Drexel University Accelerated Career Entry (ACE) BSN program - Fall 2025

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Hi everyone! Hoping to start this for those who have applied/are interested in applying to the Drexel ACE program for fall 2025 start. I submitted my application before the priority deadline and am eagerly awaiting a response.

avocado25 said:

I just got my acceptance today!! I applied on the deadline 10/15.

Congrats! I submitted mine a lil late on 11/05... the waiting game is brutal. 

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avocado25 said:

I just got my acceptance today!! I applied on the deadline 10/15.

Congratulations!! Hope to see you in classes!

Karen Nguyen said:

CONGRATULATIONS!! The waiting game was worth it. I'm still waiting to hear back. 

Good luck!!

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I know this is for the fall 2025 cohort but I was accepted into the Spring 2025 cohort. Does anyone care to share how they'll pay for the program? I am about to start working on my compliance requirements. I'm expecting that all will be fine and I'll be able to pay for school but I need to figure it out. By the way congratulations to those who have also been accepted. To those still waiting for a decision: Stay positive and hopeful! You'll be accepted. 

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QOS said:

I know this is for the fall 2025 cohort but I was accepted into the Spring 2025 cohort. Does anyone care to share how they'll pay for the program? I am about to start working on my compliance requirements. I'm expecting that all will be fine and I'll be able to pay for school but I need to figure it out. By the way congratulations to those who have also been accepted. To those still waiting for a decision: Stay positive and hopeful! You'll be accepted. 

Would also love to hear how everyone is planning to pay for it as well! Unfortunately I will inevitably have to take out private loans, but hoping I will get some sort of aid from FAFSA. 

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Hey everyone!  

I got an update from Drexel for the ACE program... "Our offices would like to see further coursework, specifically science-based courses. When available, please submit final transcripts for any classes that you are currently attending." My grades won't be finalized til March unfortunately due to a car accident I had. I'm really nervous that they'll run out of spots for the 2025 Cohort and I'm also nervous I won't get accepted after submitting my final transcript. 

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I also got my acceptance! Now deciding if I accept or not... I'm so torn! 

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arisa said:

Just got my acceptance for Fall 2025 through email today! Did anyone else receive theirs?

Received mine as well this month! Applied in November 2024

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Just got my acceptance for Fall 2025 this past week! Is there a facebook group for accepted students? 

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Congrats to all who have been accepted!  I am currently in my third of four quarters of the program, and am happy to answer any questions you guys have 🙂

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DrexelNurse2020 said:

Congrats to all who have been accepted!  I am currently in my third of four quarters of the program, and am happy to answer any questions you guys have 🙂

Hey @DrexelNurse2020 I know this is completely subjective, but I was curious if you could give a little rundown on how the pace of the program has been for you? Thanks!

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Jacob Gonzalez said:

Hey @DrexelNurse2020 I know this is completely subjective, but I was curious if you could give a little rundown on how the pace of the program has been for you? Thanks!

Hey!  So overall I would say it's very content heavy and stressful, but completely manageable. 

In the first quarter you take Fundamentals (lecture 2x a week with Med Math exam towards the end of the term (need a 90% or better to pass), and alternate between a 6-hour lab and a clinical as the weeks go on, there's a BP skill checkout mid-term and at the end of the term you have to demonstrate med administration and either straight cath of a female or trach suctioning), Health Assessment (lecture 1x a week and weekly 4-hour lab, with a demonstrated focused assessment checkout at the end of the term), Genetics which was online for us, Pathophysiology lecture 1x a week, and a 2x a week Contemporary Healthcare lecture (complete easy A class).

Second quarter we had two full days a week of class (8 AM to 4:20 PM), and three clinical days a week.  Gerontological Nursing, Psych, and Med Surg I are the clinical courses.  This is also where you start taking pharmacology (Pharm I).It was exhausting because the schedule difference from quarter one was a huge change, and it felt like there was no time to do anything between time spent at class and clinical.

Now we are wrapping up quarter three (one more final exam to go)!  This term we had Pediatrics, Maternity, and Med Surg II as clinicals, and the weekly schedule is almost exactly the same as quarter two.  Pharm II is your fourth class.  Each of our grades in the courses were solely determined by four exams in each, with no sort of busy work buffer.  More studying this quarter than the previous two, which was quite stressful.

There's also a lot of clinical paperwork you complete weekly at the sites, and some clinical instructors are more relaxed with it than others are.  It's a luck of the draw as to who you get and where your sites are.

I've never been more stressed in my life but I do not regret doing this program at all.  Make some good friends early on, be friendly with everyone you meet (you are all in the trenches together, and my cohort is very tight knit because of shared experiences with school), and don't pay any mind to the people who treat grades like a competition.  It'll challenge you like crazy, but not having to drag this out over years is such a nice benefit.

Sorry if I forgot anything in this little ramble, but please ask any other questions you may have!

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