Drexel University

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
I entered the Biomedical Engineering program at Drexel in the fall of 2009 as a hopeful PhD candidate. Before I started my time at Drexel, I had an extremely difficult finding a professor to be my advisor let alone fund my PhD aspirations. Nevertheless, I began my graduate career.

I had no idea how difficult it would be to even get a rejection email from professors regarding advising/funding. I sent a ridiculous amount of emails to a variety of professors but got nothing in return. Nothing! I get that you may be busy with class, research, all that, but it takes about a minute to just say,

Sorry, not interested.

If you plan on coming here for your PhD or Masters, be sure to be fully funded! It is difficult to find any sort of help if you are not.

The other graduate students in the Biomed program all seemed nice. We all spoke kindly to each other and helped each other out when we could. There are some students who haven't grown up, but you don't have to interact with them if you don't want to.

The faculty are okay and easy to get a hold of (when you are in their classes). They will help you and give you advice when you need it, I can't recall any issue I have had with any of the professors I have had.

My main issue comes with dealing with the Biomed Office. After about a year and a half of having difficulty with funding, I decided to leave Drexel with a Masters instead of a PhD. I tried to inform the office of this, and they fought with me all the way. Constantly asking why I was switching and making it difficult for my to just leave after 2 years. Specifically, they did not inform me of specific forms that needed to be completed, applications that needed to be filled, and other little things that would have hindered my leaving. If you are coming here, find an advisor! I can't stress that enough.