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Hi YabaChi! I tried finding the group you created on facebook and it is not showing up when I search for it.

Congratulations to anyone who has been accepted! SO exciting!!!

Congrats @Janelle1786! @ogoz, not yet! I was actually going to email them & see what's going on because I thought we were supposed to get the Transfer credits evaluation within two weeks of acceptance.

Hi @jburrisiii! One of the first things they asked at the Q&A session on Tuesday was if anyone in the room is a Veteran. They made them raise their hand & then we all applauded & they said how much they appreciate veterans at Drexel. One of the women representing the ACE program was exchanging info with one of the veterans because I believe Drexel has some type of benefits for Vets, so definitely check into that. But your GPA is excellent so I am sure you will get in on that alone. Good luck !!

@terpnurse no problem, good luck!! @TolDoll you're welcome!! I'm not positive the exact number, but I believe they said they accept about 160 students for the fall and 120 in the spring. They said you're not required to have a car but they definitely recommend having one because clinicals can be far. They did say that a lot of the students end up carpooling with each other if they have the same clinical, so maybe that will help you out! I agree with you about having the actual book versus an electronic book, but they said the advantage to having the e-books is that it's cheaper & you don't have to carry a lot of heavy nursing books around. But it's really a personal choice. Good luck on getting accepted!! Anymore questions let me know! @ogoz you're welcome! I'm always stalking this thing for good info so I thought it'd be helpful to share as much as I know about the program. But yes, only 12k in federal loans, it sucks!! I have to take out private loans also. As far as campus housing, they did mention something but to be honest I wasn't listening because I'm gonna be living at home in jersey.

@ogoz, no problem! They gave us an idea of what our schedule will be like (they pick the schedule & clinical places). We will be on campus Monday & Tuesday for class usually from 8-430. Then about two weeks after we start the program we will go to clinical which can be anywhere in the region (the farthest place is 35 miles from Philly). Clinical will be either Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday OR Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday. This will change each quarter. Clinical hours can be as early as 6:30am or 7:00am or start as late as 2:30pm and are typically 6 1/2 hours long. There are about 6-8 other students in clinical with us. We are on a quarter schedule & classes are 10 weeks long (midterm at 5 weeks & final exam at 11 weeks) then get a 1 week break in between quarters. I believe we are required to have an ipad (or something like an ipad) & all of our books are electronic. If the person prefers a hard copy of the copy they can buy that instead. We will be taking hesi tests throughout the program which help us move on to the next quarter & prepares us better for the nclex. We will have an all day orientation about 2 weeks before classes begin (classes begin the 3rd week in September usually). We are required to have a series of shots & fingerprints before we can do clinical. The hep B shots can take a long time to get (series of 3 shots) so they recommended we started them as soon as we can. Tuition right now is about 43,000 but this doesn't include books (they said e-books can be around $500 but probably more than that), uniforms, student fees. They said the most they have seen people receive from federal loans is $12,000, and most people pay the rest with private loans or through parents/relatives. Also, for health insurance they said if we decide to use Drexel's health insurance then that will be included in the tuition. But, if we use our own we have to contact whoever is in charge of health insurance at Drexel to make sure you tell them you have your own or you will be charged. We got to tour the labs we will be using & they are equipped with cameras & microphones so we can be recorded & go back and see on video our strong points/mistakes. They hire actors as "patients" who act as if they have some type of health problem & we have to treat them depending on their case. Ok, so I just wrote a book. Sorry so long, but I hope some of this helped! Let me know if you have anymore questions & maybe I can help.

Hi ogoz, Lexicon, and futurenurse255, I attended the information session for accepted students & we didn't see a power-point presentation but we got a tour of the labs we will be using (very nice by the way), and they provided us with information about the program. We also had a Q&A session so that was helpful.

NadaHin, Drexel is the only school I applied to as well. I also live in south jersey so I'm hoping I can just take the patco right over.

Hi ogoz, thanks! I had all my prerequisites completed when I applied. I applied online the first week of September & sent my transcripts that week as well. They received my transcripts about two weeks later. Hope this helps!

Thank you belindac07, good luck to you! Hi tracyslei! I have a BA in Psychology and my undergrad GPA is 3.1. My GPA for the last 60 credits I have taken is 3.2. My pre-req GPA is either a 3.4 or 3.5. I did not submit my resume or any letter of recommendations either. Good luck!!

TolDoll, I applied in the beginning of September! I was surprised to hear back so soon that I was accepted!

Hi NadaHin, I checked yesterday and found out I was also accepted! Congrats!