Temple University

Date: Apr 06 2007
Major: Telecommunications (This Major's Salary over time)
I went to Temple Universtiy on a full Track and Field Scholarship, so I am eternally grateful just for that. They paid for everything…I ran and collected individual and team titles. Practice was at 6am, and we had track meets on the weekend, so I didn't notice whether the nightlife was great or not-I was in bed at 9pm.

My dorms were nice soph and jr year (white/1300) but first year in peabody sucked!!! Community baths in a dorm that has to be 50 years old or more. First year classes were a joke!!! I got mostly b's, though, because of an attendance policy that states that more than 6 absences lowers a grade down a level. I actually had one professor tell me I should come to help my classmates who were struggling, which at the time I thought was preposterous. I can understand now why she said what she said.

My professors in the School of Communication and Theater were some great people, each in his or her own way. Always accessible and eager to help.

Thankfully I never had to wait in the extremely long lines when I needed administrative help (I always felt badly for those who did). Getting a job on campus was easy, but the pay was slightly more than slave labor. Unless you are smart enough to major in the computer science field.

I am a tropical weather lover, so the winter was a bit much for me. Overall, if you want a school where you can just come, work and get a degree..Temple is for you.