Thanks in advance
i am not a student but i am the mom of one. 1) i think many of the books are at teh library so that is one way to save. it seems to be Temple protocol to wait until classes start to get books and sometimes the teacher will advise of less expensive ways to buy things. or as you noted above, you may learn you don’t absolutely need one of teh books.
meals- 12 probably would be enough. my son does is not very explorative but he has noted that even though meals are available on weekends, not everything is open. There are lots of resturants in the areas that accept diamond dollars and if you are on the south side of campus, there is a grocery store literally across the street from 1300 and morgan so you can get some meals there if you run out of meals, i suggest starting with 12 as you can always up it to 15 and it harder to downsize a meal plan. i recomend the flex plan because it;s more flexible. i know of one family who actually just went for 10 traditional(teh minimum amount required for dorms wihtout kitchens) and then used teh meal plan savings to up the diamond dollars. my kid would have been miserable on the traditional plan, another downside of the tradtional plan is you are not going to walk any furhter than you have too during the winter and if your traditional meal options are 3 blocks from your dorm, you will regret it, most dorms are close to at least one of the places on the flex plan. and i know Johnson and Hardwick dorms have the traditional cafeteria so if you are in one of those dorms, you’d be fine. i think morgan might have a traditinal cafeteria on one floor and then resturants you can use your flex meals with on another floor as you likely know, you can use your flex meals at any traditional cafeteria too.
Business school is supposed to be decent. look at prior Temple threads as there has been some discussion of this. also, some of the posters have indicated they are in business school so you could contact them directly for more info. other schools in the area that seem to have good to great business schools are Penn(duh), Maryland, and Penn State(in State College).
You have to be super careful with apartments due to surrounding area. the further away from campus you get, the skethcier it gets. i think there was a robbery on 15th street within hte last week and that is one of the safer streets(only one block west of campus and actually part of campus in some areas). Regarding costs, it seems like 1/2 block to one block makes a huge differnce in price due to the sketchiness. I suggest coming up with the extra money and living right next to campus or VERY close. some students will disagree that i am being too momish about and hopefully some o them will post their recomendations. regardless of my mom approach on this issue, i think everyoene agrees that even 1/2 block can make a huge difference between safe enough and very dangerous. so please be careful if you live off campus, Temple has an office but i don’t know under which dept that can help you with your apartment search(or at least get you going in the right direction). my guess is Admisssions has the contact info for this service.
The View and Morgan(dorm) are among the most expensive in teh area but both are suposed to be very nice. teh view requiiures a one year lease so if you plan to stay in philly for the summer, it is a good deal.
ill try to get back to you on study abroad. i know a kid who just got back from Rome so i’ll see what i can find out.
Hi - I’m also the mom of a student. My son just finished his freshman yr @Tyler and hopes to do a semester in Rome. You didn’t say but I’m assuming you’ll be entering your freshman yr in the fall. You’ll have a chance to learn about study abroad options during orientation. There are also info sessions once school starts. From what I’ve heard you shouldn’t wait to start inquiring about study abroad and letting your advisor know that’s something you’re thinking about. There are semester, full year & summer programs in both Rome and Tokyo where Temple has their own campuses. There are also programs available in other countries through outside organizations.
I also agree with what @ctl987 said about meals, books & housing.
My dd just finished her freshman year. In the Fall, she had 15 Premium. In the Spring, she switched to 12 Premium. When on the 15, she never used all of them (and yes she was on campus most weekends). For Spring with the 12, she would usually grab a piece of fruit from the previous day to have for breakfast.
Dd also lived at 1300 her freshman yr and is moving to The View next year. I would say that the View is a little more than the cost of 1300 when you combine the cost of room and board. I think the basic monthly rent (not on the top floor and not a city view) is like $945 or something like that a month. The View has individual leases, which is really nice. With dd’s move to the View, I am still planning to purchase the 100 meal plan (that is for a semester). I just don’t see her cooking everyday. I think it will be a slow transition for her to go from buying all meals out to cooking all meals. I do see her eating breakfast in basically everyday. The 100 meal plan will give her about 8 meals a week, roughly.
The Temple bookstore should be your last option for buying books. Wait until class starts to see if you actually need all the books and if you need them in a certain edition. Some teachers are fine with you using the free versions you find online. Otherwise try amazon and chegg and facebook groups.
I had the 12 and often had meals left over. And I was used to 3 meals a day, will depend on you obviously. Flex is nice because you don’t have to worry about meal times, it costs more though.
Apartments are the cheapest. Dorms are probably the most expensive. The View is close in price to the dorms, it can be greater depending on what you get.
It’s not hard to get into study abroad. They won’t have MIS classes there but probably will have business ones. I’d also say it’s imperative to get an internship. Temple has many resources it shouldn’t be too difficult if you use them.
Great info.
So 12 flex meals and 1300 honors floor for the first year and no books until class starts. Sounds like a plan. Thanks
To clarify: I will be a freshman in the fall and on #3 I meant a research job working in the business department. ;