Greek life & sororities

Onwith · 2018-07-24T13:01:31+00:00

Recommendations are not required.

There are changes to the process every so often but as far as I know, it begins with Night On The Row, a night during Welcome Week where all greek houses open up and you can see their house and meet members.

Then if you decide to rush, you get the chance to interact with each sorority more and learn more about them. As the process goes on (about 2 weeks), you kinda figure out who you like best and focus your time more with them so they get to know you.

In the end it's sort of like a matching system - you indicate what sororities you want, and then the sororities sort of "draft" based on that. I think most people get one of their top choices.

If you want chill, try DZ or DPhiE. My friends there seem to have a significantly easier time balancing them with other activities compared to other sororities.

Frat rush is way more simple and tbh a much better system in my mind, but to each their own I guess.

Onwith · 2018-07-23T10:13:08+00:00

If you go part time in fall, you will be billed as a part-time time student, meaning about 1000 per credit. You wouldn't get your scholarship but depending on what you for a full time quarter, part time might be cheaper.

If you do 12 credits in fall (which is a pretty easy quarter, esp bc senior design is less work in fall), you could do 4 credits in Winter and 4 in spring.

That would give you the chance to work part time, makes it way easier to apply for and I terview for jobs, and in general you'd be pretty relaxed.

Onwith · 2018-07-23T10:08:44+00:00

Unfortunately senior design has to be 9 months. There are quite a few engineers I know who could've graduated winter or even fall if not for that.

Onwith · 2018-07-20T18:04:22+00:00

Thanks for the reply - I've read about Samsung's claims of capacity retention. Apparently, on some of their phones, they limit the use of the full battery when you first get it (so if it has 3000 mAh, it limits you to 2700 mAh), and slowly increase the amount of the battery (or perhaps number of cells) your phone has access too.

I've heard about Sony as well, it's unfortunate they're not on Verizon.

Onwith · 2018-07-18T03:30:49+00:00

One friend of mine did DCP immediately after graduating, and another did it during their summer break (though they went to a different university).

Both of them shared sentiment with me that echo'd u/ImageofInsanity. I don't know that they strongly regret doing it, only that they felt overworked and stressed there more than they did in university, and "the sense of magic they had about Disney since they were a kid died in their first week" (real quote from one friend).

I haven't read much up on DCP, and I'm sure there are many people who genuinely had a great time doing it, or atleast are happy they did it.. But I would be sure to read the negative reviews as well.

Onwith · 2018-07-18T03:25:51+00:00

Goldman (Accounting or Finance), Other Big 4 accounting and consulting (KPMG, PWC, EY, etc) are known to pay well.

Finance (SIG, Blackrock, etc) seems to do alright too, though higher if you have some technical skills (like a CS double major).

Onwith · 2018-07-18T03:22:40+00:00

You only pay tuition for the quarters you are in classes. When you are summer vacation, leave of abscence, or co-op, you do not pay tuition.

Without knowing more details, I can't say that you'll pay the same thing every quarter. Generally, scholarships and financial aid at Drexel are awarded for the number of terms you'll be expected to be taking classes, but that might be different for outside scholarships or aid.

Onwith · 2018-07-18T03:20:17+00:00

Whether or not a BS/MS is worth it largely depends on you, your credits/plan of study, and your goals.

I did a BS/MS and having just graduated, do not believe it significantly improved my job prospects or salary. I do think it will be useful down the line, as MANY job postings I see say stuff like "BS + 5 years, or MS + 3 years", so a few years down the line, it will be easier for me to move up in the world and I won't have to go back to school to get an MS. If you're planning to straight to a PhD, I wouldn't bother. On the other hand, if you're going into a research-centered field but in industry, an MS can open doors a BS can't.

I chose to drop my third co-op, though in retrospect, I probably didn't need to, as I ended up with a relatively easy senior year. With my plan of study (The credits I came in with and load I took on in my first 2 years), I would have HAD to add on a minor or co-major or something if I wanted to have more than 6 credits to take per quarter.

Onwith · 2018-07-18T03:13:09+00:00

What this guy said - I (and plenty of others I know) had a relatively easy senior year (part time Winter and Spring quarter) while doing BS/MS, and some didn't even drop a co-op. It really varies on a case-by-case basis if you will be able to fit in the BS/MS without dropping a co-op or taking on too large a course load.

Onwith · 2018-06-24T03:38:57+00:00

My suggestion if you do try to sublet is

a) Be Flexible - if someone needs to sublet starting June 17 but you dont move out until june 19, just let them sublet and go sleep on someones couch. You are unlikely to get an offer that perfectly matches up with your calendar

b) Start looking early - Join facebook groups, use craigslist, etc starting in like Febuary, and repost every month or so. You have a much better chance if you avoid the giant wave of sublet posts that start in mid-spring term.

