Admission Policies

• Admission Decisions
• Admission Prerequisites
• Choosing Your Major
• Choosing Your Drexel Co-op Option
  • Sample Co-op Cycles
• Advanced Placement Credit
• Important Application Codes
• Enrollment Policy

Admission Decisions

Drexel operates on a rolling admission basis, which means that you will be notified about the admission decision as soon as possible after your file becomes complete. A complete file consists of all materials listed in the application checklist.

Decisions are made without respect to financial need. Drexel University subscribes to the National Candidates' Reply Date of May 1 for freshman applicants, and requires that a student's Enrollment Form and tuition deposit be postmarked on or before that date to reserve a place in the incoming freshman class.

Admission Prerequisites

Applicants to Drexel University are expected to have completed the high school curriculum that will best prepare them for freshman-year studies at the college level. Please review the admission prerequisites for your major.

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Choosing Your Major

When completing your application, you will be asked to select a major and Drexel Co-op. Your selection will determine the Drexel college or school for which you will be evaluated. This question must be answered. If your preference is "still deciding," then your answer is not binding as your academic interests may change.

Drexel offers four Still-Deciding options:

• General Humanities and Social Sciences for Still-Deciding Students®
• Science for Still-Deciding Students®
• General Business for Still-Deciding Students®
• Engineering for Still-Deciding Students®

Drexel also offers Accelerated Degree Options. To apply for these programs, you may need to choose a specific major and co-op option, so be sure to carefully review the eligible majors.

View the complete list of Full-Time Undergraduate Programs.

Transfer students: Please note that transfer students are not eligible for Still-Deciding and Accelerated Degree options.

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Choosing Your Drexel Co-op Option

The number of co-op experiences required for graduation is determined by your chosen academic course of study. Refer to our list of Full-Time Undergraduate Programs to determine which co-operative education options are available for your major.

• Three Co-op Option (Five Years) – This option includes three six-month periods of full-time employment. After the start of the sophomore year, students study or work through all terms.
• One Co-op Option (Four Years) – Typically, this option includes just one six-month period of full-time employment during the junior year. After the start of the sophomore year, students study or work through all terms.
• No Co-op Option (Four Years) – Some programs can be completed in four years without co-op employment.

The co-op cycle indicates when a Drexel student will participate in the co-op experience. For example, students with a fall/winter co-op cycle will work full-time during the fall and winter quarters, while a student with a spring/summer co-op cycle will work full-time during the spring and summer quarters. Co-op cycles are typically assigned during freshman year.

Learn more about Drexel Co-op.

The following examples show when a student with a fall/winter co-op cycle would be in class, participating in a co-op experience, or on vacation.

Sample Co-op Cycles

Advanced Placement Credit

Drexel recognizes the significance of superior scores earned by incoming freshmen on the Advanced Placement (AP) examinations administered by College Board. Your performance in AP courses may accelerate progress in your degree program. If you have received a score of 5 on any AP examination you may elect one of the following options with the approval of your academic advisor:

• be placed in an advanced course in that AP subject
• substitute another course or credit-bearing activity in its place or
• waive the course and apply the course credit to meet graduation requirements

Students accepted into an accelerated degree program may, with the approval of their academic advisor, waive selected courses in which AP scores of 4 and 5 have been earned, and apply the course credits to meet graduation requirements.

Assessment of qualifying AP credits for placement or credit will be completed after confirmation and enrollment. The assessment will be completed by the student's academic advisor, not by Admissions.

Important Application Codes

Enrollment Policy

Drexel University's undergraduate enrollment policy requires evidence of a high school diploma, completion of a home schooling program, or the recognized equivalent of a high school diploma for admission into a degree or certificate program. Transfer students are required to submit official transcripts from every postsecondary institution attended.

Ability to Benefit (Financial Aid)

In order to be eligible for the Title IV Financial Aid Program, you must have a high school diploma, completed home schooling, or a GED certificate. The Ability to Benefit (ATB) test is provided for students who do not have a high school diploma or GED and who wish to determine their eligibility for financial aid. The accepted test is the Computerized Placement Tests (CPTs)/Accuplacer.

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