Temple University

I'm more resentful of my own decision to spend time at Temple than I am of the school itself-- it serves its purpose: education factory. The school is filled with either thoughtful, lost and lonely kids, baseball cap fleece vests, or city-"emo"-hipsters too cool to be seen at school... too much red tape to make your own way through the administration, too much 'nobody left behind' to really be challenged or to stand out in class... and this all gives Temple the unavoidable smell of HIGH SCHOOL. If you were happy high school ended, think twice and ask some hard questions of Temple.

Classes are easy and muddled. Psych professor was an "eccentric" dinosaur who would moan lectures in a comical "presenting important information to middle school kids that could never understand" kind of way. Remember that American history teacher you had who threw chairs around just to scare kids? Same deal. My Calc 3 prof was confused, disconnected, disorganized, and spoke in the low ghostly volume of a heavy ketamine user.

The honors program is held together by socially awkward kids who are bound by their being so out-of-place at Temple, and the program is directed by a helpful-but-condescending mother-figure--a positive note, since she has administrative power to place students in desired classes, instead of being stopped by the system... but unfortunate that it's HER whim, in my personal experience.

Sciences professors do not speak English. Most math do, though.
Positive points--the availability of study abroad programs (campus in Tokyo), Dr. David Zitarelli of the math dept, the pianos available to anyone in the music building, the eastern European couple who own and dance in their coffee stand outside the library, the easy-target watered-down Christian debates under the belltower (a street preacher disappears every other year due to some sex scandal), and the availability and low price of delicious bacon-egg-n-cheeses at any hour of the early morning.Go see for yourself, but my general suggestion is go somewhere else.

2nd Year Male -- Class 2008

Perceived Campus Safety: A, Collaboration/Competitive: F

Not in my wildest dreams could I have ever imagined a worst academic experience then the one Temple has provided for me within my first year. The classes are not challenging the least bit (and I am an Honors student). Last semester, I obtained a 4.0 GPA without effort. I have just been accepted into a few other schools and am planning to transfer to a school in New York. Don't waste your time. The teachers work as hard as they can here, but the talent level and the bar the students place on themselves is extremely low. The student body is inadquate and uninspired.

1st Year Male -- Class 2007

I came to Temple University Out of state from a small rural town and I wanted to be in the city. All the schools in Boston were too expensive so I decided on Philadelphia. I loved Temple my Freshman year and had a good time my sophomore year as well. However at the end of my sophomore year temple decided to crack down on partying leaving the campus a ghost town with nothing for students to do. If you come here to study and enjoy your college experience this is not the college for you. On weekends even if you're at a small apartment party the cops will raid it and kick everyone out. Also The Univeristy has recently kicked all upperclassman out of housing. They built new apartment complexes for them but they reserved half of the spaces for freshman. Now being and out of state student and going into my senior year I still cannot find housing and the only housing I can find is $600+ a month which I cant afford, and when I asked temple for help they said "too bad". In the end Temple would be a great University, however they do not care about their students which is a big factor for a lot of people. They just want your money and don't care about the livelihood and happiness of their students. My advice, Temple may present itself amazing but in the end they don't care about their students and if you go here you will probably find yourself transfering after freshman year. Save yourself the trouble and do not go here.

3rd Year Male -- Class 2005

Useful Schoolwork: B+, Individual Value: C-