Admissions expects 33 percent increase in applications
By: Jessica Mangold
Issue date: 1/20/06 Section: News
Originally published: 1/20/06 at 8:28 AM EST
Last update: 1/20/06 at 8:40 AM EST
Originally published: 1/20/06 at 8:28 AM EST
Last update: 1/20/06 at 8:40 AM EST
For the fall 2006 term, overall admissions to the University have increased by 33 percent with over 13,323 high school students across the globe applying.
This year, 18,500 students are expected to apply for enrollment to the incoming freshmen class, compared to the previous year in which only 14,700 applications were received. This number has been steadily increasing over the past few years with a dramatic jump for the 2007 academic school year.
When asked about how the University would accommodate a constantly increasing freshman class, Associate Vice Provost and Head of Enrollment Management Joan McDonald said, "The freshmen class size will grow modestly this year. We plan to enroll about 2,600 new freshmen versus 2,458 this past fall."
The University reported that although all colleges are receiving a much larger number of applicants, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design have seen the biggest increase in volume.
One main point of interest in CoAS for incoming students is the popular accelerated bachelor of science and doctorate of medicine program, which the University coordinates with the College of Medicine. Also, fashion design and music industry are two growing majors in AWCoMAD which has attracted a new group of high school students. The recent international acclaim received from the University's own fashion design student Megan Stein, along with MAD Dragon Record label, have caused more students to apply to these programs.
McDonald also expects that the number of students applying to the University is going to increase because of the new College of Law, as well as various cooperative education programs. As far as a students interest in co-op, McDonald claims that, "They want to attend graduate or professional school after Drexel and want, therefore, to complete their undergraduate education in the more traditional four-year format. Second, they like the option of testing their career interest in their junior year by working full time for six months."
This year, 18,500 students are expected to apply for enrollment to the incoming freshmen class, compared to the previous year in which only 14,700 applications were received. This number has been steadily increasing over the past few years with a dramatic jump for the 2007 academic school year.
When asked about how the University would accommodate a constantly increasing freshman class, Associate Vice Provost and Head of Enrollment Management Joan McDonald said, "The freshmen class size will grow modestly this year. We plan to enroll about 2,600 new freshmen versus 2,458 this past fall."
The University reported that although all colleges are receiving a much larger number of applicants, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design have seen the biggest increase in volume.
One main point of interest in CoAS for incoming students is the popular accelerated bachelor of science and doctorate of medicine program, which the University coordinates with the College of Medicine. Also, fashion design and music industry are two growing majors in AWCoMAD which has attracted a new group of high school students. The recent international acclaim received from the University's own fashion design student Megan Stein, along with MAD Dragon Record label, have caused more students to apply to these programs.
McDonald also expects that the number of students applying to the University is going to increase because of the new College of Law, as well as various cooperative education programs. As far as a students interest in co-op, McDonald claims that, "They want to attend graduate or professional school after Drexel and want, therefore, to complete their undergraduate education in the more traditional four-year format. Second, they like the option of testing their career interest in their junior year by working full time for six months."
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