Temple University

Temple University is a huge school, and possess the same characteristics of a big school. As a student, you feel like a number. Introductory classes are huge, sometimes 100 to 200 students per class.Science classes are incredibly difficult, not impossible, but lets just say its difficult for a typical student to get an A. Alot of professors can't speak english, which makes the process of learning difficult since you can't understand what they are saying. Accademicly, the science program at Temple is very challenging.

The food at the SAC and at the Cafateria, for the most part is okay. Some days the cafeteria serves great meals, other days it sucks. So its on and off there. The SAC gets old very quick. Its the same food all the time and theres not alot to choose from. The quality of food at Temple could deffinitely be better.

In terms of atmosphere, Temple is not the best place to be. Temple is not located in the city, its located a mile from center city, in North Philly. There are alot of bums that will ask you for money around campus, and being approached by a "local" is not fun. People get shot a few blocks from our campus and it ends up on the news, since we are in the center of North Philly. On campus it's, for the most part,safe and the campus is beautiful. Temple Police does a decent job protecting students and there is bright lighting. Off campus its very Dangerous and you beter not walk alone! The party scene at Temple is boring. It usually consist of small personal parties, house parties, and alot of frat parties. However, it gets old quickly and all the parties are the same. Be careful at frat parties because they like to "ruthie"(date rape drug) people's drinks. The city of Philadelphia is fun at night, IF you are 21!! Don't expect to get into any bars or clubs in center city with a fake id. Overall the actual campus is nice but the surrounding area sucks. Also the nightlife at Temple gets old after a while.

1st Year Male -- Class 2012

Campus Aesthetics: A, Surrounding City: D-

The Fox School of Business at Temple has begun to enforce their class enrollment limits without raising the number of classes provided for each course which means that every semester the classes fill up before all the students who need to take the course get to sign up. When there is more demand for a course, a new class is not opened up. Students are told to wait for a spot to open in the class. This waiting can go into the first week of classes and can leave the student starting the class at a disadvantage. This seems to be to prevent students from finishing their degree in four years. I do not feel as though I am being provided the services that I expect from a school that I am paying for.

2nd Year Male -- Class 2014

Surrounding City: A, Education Quality: F

I am a freshman who is transferring after only one semester here at Temple. I am in the Global Studies major. I am from rural PA and I believe that Temple did everything they could to pull the wool over the eyes of prospective students about many things.

First, I want to speak about the positives of Temple.
1) Philadelphia is a cool city and there is something for everyone to do/see.
2) The students at Temple are mostly really nice people.
3) The academic side of Temple isn't bad really, I did learn some valuable things during my time here.

Now on to the negatives of Temple.
When I went to the "Experience Temple Day" I didn't know it then but I was being fed a huge crock of sh*t. All they talked about was how safe Temple was and how big the police force is. Bull. In my time here, I have witnessed the infamous riot of 200 juveniles on Broad St and the horse punching incident. I know multiple people who have been robbed. There have also been countless assaults of Temple students simply walking close to or on campus. I recall one girl who was beaten with a rock by Anderson Hall. Temple is not a safe campus. Yeah it is lit up but that didn't seem to help the armed robberies and reports of gun shots that plastered my phone from the TU alerts all semester long.

Next is the problem that would be easiest to solve. Temple has the worst bureaucracy in the world! I recall reading on this website about Temple's staff and faculty being terrible and boy are they right. I had a horrible time trying to get my bill paid and I would sit on hold with the financial aid office for HOURS. This isn't just in the faculty at Temple, it goes down to the RAs and residential life directors of the dorms. I had a problem with my roommate doing pills in my room and all he received was a slap on the wrist. My friend down the hall has a similar problem with his roommate and nothing was done. Temple punishes the victims in cases like these and nobody cares about you. Another example, my good friend had his guest card taken away because he had alcohol on Halloween night. OK, fine. Do the crime, do the time. He waits the 10 days for the violation then after the 10 days were up he went to retrieve his card back from the front desk. But, the card somehow disappeared in those 10 days. They couldn't find it anywhere. My friend was sent all over to different offices to try and find this card and nobody could find it. So, even with him asking every week he had to wait until December to get his card back.

With that being said, I am glad that I could experience life in North Philadelphia. I made a few really good friends here and I am grateful for that. Also I don't believe Temple is representative of all of Philly. I feel that if somehow magically Temple could be picked up and physically moved to south philly or really anywhere out of North Philly it would be exponentially better.

I truly feel that Temple was riding off of their good football season in 2015-16 to pull more students in and get their money. They know how to market well. I'm happy to leave and I look forward to not feeling unsafe in walking around outside.

1st Year Male -- Class 1920

Faculty Accessibility: A, University Resource Use/ spending: F