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Drexel University - Surrounding City Ratings
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Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at DRU By Gender  | | Male | A- | | Female | A- |
| By Major | | Accounting | B+ | | Agriculture/Horticulture | A+ | | Architecture | B- | | Architecture & Urban Planning Department | B | | Art & Design Department | A+ | | Biology | A- | | Business - Management and Administration | A- | | Civil Engineering | A | | Communications | A | | Computer Engineering | A- | | Computer Science | A- | | Criminal | B+ | | Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc | B | | Economics | A- | | Electrical Engineering | B+ | | Engineering Department | B+ | | English | A+ | | Finance | B | | Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | B+ | | Genetics | A+ | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | A+ | | Language - French/Spanish/etc. | B | | Mechanical Engineering | A | | Nursing | C | | Other | A | | Physics | B+ | | Political Science | A- | | PreMed and Medical | A | | Psychology | B+ | | School of Information | B- | | Undecided | A- | | Video/Media | A |
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Against similar schools Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class. | Quotes touching on Surrounding City | “... We live in the bad part of the city, where people from the worst parts of town live and walk around the less patrolled parts of campus asking for...” |
| “... Olde City is the best that philly offer ...” |
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The campus SUCKS, unless you like the idea of getting splattered on the pavement by speeding cars through Center City Philadelphia ...” |
| “... The city isn't really that great offering only clubs and bars which are fun but cost a lot of money ...” |
| “... if you want to go to vo-tech, or the heinous inner-city high school you never attended come on in ...” |
| “... If you consider yourself shy, you will probably hate it here as you will be exposed to so many stresses that you might not have at other schools ...” |
| “... if you plan on looking forward to the city, good luck, because drexel is located on the fringes of the true "city life" in "university city" - a...” |
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Social life is marginal, only thing good about Drexel is you're in the city, you can actually get out of the campus ...” |
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Philly is a cool city if you go out and explore it, but no one i know wants to do something unless if its 'fun,' which is defined as par...” |
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While Philadelphia is an exciting city in which to live, life on campus is a different story ...” |
| “... It's great being right in the city and having a subway right here but it can get expensive ...” |
| “... The city is 10 blocks away- walking distance- from the city ...” |
| “... The city of Philly is amazing and if there aren't parties to go to, you can always go downtown ...” |
| “... Many of the students are not commuters so there are a lot of things to do with them in the city ...” |
| “... I've lived in this city my entire life and I can verify that Drexel graduates are some of the most successful people in the city ...” |
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Overall I’m very happy with the University and would recommend it to anyone who wants a great education with a big city experience .....” |
| “... Although we are not a "great looking" campus look at many other city school's and they are significantly worse ...” |
| “... Love the place, love the city ...” |
| “... I particularly enjoy the nightlife that the city offers ...” |
| “... The city is very nice to hang out in and around ...” |
| “... Of course, you're also in the city of Philadelphia, and Drexel supplies free shuttle rides to center city ...” |
| “... What I like most about this school is that the student body is diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, and income ...” |
| “... I love Drexel so much; close to home, great friends, great city life, and education quality here is great ...” |
| “... ) and I don't think anyone of a particular race, ethnicity, or religion would feel out of place ...” |
| “... great school, great opportunities in the city ...” |
| “... Even though Drexel might not be the most lively places, there are tons of other places to go for partying around the HUGE city of Philadelphia ....” |
| “... I like the city of philadelphia, but drexel has to be by far the worst campus in the city or of any of the City 6 schools ...” |
| “... It is a city school with very little parking ...” |
| “... It is the city, o there is everything from bus transportation to septa or amtrak train services not to mention the subway ...” |
| “... Drexel provided a lot of great opportunities for me, looking back on the experience I definitely made the right decision for myself- Philadelphia ...” |
| “... When it comes to the city, it's Philadelphia ...” |
| “... Philly isn't the cleanest or nicest city, but if you're looking for one of this community-in-a-bubble kind of Universities this isn't the settin...” |
| “... If you are an engineer wanting to be around the city and want real life experience, then Drexel should be a consiberable choice ...” |
| “... if you want a city campus where buildings and people are very spread out ...” |
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