats that are a bit above the 90th percentile for OoS accepted Drexel students, but I am still interested in applying if I could learn more about the probability of being placed at the CA site.

Does anyone know if it's a lottery-based system? Also, does anyone know if they yield protect?

Hi, I am a current M3. It is a pure lottery in which you list your preferred site and they try to match you to that site. It is not something you can guarantee and the likelihood would depend on how many students in your class list that site 1st and your random placement on the lottery order list.

 

[Pallas]

See this comment from this past cycle's thread:

L

Post in: '2024-2025 Drexel'

May 18, 2025

How popular is Allegheny Hospital in Pittsburgh? I hear it’s a good choice for people interested in surgery.

Allegheny, Reading, and Kaiser are usually the most popular. They filled in the first run of the lottery this year.

• LancesDragonite

• 

Yes, this school receives many applications and if you are a CA applicant with high stats (strong GPA and 517+ MCAT, it is unlikely they will use their limited interview spots on you.

I do have a 518 and a 3.99 GPA. :-(.

I was going to apply to George Washington before I heard about Drexel's CA program and their different campuses. Drexel has a 0.5% higher OOS acceptance rate (1.1% vs. 1.6%), a larger class size (meaning more spots for me ;-)! ), and the probability of rotating in CA. Needless to say, I also enjoy Philly more than I enjoy DC overall.

Would it be a decent idea to remove GW from my school list in favor of Drexel, despite my MCAT? I already have 2/3 of Drexel's secondaries prewritten just because they are the same as a few other programs I am applying to. Plus, I have FAP, so the secondary fee is waived anyways!

 

[Pallas]

Hi, I am a current M3. It is a pure lottery in which you list your preferred site and they try to match you to that site. It is not something you can guarantee and the likelihood would depend on how many students in your class list that site 1st and your random placement on the lottery order list.

Thanks for the info!

 

[LancesDragonite]

I do have a 518 and a 3.99 GPA. :-(.

I was going to apply to George Washington before I heard about Drexel's CA program and their different campuses. Drexel has a 0.5% higher OOS acceptance rate (1.1% vs. 1.6%), a larger class size (meaning more spots for me ;-)! ), and the probability of rotating in CA. Needless to say, I also enjoy Philly more than I enjoy DC overall.

Would it be a decent idea to remove GW from my school list in favor of Drexel, despite my MCAT? I already have 2/3 of Drexel's secondaries prewritten just because they are the same as a few other programs I am applying to. Plus, I have FAP, so the secondary fee is waived anyways!

I think you should just apply to both if you can. If you would go to Drexel, then apply.

 

[Pallas]

I think you should just apply to both if you can. If you would go to Drexel, then apply.

Noted. Thank you!

 

[chilly_md]

I do have a 518 and a 3.99 GPA. :-(.

I was going to apply to George Washington before I heard about Drexel's CA program and their different campuses. Drexel has a 0.5% higher OOS acceptance rate (1.1% vs. 1.6%), a larger class size (meaning more spots for me ;-)! ), and the probability of rotating in CA. Needless to say, I also enjoy Philly more than I enjoy DC overall.

Would it be a decent idea to remove GW from my school list in favor of Drexel, despite my MCAT? I already have 2/3 of Drexel's secondaries prewritten just because they are the same as a few other programs I am applying to. Plus, I have FAP, so the secondary fee is waived anyways!

If you prefer Philly, apply to Jefferson and maybe Temple. Based on your WAMC, you should be cutting your list drastically down to around 30 programs.

 

[Pallas]

If you prefer Philly, apply to Jefferson and maybe Temple. Based on your WAMC, you should be cutting your list drastically down to around 30 programs.

I've cut down my list quite a bit since posting, but I still have more to go. You're so right T-T.