Drexel University ACE Spring 2010

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BibaBibaa

49 Posts

This is really great that your parents are able and willing to help you. I have no choice, I have to take loans.

I haven't heard anything about Obama's plan to help people who have lost their jobs...hopefully it's true.

I’m not quite sure what kind of financial aid you said you’re not eligible for, I assume you’re talking about grants? The problem is that we are second degree students. I don’t think we’re eligible for anything else but Stratford loans. I’m also annoyed because my first degree is from another country and unlike most people who apply for this program I don’t have any loans from previous degrees. This is the first time I’m applying for government financial aid. Technically this is going to be my first degree from this country and I thought I was going to get more money BUT they gave me only $6,000 in Stratford loans for 09/10 school year. Very disappointed!!

CocoBelly

66 Posts

UGH! That is so frustrating. I'm really unsure about all the financial stuff, I am the wrong person to ask. I do wish I knew more about it, or who to ask. I know I am definitely very lucky to have help from my family. My dad is a physician and my first degree was in Art.. so I think he's just really happy to help me finally get into a good profession!! haha.

What country did you get your first degree from? Are you from that country or did you travel for school?

sznd126

18 Posts

Hi,

I was just reading this thread and thought it was funny, Cocobelly, my dad's a physician,

and my undergrad's in design. He was pretty happy, too.

I'm also going to , in the fall though.

CocoBelly

66 Posts

Oh that is funny!! My best friend was an engineering major is now back in school for interior design, and we always talk about science and art (particularly design) are so similar in such a weird way we just can't explain. Will you be in the ACE program in the Fall or are you doing the 4-yr program?

CocoBelly- my undergraduate was awful too with excellent prerequisite grades and I got in to . They sent me this teeny, tiny envelop and I was so sad opening it...only to find out they were just telling me (again) that my application was complete and under review. I got my acceptance packet a few weeks later.

CocoBelly

66 Posts

oh that's good to know!! I feel better- but lets hope I'm not that odd exception. And knowing me, if I am, I will go back to them and grill them with WHY I wasn't accepted and ask them to lay it all out for me. haha. I can be a little crazy like that when I really want something!!

and btw- congrats on your acceptance!! I'm excited to talk to more people attending the program as it gets closer. As much as I want it and hope I get in, I get nervous thinking about it and feeling alone in such a rough program.. so it makes me feel better to talk to everyone on here.. and it's also nice because every time there is a response on here and I get to write back- I get excited and it keeps me focused on the goal :)

sznd126

18 Posts

They are similar! Glad there are people that understand that :)

I'm doing the ACE program in the Fall. you're Spring?

CocoBelly

66 Posts

If I get in, I'll be Spring. But I haven't received word yet.

As for the science/design similarity... I think it has to do with maybe our analytical abilities.. good problem solving skills and our sheer curiosity and need/desire to understanding how things work....???? :)

sznd126

18 Posts

I think you're right about that! Well, I hope you get in! Maybe we will cross paths.

Fran Englemann is super helpful if you still have questions, she helped me out a lot. I can hunt down her

email if you need it, or you probably already have it :)

CocoBelly

66 Posts

Yep! Fran was a huge help. They aren't the most organized over there, and I had handed my transcripts in person since I had read about their disorganization... however, they still managed to temporarily lose them. I spoke with her over the phone many times and she was always really understanding and calm, and never got super annoyed with my freaking out, haha, and she made it a priority to get it all under control.

BibaBibaa

49 Posts

Hi;)...ahh I started my statistics class this week and it's a mess...between work and school I don't have time for anything:specs:...it's not one of those fun classes either...

CocoBelly, sorry for not answering your question earlier...no, I'm not from US (as you might have notised already from my writing) and my degree is in Bioengineering...

Did you hear anything yet, or still waiting?

CocoBelly

66 Posts

ha, i did not notice from your writing at all! usually i can tell that stuff pretty quick since my family is not from the US either, haha... but you have great English typing skills! And yeah, I am still waiting to find out.

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