Congratulations to Akhokem Amin, who has been accepted for fall admission to Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  A student at ISD for all four years of high school, Akhokem plans to major in Psychology.  She has also applied to several other universities and will not make a decision on which university to attend until later in the spring.  Drexel has recognized Akhokem's strong academic achievements and potential by offering her the prestigious Dean's Scholarship in the amount of $13,500.  Way to go, Akhokem!

Drexel at a glance:
   
    A private university, founded in 1891, with approximately 20,000 graduate and undergraduate students   

    Degrees:    Over 2300 Bachelor's, 27 Associate awarded; Master's, Doctoral, First Professional offered; most programs require up to 18 months work     experience within a 5-year program of study

    One of the nation's oldest and largest Cooperative Education Programs with more than 1500 companies participating in 27 states and 12                       countries
    
    A leader in incorporating technological advances in education, Drexel was the nation's first university to require all students to have                                microcomputers (1983), the first fully wireless campus (2000), and the first wireless Web portal service for students (2002)

    Small class sizes with less than 20 in the majority of classes

    International students make up approximately 10% of incoming freshmen

    Most popular majors include Business & Marketing, Computer/Information Sciences, Engineering, Health Sciences, Visual/Performing Arts

    A rich array of cultural events, organizations, galleries, and exhibitions available to students and the entire Philadelphia community, including the              very impressive Drexel art collection begun by Anthony J. Drexel

    NCAA Athletics program with a wide variety of competitive teams, plus a large intramural program