Hey, my name is Lenay and I was just accepted to Temple for Criminal Justice. Feel free to post your decision (accepted, rejected, waitlisted), your prospective major/ school, stats, etc. Below are my stats, in case you all were wondering.
SAT: 2070 overall, 660 cr/ 640 m/ 770 writing
ACT: 29
GPA: 4.0 (99.68/100)
Courseload: 2 APs (APUSH and Lit and Comp), rest are honors
Recs/essays excellent
Extracurriculars:
-student council president
-volunteer intern at council member Vallone’s office
-volunteer intern at NYC film post-production firm
-tutor for inner city Harlem kids
-tutor for struggling kids at my school
-head programmer for my school’s competition robotics team
-writer/performer for the PIT NYC, a comedy theatre in the city
-among many more haha…
Don’t know if I will attend yet- still waiting on Brown, USC, BC, and NYU
wow, well it sounds like you will be a great asset to Temple if you end up there! my son had USC on his short list as well but ended up not applying as he settled on Temple shortly before his senior year started. so, you are still waiting to see if you are accepted to USC? i imagine Brown and BC could be a long wait but will imagine you will hear from NYU soon. Are you in NYC?
@ctl987 yep, NYC born and raised. So far I haven’t heard much from NYU regarding decision dates but I’m keeping a look out. Was your son accepted to temple?
likes it a lot, they treat the honors kids very well. just from looking at your comments above, honors would love to have you on board and they would help you find similar options in Philly, if you can juggle it with your school work. best of luck with you remaning apps too!
Hey I’m Brenda and I’m from Jersey. I got accepted to Temple for Media Studies and Production.
SAT: 1810 (I didn’t do too well lol)
GPA: 3.4 UW (Not sure what my weighted GPA is since my school is confusing)
Course load: 17 Honors, 2 APS, 1 Dual Program created by FDU
Recs: I’m not sure since I had to find one last minute since my teacher left schools
Essay: I’d like to think it was very well-written
ECs: Chorus, Charity work, Dance group, GSA club, I have two part-time jobs (work about 30 hours per week), and I am an intern at a marketing office
I’m considering Temple a lot but have yet to visit so I’m going to schedule one very soon :). I’m also waiting on NYU, Syracuse, UDel, and Emerson. But hopefully everything works out!
Congrats on getting in @lenayd ! Good luck on NYU and the rest of your colleges! From what I have read, NYU should get back to us April 1st.
mtb, all of your school choices are good for that major, which is also my son’s major, if you have any questions about Temple’s msp program, let me know!
My D was accepted to Tyler School of Art and Honors with a Dean’s Scholarship. Still waiting on possible art portfolio scholarship. Probable major in graphic and interactive media design with math or computer science minor.
SAT: 1970 (10 on essay)
ACT: 29
Weighted GPA 4.2, UW probably around 3.85. Top 25 student of 500 at #2 ranked high school in PA.
Course load: 12 Honors/5 APs, got a 5 on AP English (lit/comp) test
Essay/recommendations excellent. Portfolio was accepted at National Portfolio Day.
ECs/awards:
theater (actor and art director and designed posters and program covers for both shows this year), nationally known award-winning theater program
president of literary/arts club that stages two coffeehouses every year, performed original songs
student character award winner
National Merit Commended Student
National Honor Society and National Art Honor Society
Honorable mention in regional Scholastic Art awards
Church youth leader, head acolyte, youth choir member, youth Vestry representative, summer mission trip, 200 hrs community service, repainted church signs, designed and decorated new youth group lounge
school district art show selectee two years in a row
Did summer portfolio boot camp at Temple with scholarship, and summer art workshop at Savannah College of Art and Design
works 25 hours a week at Chipotle and got a promotion after a month in a new store
Also accepted at Drexel/Westphal and School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Still waiting on Syracuse and Pratt Institute. Temple is #1 choice right now.
yes, there seem to be a lot, in fact, soem of the course credits you can get as un uppper classmen are for internships, even as a freshman, my son and all the msp kids are getting emails about on campus options(eg working at Temple radio station comes up a lot). i would suggest you contact msp dept directly more to learn about off campus internships and maybe they can get you in touch with some upper classmen who have give you an even more realistic scoop than me.
I got accepted yesterday. Really consider the chance going to Temple next year
GPA:3.85
SAT:1970(1350 Math+CR)
EC:A bunch of sport activities and tutoring
I only learn about my decision through the portal. Do you know how can we learn about our scholarship? I’m really looking forward to receive some sources of financial help from Temple
@GiangNam I think if you sent the FAFSA a wile back you should be able to see your financial letter award soon. You can trying clicking it. It’s on the right side of the portal. Usually the awards are up when you see something like “7 outstanding requirements”
@mtbd1996 I’m intl’ student so I don’t need to submit FAFSA, and I tried a few times and it didn’t work either, so I’m kind of worry since I only get notice of being accepted from the portal not even email or snail mail
Congratulations on being accepted to Temple U. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message. I can give you my opinions on my school. I’m pretty honest and will tell if a department is strong or weak.
SAT: 2290 (800 CR, 770 M, 720 W), 800 SAT 2 Lit, 750 SAT 2 US History
GPA: 3.85 UW, don’t know weighted but it is much higher than a 4.0
Courseload: 10 AP classes, 1 honors class
Extracurriculars:
2 city council campaign internships
3 years of drama
3 years of speech and debate
2 years of journalism
volunteering experience at a men’s rehabilitation center
tutoring
secretary of the writing club
I really like Temple because it will be very cheap for me to attend (I will have no debt at all) and I like Philadelphia. I will probably attend if the schools that I am waiting on all reject me or are too costly to attend (NYU, BC, BU, SCU, USC, Fordham, UNC Chapel Hill, Barnard).
