The NAIOP-Drexel Summer Real Estate Program is a 10-day residential summer experience at Drexel University in Philadelphia, designed for rising high school juniors and seniors interested in commercial real estate careers. Students explore diverse career pathways including architecture, engineering, construction, brokerage, development, finance, and urban planning through hands-on learning with Drexel professors and industry mentors. The program is specifically focused on supporting first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students, and full scholarships are provided to all accepted participants. It is a remarkable opportunity to gain real-world exposure to the commercial real estate industry while experiencing college life at a top university.
Guiding a group toward a shared goal and keeping everyone moving together.
Planning tasks, timelines, and resources to get a project done on schedule.
Setting long-term goals and mapping out the steps to reach them.
Evaluating information carefully before drawing a conclusion or making a decision.
Breaking down a challenge and working through it methodically to a solution.
Understanding budgets, saving, and basic financial decision-making.
Students explore real estate careers including brokerage through case studies and industry mentor interactions.
Program introduces architecture as a commercial real estate career path with site visits to high-profile buildings.
Students learn construction roles in commercial real estate development through corporate executive mentorship.
Urban planning is explicitly featured as a real estate career explored through hands-on activities and site visits.
Program covers real estate development and investment careers, core business development competencies.
Community Experiences
Loading...