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Temple's campus is very urban, and the students tend to keep to themselves when walking to class (which is perfectly fine with me, especially when its 10am and I'm still half asleep.) The beauty of going to an urban school is the independence. You can go an entire day without talking to somebody if you really wanted to, or you can meet up with friends and hang out at the tech center or starbucks on campus.
The neighborhood exposes you to different people and cultures, and shows you that the world isn't all sunshines and rainbows. The only complaint I have about the neighborhood are some of the inhabitants. They will give you attitude like its nobodys business! But, you tend to get some pretty funny stories as a result.
My friends and I are very outgoing, and tend to go to center city a lot. But then again I know some people who stay in their rooms and lead a VERY boring existance. If you take advantage of the city you will have a fantastic time, because believe me.. the parties here tend to get old. Ultimately Temple is ideal for the very independent, liberal, open minded, and no nonsense student who makes oppurtunities and does not sit around waiting for them to come around.
The people here are so friendly, which is one of the reasons i decided to come to TU. Everyone has so much college pride, and yes, we still do cheer for our sorry football team. Temple tries so hard to accomodate you from your orientation, to welcome week, to weekly events on campus. There are always options for parties that youc an easily walk to, and if you start to dig a little, you can find a lot of fun things to do in philadelphia.
I would recommend getting an apt. asap because they usually are cheaper than the dorm life; but the dorms (especially communal dorm life) allows for you to become close to your hallmates. One negative aspect that i found freshman year was that it is very awkward to join any club as a freshman...i tried to go to a few meetings for a certain club, and was surrounded by upperclassmen and was quite intimidated.
Concerning acedemics...
a few of my friends are architecture majors and they always are doing work and are often bombarded with many projects at once..so be warned...many nights will be spent at the studio
you will meet at least 10 people who are film majors..it is very popular and TU is well known for it. It seems to accept mostly anyone, but you don't get to do anything "fun" your first few semesters. this is Temple's way of rooting through the masses of people who just think film is "cool".
I've spent most of my time in the school of theater and communications. The staff are very approachable and friendly. The classes are easy as long as you show up and participate. They are very straightfoward and there is no busywork. Temple is a great place to take fun and interesting classes. their GenEd program forces students to become well-rounded in their classes. As an Ad major, I didn't need a "real" math class, but had to take a GenEd math course...I took a stocks and investing class which was very useful
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