Temple University Top Questions

What do you brag about most when you tell your friends about your school?

Patrick

That we have a good business school.

Shaneka

The ways you can get involved on campus, with planning activities and Greek life. The campus is in the city and there is a lot of public transportation available.

Kaelin

I brag about the location of the city and how easy it is to get around the entire city! I love Philadelphia and I've learned so much about the city since I've been going to Temple. The city is so historical, and has so many great things to offer: the museaums, the institutes, the bike paths and the parks!

Olivia

I brag about how much I love my professors and my major. I also love my apartment and how beautiful campus looks. Our facilities are great and everyone is very friendly. There is always something to do on campus.

James

We have the best journalism program, the biggest computer center in the world, and we have the best school spirit.

Dannie

I brag about how there is always something to keep busy between school work, activities on campus, and parties. Boredom is forbidden on campus.

annie

it is the number diverse school in america.

Brittney

I am always saying how great the people are. I have made so many friends that have similar ideals. I met them through the programs that we have, and I am greatful.

Zeke

I love the places to be at Temple. There is always a place to study, relax, be alone, or hang out. Also security on campus is fantastic, and it is a great education for an exceptional price.

Talima

One thing I brag about most when I tell my friends about my school is the different people I meet from all around the world, the food, activities we have and the parties. I always say that you will never be bored at Temple University. You can try new things with different clubs, go to the gym and take classes, eat until you can't eat anymore or you can party with the wonderful people you will meet her.

Taylor

I brag about how urban the setting is and how many activities there are to do.

Alan

Great food, good basketball games, course flexability, diversity, large social life, parties

Penina

The population and the diversity of the students on campus. Also the size of the campus.

Jennifer

If I were to brag. It'd be that I did a research expidention in the Summer 2008 with the Chair of the Civil/Env't Engineering department for his 1989 Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill research and I lived on a boat for 10 days in the middle of Prince William Sound, and I am in the CE program, as well as very active and a Second year officer of American Society of Civil Engineers - Temple.

matt

the first thing i love about temple is the university feeling even though it is in the middle of a big city. There is much to do on campus and yet it is easy to go to parts of the city and have many activities. Home is near-by and public transportation is easily available.

Adam

It's easy to get places in the city

Kimberly

How close it is to the city, some of the famous alum, how diverse the campus is, learning to be independent in a HUGE city, the great basketball team, how academically challenging some classes are.

Jessica

Mainly that it's Temple. Temple is such a well known school and is pretty hard to get into so just being a student there is an accomplishment in itself.

Ryan

Living in the city is awesome. I have access to the entire center city area, with a free shuttle down every 40 minutes. I have my own house and no one bothers me to do anything if I don't want to do it.

Rannita

I tell my friends the guys are attractive and the environment is welcoming. You definitely won't feel out of place.

Jen

Our basketball team, the fact that Bill Cosby attended Temple, our Tech Center, being in the middle of a major metropolitan city.

Matthew

The City and the people I have met being a part of Philadelphia, also the really bad stuff that I have seen, as not many 20 year old white males who grew up in a suburban middle class life can say that they have experienced. There are highs and lows in life, I may have experienced more lows than highs in Philly, but I think I have become a better person for it.

Emily

Lots of fun, always something to do. Classes are challending but not too hard.

Julianne

I talk about how I love living in the city the most. Any time I want to go shopping or walk around just to get a change of the scenery I just hop on the subway. I can easily see friends at other schools in Philadelphia.

Kammini

I love Temple University's campus especially their tech center, library, and many other buildings, as well as, the large Greek life on campus.

John

I often talk about the diversity on the campus. Temple was ranked as the number one diverse campus, and it definitely shows. Growing up in a white suburbia, I like to tell my friends that I have grown a lot more since leaving my home town, and they chose college that reflect where they grew up.

Joseph

My school is right in the heart of Philadelphia and we have the entire city at our hands' reach so there's always something to do.

Catherine

The relative location to downtown.

Laura

Our diversity and large size.

Brynn

There is always something to do at Temple. Temple University's social life isn't based around the campus, but spread throughout the entire city of Philadelphia and this offers a broader life experience and you become more mature. It has awesome computer labs.

Melisa

Diversity, school spirit, culture, location (so close to Philadelphia) and most of all the people.

KoryAnn

That I went to the school in a great city and learned more from the diverse campus then I ever could have imagined.

Frank

Temple is the number one most diverse college in the country. Lots of parties on the weekends. Campus is really safe and looks very nice. Lots of hot girls.

Leah

Our sports teams and our beautiful campus.

Catherine

How close it is to center city Philadelphia and the number of people who go there.

Antoinette

I tell my friends that my school was the right fit for me. The professors actually care about how your doing in their class. I also love that the try their hardest to make evryone feel welcome.

Trey

I most often brag about having a whole city to enjoy. While many of my friends have only a small campus town, Temple is in a large city. I am never bored, something many of my friends at small town schools cannot say.

Kayla

Location in Philadelphia, mainly. Also good resources, excellent job opportunities, fantastic social community.

kia

i dont brag about my school

Davida

The cute boys, and the teachers