RyanNJ
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I have been accepted to both rutgers and Drexel and I was wondering if anyone has atteneded either that could share some insight
Rutgers or Drexel for engineering
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Well now -
I'm not familiar with the cities where the Rutgers Campuses are located except that Newark and Camden are pretty big cities, but Drexel is in mid-town Philadelphia very close to UPenn and Philadelphia isn't NY City but it is a BIG city. The neighborhood will have tons of students and there's probably a lot of interaction socially.
Drexel used have a great program for folks who wanted to work their way through, I had a couple of Drexel Students as interns when I was a line manager at IBM - they made good money while with us to help them with expences. The program did take 5 years to complete though. It is an advantage though becanse a pretty good percentage of interns get job offers from their internship employers. I hired one myself.
Make sure you visit both - my eldest son was accepted at Drexel but chose the Coast Guard Acadamy. Drexel was his 2nd choice and it is a better school now than it was 1n 1981 when he was looking.
I'm not familiar with the cities where the Rutgers Campuses are located except that Newark and Camden are pretty big cities, but Drexel is in mid-town Philadelphia very close to UPenn and Philadelphia isn't NY City but it is a BIG city. The neighborhood will have tons of students and there's probably a lot of interaction socially.
Drexel used have a great program for folks who wanted to work their way through, I had a couple of Drexel Students as interns when I was a line manager at IBM - they made good money while with us to help them with expences. The program did take 5 years to complete though. It is an advantage though becanse a pretty good percentage of interns get job offers from their internship employers. I hired one myself.
Make sure you visit both - my eldest son was accepted at Drexel but chose the Coast Guard Acadamy. Drexel was his 2nd choice and it is a better school now than it was 1n 1981 when he was looking.
Lenny
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I agree with what Smitty said, make sure to actually visit both schools. Talk to the students. Sit in on a class or two if possible.
TellicoTurning
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can't offer any advice on which school... I've hear of Rutgers, but not Drexel...
Either way you go, agree with Smitty & Lenny.... visit the schools if you can.... Congratulations and best wishes on your future.
Either way you go, agree with Smitty & Lenny.... visit the schools if you can.... Congratulations and best wishes on your future.
RyanNJ
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That was actually going to be one of my choices, the Coast Guard Academy but i missed the deadline
hdtran
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Ryan,
Which engineering program are you interested in? ME? Electrical? etc.
If you want, PM me, and I'll PM you back a phone # if you want to chat. I'm a PhD ME; used to teach, but now in the gov't sector.
In the 90's, I would have chosen Drexel over Rutgers, but we're now 15 yrs later...
Which engineering program are you interested in? ME? Electrical? etc.
If you want, PM me, and I'll PM you back a phone # if you want to chat. I'm a PhD ME; used to teach, but now in the gov't sector.
In the 90's, I would have chosen Drexel over Rutgers, but we're now 15 yrs later...