How good is Drexel's pre-med advising for students planning to apply to medical school?

Drexel’s pre-med advising is generally solid, especially if you are organized and willing to use multiple support systems rather than expecting one advisor to manage everything for you. Drexel is also a place where access to clinical exposure and research is a real strength because of its Philadelphia location and connections to major hospitals and health systems.

For a typical student, the advising is probably best described as useful but somewhat self-directed.

On course planning, Drexel can be helpful because pre-med students often need to balance science requirements with co-op scheduling, and that is a very school-specific issue. If you attend, one important question to ask is how pre-health advising coordinates with co-op and academic advising, since that affects when you take core sciences, prepare for the MCAT, and line up shadowing or volunteering.

On extracurriculars, Drexel has a strong practical advantage. Philadelphia offers nearby hospitals, clinics, research labs, and community health opportunities, and Drexel students can usually find meaningful experiences if they pursue them early.

For the med school application process itself, advising may not feel highly personalized unless you seek out repeated contact and build relationships over time. If you want very hands-on advising, ask current students whether they felt known personally by the pre-health office or whether most guidance was more procedural.