Temple University Top Questions

One of the worst things about this school is the surrounding area. However don't let that sway you from attending!!! The media reports tend to blow things out of proporation. Temple has thier own police force and works very closely with Philadelphia police. Campus is extremely safe (despite what some people may tell you), and if you decide to go out into the surrounding area, you just need to be smart. Travel in groups, and be aware of your surroundings.

The worst thing about my school would be the hastle almost everyone faces in the financial aid office.

Freshman and Transfer students are pretty much at the bottom of the barrel... If they don't make friends with upperclassmen, they will be out of the loop on things

bad environment

The worst thing I have found about my school would be the unorganization. The finanical aid department was extremely behind is distrubiting the loan and financial aid this past year. I understand that because the school is so large it is difficult to keep all the students straight but, I find that is frustrating for me when the department keep changing the rules of how the operate and how they expect you to go about interacting with them.

The cost of tuition and the financial aid services. The out of state tuition is extremely high the amount of education that is offered and fianical aid does not help at all.

Though temple is located in Philadelphia and is filled with great opportunities, north philadelphia does not fall under the safest place in America. But still Temple is a diamond in the rough; Temple is very much treassurable to the community by bringing safety to not only the students whom attend the school but the community as well.

the fact that a lot of people go home or do nothing on the weekends, and the off campus housing

The housing department! They dont ever want to help you. Their systemed messed up during booking housing last year and they didnt do anything to fix it.

Temple is a great school. One of the largest problems I see consistently is the lack of freshman housing. Freshman are often scattering to find apartments at the last second because aall the dorms filled so quickly. Other than that I would highly recommend Temple University to any prospective student.