r/Drexel

Hello. I am an incoming graduate student at Drexel. I was wondering if people have worked at Drexel while being a student. I am approved for work study but am more interested in work outside of that. Where have you all worked and what was your experience? Are there any positions you'd recommend? I am wanted to grow a stronger community within being a student at Drexel.

How are y'all CS majors doing with coops.

Anyone that got no coops for Spring/Summer? What are you doing now?

Are a lot of CS majors not getting coops?

I'm an incoming freshman, can someone please explain to me why I'm required to take a Chemistry placement exam when I'm majoring in Computer Science? Thank you!

For my CT200 class, the entire thing is online. The professor doesn’t give lectures, no slides, doesn’t make the assignments. Everything is in Ascend education. The only thing that the professor does in the entire class is require you to take a screenshot of your finished labs and quizzes (literally just the notification that shows you’re done) even though everything is auto-graded in ascend and he could just look at the grades in ascend instead of adding an extra stupid step. The assignments are due Fridays and he does not accept late assignments. I did a lab and quiz (and got 100% on both) in ascend on Friday, but I forgot to submit the screenshots. I noticed last night that he put my grades as a 0, dropped my grade from an A to a C-. I reached out explaining the situation with the proof in ascend that I did it on time. This morning he reaches out to say that it would “not be fair to the students who submitted everything on time”. I tried pleading my case and explaining that I had completed all of the work and received a 100% on Friday, as well as stating that my GPA is already low and it is too late to withdraw. He pretty much told me to go fuck myself. What do I do at this point? Should I contact the dean? How would I go about that? I don’t want my GPA to be tanked further because I didn’t submit a fucking screenshot saying that I did my assignment even though you can literally see when I did it.

Update: my advisor responded and said that there’s literally nothing anyone can do because grading is always up to the instructors discretion. I do not believe that

Sticking around Philly for summer term and looking for work near campus (University City / Drexel area, but Center City is fine too).

Open to pretty much anything part-time. Bonus if it's flexible enough to work around a few classes.

If anyone knows places that are actively hiring, or has worked somewhere nearby they'd recommend (or warn me away from), I'd appreciate the tip.

Have a friend who wants to live with a non parent adult family member and commute to save money. The non parent family member lives within the 12 mile requirement. The parents live in another state so there's no practical way for them to live with the parents and commute.

The wording of the policy states the student can only live with a parent or legal guardian which is insanely restrictive. Other colleges with similar policies include aunts/uncles/cousins as suitable replacement for the commuter.

They already received a denial letter on the topic. Is he cooked or is there a way to escalate to try and get an exemption?

Around 30th and market. They are rly cheap but kinda sketchy so idk what is up with em. Was curious if anyone knew how they actually were or if this sketchiness is unfounded.

Crap ton of 1 star reviews lately as well.

Hi! I just got accepted into Drexel Graduate School, and I'm both terrified and excited. Coming from AZ, I'm excited to be in the city and to experience cooler weather, but I'm terrified of moving to a place all alone, as well as if I'll perform well enough in graduate school overall.

Current graduates who came from different states, how long did it take for you to find your footing?

Anything I should know about Philly life?

i've been trying to access my commencement tickets on the MLB Ballpark app and followed the instructions down to the t, and i still don't see any tickets, am i not suppose to see them or what? i'm confused and don't know if i should contact Drexel or the MLB support??

I’m considering enrolling there as an international undergrad student. Still not sure about the university but I’m well aware of its reputation due to its Co-op program. Is there any catch I may not be aware of? Any advice could help.

Im trying to map out how things will go day of commencement and I have a few questions.

For those who have had their college ceremony fall on the same day as the university ceremony how hectic was that? What did you do with the time in between? And around what time did the university commencement end?

does anyone live in neurodivergent housing? i can only find one paragraph about it online and tbh thats not enough info for me to apply. if anyone does live there whats it like?

I'm going to Drexel University (LeBow) for Management Information Systems and I've taken 9 APs: Lang, Lit, APUSH, Gov, Psych, Bio, CSA, CSP, and Precalc.

Does Drexel actually accept any of these for credit or at least let you skip electives/gen eds? I've heard mixed things, especially since AP Precalc is new.

I'm not expecting to skip major classes, but can any of these knock out requirements or give elective credit? If you're in LeBow or MIS specifically, what AP scores helped you (if any)?

Just trying to see how this transfer works of credits.

I’m looking for a photographers for my friend’s graduation. Is 80-150/hr a good budget. If you know someone dm me their contact pls

I’m a Drexel student, and I’ve been trying to apply to co-ops, but I keep running into eligibility filters that say opportunities are only open to U.S. citizens or green card holders.

The confusing part is that I am a Permanent Resident, but I’m still getting blocked or seeing restrictions that make it seem like I’m ineligible. I’m not sure if this is a system error, a misunderstanding on my end, or how employers are setting up their postings.

Has anyone else experienced this or know what might be going on? I’ve already checked my profile settings, so I’m trying to figure out if this is something I need to fix on Drexel’s side or the employer's side.

Any help or insight would be appreciated.

ok so i literally just made this account cause i wanted to ask this question…

does saxbys require hairnets? cause i got a burrito today and the guy behind the counter had a crazy neck beard and there was a hair not in the burrito but stuck to the paper when i opened it when i got back to my apartment like 10 minutes later. totally grossed me out (lowkey did eat it after further inspection cause its so expensive)

anyways just wondering if they use hairnets or I guess if anyone else has had this experience.