Temple University

The CS department has a lot to improve upon. First off, I should say that I have taken Computer Science in high school and received an graduation award of recognition for how well I did in it. My teachers were sure I would do very well in CS in college. Temple gave me credit for a freshman course, which would allow me to skip to the sophomore level course.

I knew that I would be the only one or one out of two female students there, but I did not think everyone would be so unfriendly. The guys had already formed their own groups to finish lab assignments, and were for the most part very unapproachable. It was like everyone was for themselves. The only person who was friendly was the one other girl in the class.

The lecture class was soooo boring. All you see is the professor reading off of a Powerpoint, which you can get yourself and read on your own time. The book was written by Temple faculty which is probably the only reason it is assigned, because it really should be a lot more in-depth than it is. Students rarely ask questions, and it's usually the same one or two people who ask anyway. About half the students or so either fall asleep, or do other stuff on their laptops. Labs are the only time you feel like you're doing something productive, but the TA has trouble helping you sometimes because he doesn't know Java. My TA was pretty lenient with grades though, but we were behind in labs and from the other section and our section probably did worse on tests, which has a huge affect on your grade.

That was my only CS class, but I do not want to see anymore. My professor was friendly when I finally saw him outside of the classroom, but I did not like his style of teaching. I would definitely recommend trying to go somewhere else for CS at least. My GenEd professors and Calc teacher were all amazing, though.If you're into drinking and partying, then you will love being here. Otherwise, you will be grossed out by how trashy the students can be here. A lot of the girls wear short shorts and mini skirts, even when it's freaking 40 degrees outside. In the dorms, girls are not potty-trained. They don't know how to flush the toilet. On the last few days of this semester, one girl must have exploded diarrhea twice in one day on two different toilets and did not clean it up properly. Maintenance left it dirty the entire week. Girls don't wash their hands either after they leave bathroom stalls where people poop and pee and touch the same door handle, so I can only imagine what the boys do. Even just overhearing the boys talking about girls in the cafeteria is disturbing, as they're just rating girls left to right deciding who they will have sex with. The smell of weed will find you. You will not be able to go through campus without inhaling second-hand smoke. It's like this place is filled with animals. If you are one of the few mature/grown-up people here who are serious about school, relationships, and life, then you will have trouble finding/making good friends here. Most people here are just super shallow.

1st Year Female -- Class 2014

Surrounding City: A+, Innovation: F

I could have gone anywhere. I got accepted at Pitt. I chose Temple because it is close to home, yet far enough to have the experience of living there. I was assured that the campus is very safe and well-lit. That there was a large police force ensuring safety at all times. It's not true. I wish I would have gone to Pitt. People are getting murdered, beat up and robbed at random in broad daylight, even with a group of people. Where are the police?!! I am a hostage in my home which is only two blocks from school. My roommates and I are afraid to go out. So much for the college experience. I just hope I live through it! Do not go here. Go anywhere but here.

2nd Year Female -- Class 2014

Education Quality: C, Useful Schoolwork: F

I attended CHC last year and transferred out, and oh boy let me tell you it was hands down the worst year of my life, and im not kidding. First off if youre considering going here, think carefully. Why on earth would you come here when you are surrounded by REAL schools like Temple, Drexel, La Salle, St Joes, and UPenn?

Any way I made the choice to come here due to the scholarship I was given(like most students). I was coming here for almost nothing. I applied to it for safety reasons (75% acceptance rate). Within a week I knew that i had to get out of there. First off the school is incredibly small, only about 1800 students, and that number includes graduate and non traditional students, my high school was bigger. When a school is this small it makes for the same social cliques that you see in high school. Jocks with jocks, nerds with nerds, if you walk into the cafeteria you'll see what I mean. On top of this most students are idiots, rarely come to class, and never really try hard. If they do happen to come they just sleep or text away. To make things worse the class rooms are so rundown and nasty, and smell pretty awful. Academically it was ok. Teachers were willing to help, but some were idiots. I was a Comp Sci major, but one of my professors for one of my programming classes didnt have his degree in the field. Weird right? And lets face it, this is not a well known school. Every time I told somebody that I came here their response was "Where is that?", and these were people from the area. It was quite embarrassing. Dont get me started about the food. It tasted like plastic, and I had the runs within 20 minutes after eating it. On top of this the cafeteria closed at like 6. The only other place to get food after this time was a place called the griffins den, and it tasted awful. If you want a good social DO NOT COME HERE. I commuted and im glad i did because you could tell there was nothing to do. Dont believe me? Ask anybody who went there. There are few clubs, no frats, and zero parties.

Today I attend Temple University, and im so glad I did. Its pretty affordable despite no scholarship. The students are much more intelligent, and the less brighter ones are at least willing to try. Everything about it is better, aside from the fact that its in the middle of a rough neighborhood.RUN FROM CHC!

1st Year Male -- Class 2014