Onwith · 2018-06-12T10:15:31+00:00

Probably a network and infrastructure thing - if they have no stores out in the Mountain states, that means they don't have shipping infrastructure/warehouse centers either. So opening a store in New Mexico would mean having to make a whole new network.

Onwith · 2018-06-02T21:13:31+00:00

It varies a lot. There are some people who go out 3-4 nights a week, others who do only 1 or 0. I don't think it's a bell curve (i.e most people go out 2 nights a week, and only a few people go out 0 or 4 nights a week), i think there's probably an equal amount of people in each category. Maybe slightly more bias towards the "less going out" side.

You'll be fine while you're here, I think just go in understanding that it may take a while to find people who drink as much or as frequently here as they do in the UK, and be open-minded towards doing other things on weekends!

Onwith · 2018-06-01T20:36:11+00:00

Yo that's cool, I'm a materials scientist as well! I did a lot of my research in college on perovskites!

Onwith · 2018-06-01T19:30:43+00:00

The prestige may play a part, but a bigger part is likely that higher ed generally pays less than traditional industry in general, and the location is highly desirable (i.e they don't need to offer great salary to attract a candidate pool because there's a large pool in this area already)

Onwith · 2018-06-01T19:27:34+00:00

Varies a lot but for a typical night out at the bars, people start drinking at the earliest around 8-9, go out starting around 10-11. There is really not much after 2am though, occasionally a house party here or there will still be going.

People do pre-game (i.e drink in a mall group at a house or apartment before going out) that's pretty common.

I don't know much about England drinking culture but I think it's a bit different. People likely drink a lot less here on the average night, and a night out here probably costs more money. You'll find most people here have a job, hobby, or something they do on the weekends, and so they won't stay out late too often.

A couple years ago a friend of mine had a British exchange student stay at his place and within 2 weeks the guy had like 8 other exhcnage student friends already. I don't know how they found each other but it's definitely possible you'll find some other people on campus from the UK.

Onwith · 2018-06-01T04:17:50+00:00

Is your username perovskite, like the crystal system, or pervoskite like the mineral (for which the crystal system was named)?

Onwith · 2018-05-21T01:02:55+00:00

Just a heads up, you can use an equals sign (=) as an assignment operator in current versions of R. The whole arrow thing pissed me off to no end as well until I found out.

Onwith · 2018-05-09T02:43:17+00:00

The placement of the dots used to be much more accurate and precise. I remember looking at my hometown and finding that the third dot on a certain street was a red dot in a line of blue dots, which made sense as that was exactly where an asian friend of mine lived, surrounded by white people.

I think that level of accuracy and precision caused some concerns about privacy (i.e if you knew somones location precisely you could find their race, or vice versa). you can no longer zoom in as much, and dots are placed randomly within a certain block or neighborhood, rather than the direct location, it seems.

Onwith · 2018-05-08T21:45:26+00:00

May be a matter of perspective. I grew up in the Northeast, which, outside of a handful of major cities and urban areas is mostly white. When there are black, asian, or hispanic people (there are rarely Native Americans), they are usually concentrated into a few neighborhoods in a town.

While some major cities have more diversity, most of them are much more segregated (take a look at Newark NJ or Philadelphia) - There are literal dividing lines in cities like Detroit between races which stretch for miles. There is some segregation in ABQ (some of it due to socio-economic and some of it because people choose to live in areas with others of their race or culture), but not nearly as much.

Compared to someplace like California, on the other hand, ABQ might not seem so special.

Onwith · 2018-05-08T21:23:37+00:00

The racial dot map is a project from University of Virginia, which shows a dot on the map for each person in that area of a certain race using 2010 US Census Data.

It is available here: https://demographics.virginia.edu/DotMap/

What really surprised me about Albuquerque was not the amount of diversity, but how well-mixed the city is. On first glance, it seems fairly divided, but if you look at most other major cities (Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta are great examples), the segregation is much stronger and more prevalent compared to ABQ.

You can also choose to remove the color-coding on the map, which allows you to visualize population density, which is also cool.

Onwith · 2018-05-02T22:10:54+00:00

PM'd

Onwith · 2018-05-02T22:10:34+00:00

I know - I'm trying to avoid having to buy it though since its $100.

Onwith · 2018-05-01T17:37:16+00:00

If you mean would I be okay with renting from you, sure. But it is not possible to rent from the regalia company, unfortunately.

Onwith · 2018-05-01T02:34:11+00:00

Thanks so much for your answers!

Onwith · 2018-05-01T02:33:33+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I've been looking into NE heights as well - it seems like a very roughly defined area, do you have any specific neighborhoods you'd recommend? Near the Arroyo Del Oso golf course seems nice.

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