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KaGeDMuNkY (Philadelphia, PA) |
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February 14, 2009 |
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Drexel is really great though, as with everything in life, there will always be room for improvement!
Our campus has been voted ugliest campus by the Princeton Review but there is A LOT of construction going on at the moment which shows that the university is trying hard to improve it's image, facilities and the overall quality of life on campus. Construction projects in the current masterplan that are scheduled to be completed at any given time before 2012 include: a gym expansion, integrated science building, several dormitories, a new college of business building, academic building expansion, student center/retail expansions, a basketball arena/entertainment venue, rush building expansion, an additional parking garage, a hotel/conference center, library renovations and they just received an anonymous $25 mil gift to purchase a building for the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design! It's definitely an exciting time to be a part of the Drexel community! (http://www.drexel.edu/depts/pdc/images/downloads/2007-2012.pdf)
Student housing consists of suite-style dorms for upperclassmen and traditional dorms for freshman. On campus apartments are available through Drexel in the University Crossings apartment complex and off campus apartments are available nearby. I've never lived in the freshman dorms so I can't say much about them but the other dorms are great. They're more spacious than dorms at most other colleges I've visited and are like small apartments (Temple kids envy us). They have living rooms, bedrooms, your own bathroom (not communal like most dorms), and kitchenettes with full sized refrigerator, microwave and sink. Ovens are also available for cooking. Overall there is a very diverse selection of housing options available on campus and off.
Resources and facilities on campus are drastically improving. The library now offers more services than you can shake a stick at thanks to Jane Bryan, our former director of libraries, who sadly passed away recently of a rare disease. She has also worked at Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania libraries so that means it MUST be good! :-) After she came to Drexel there was a drastic improvement in the library so those will definitely be some tough shoes to fill for the next director of libraries. IT infrastructure is great though more on campus computer labs are much needed. The student center currently leaves much to be desired.
I've never had a problem with personal safety on campus. I've always managed to make it home alone safely at all hours of the morning. Security call boxes are located around campus and walking escorts are available after those late night study sessions in the library. Campus is patrolled by members of the Allied Barton security team and University City District and a full-fledged campus police department is in the process of being implemented.
Professors are hit or miss as with any school. Some are very supportive and friendly, offer lots of personal attention and office hours and handle problematic situations very well whereas others are cold and distant, delegate most interaction to their TA's and are very inexperienced when it comes to handling dilemmas such as those that often arise with group work. I've even witnessed some who believe you shouldn't ask questions about a question on an exam because "everything is clear"!
School administration is also hit or miss. I've had some extremely bad experiences and then I've had some acceptable but still not the greatest experiences. Email is the prime way to avoid people here at Drexel as not many people answer their phones. If you want a response without unacceptably waiting on hold for two hours send an email! This sometimes makes it tough to get answers. Also there are a lot of automated systems and algorithms used so that makes it borderline impersonal. That also means that it's up to the student to make sure all information is correct and no "half-assed blunders" or mistakes were made. Once you get past the initial administrative processes after your first year it's not that bad as you don't have to deal with the administrative processes as much. (I'm pretty sure the same holds true with any college administration at any school you go to)
Sports teams and athletics leave much to be desired as there is no football team and no official baseball team among others. The biggest thing here is basketball. Lacrosse is also pretty popular. No physical education courses are offered other than voluntary exercise programs at the gym. Health education requirements and a focus on physical well-being equals something that is much needed in the City of Brotherly Flub. (http://drexeldragons.com/)
Oh and don't listen to any of that Geno's cheese steak psychobabble! Pat's is by far THE best place to get a cheese steak in Philly! |
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August 24, 2007 |
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Drexel - Center City Campus: This campus is located in Downtown Philadelphia, which means it has easy access to the train station and numerous shopping/food markets (definitely a plus if you don't have a car). While the lecture rooms are nothing to brag about, the university building is next-door to Hahnemann Hospital, which is good for all the med students out there. Security is decent (you need a badge to get in to the building) and there is easy access to all the rooms.
The administration is a little bit lacking (sometimes it takes them a long while to get things sorted and done) but they do try to get things done right. Most of the graduate school teachers are willing to sit down and listen (which is something I never really found to be true at my undergraduate college).
Pros: Nearby shopping and food, easy commute, decently safe neighborhood, shares building with a hospital, ability to borrow books from surrounding universities (e.g. UPenn)
Cons: Parking is expensive ($95+ per month), the lecture rooms are small and the seats are not very comfortable, the chemistry department is seriously lacking in materials for students to use, and the library doesn't have enough study rooms. |
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