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Temple is what you make of it.Quite BrightLinguistics
Temple is what you make of it. If you want to have a good experience, you will. If you've already made up your mind that it's not going to be a good school for you, it won't be. I like it a lot. I've made some great friends, and although I don't find it very academically challenging, I still feel like I'm preparing well for grad school/the real world.

Some people are afraid of the area but if you're smart about it, you'll be fine. The campus itself is actually quite safe, as Temple has a huge police force and security system. Plus, you get street-smart. Which some people never get, so it's an added bonus. The honors program is AWESOME. The best part of Temple and the main reason I came here to begin with. So many opportunities/connections/great people/everything. It's really great and the advisors are so nice and helpful. Sporting events are fun. People aren't super into football, but basketball has a huge following. Most of our teams are pretty good too, which is always nice. The one thing I really hate about Temple is the bureaucracy. Being such a large school, people tend to get lost in the shuffle at one point or another. Whether it's in financial aid, work-study payments, housing stuff, there will come a point in your Temple career where you're like, "Temple Office of [whatever] sucks!! hasjgaj!!!" But it will most likely get resolved and everything will be fine and you can go back to enjoying life.

1st Year Female -- Class 2014
Faculty Accessibility: A, Scholastic Success: C
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I find the studentQuite BrightAnthropology
I find the student body to generally be unfriendly and stuck up. They are either rude or miserable. The campus and surrounding area are completely disgusting. Philadelphia is a god awful city.
1st Year Female -- Class 2015
Collaboration/Competitive: B, Individual Value: F
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If you're looking for a school look anywhereQuite BrightArt & Design Department
If you're looking for a school look anywhere OTHER THAN Temple U. The financial aid department is the worst I've EVER seen. You can call their financial aid help line non-stop from 8am-5pm when their open and never get anything other than a busy signal, yet go walk in the building and see nothing but an empty waiting area and workers watching tv. The teachers are arrogant and half the time don't speak english fluently or even well enough to put together a proper sentence so you spend half of class attempting to figure out what their talking about rather than learning what you should. They claim campus is safe yet the cops on bikes do nothing but ride around and talk to each other in the campus 7/11 store or next to the on-campus bar. Half the rooms in the school aren't used because their not smart-rooms or air conditioned and smell like old moldy air. The bathrooms in some rooms look like they go a whole week before being cleaned! If i had known what I know NOW about Temple I would have looked anywhere. I'm graduating and applying for grad school somewhere else instead of wasting my money at Temple.
3rd Year Female -- Class 2013
Surrounding City: A, Useful Schoolwork: F
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