Temple Interview

I had my interview at Temple yesterday. The day started with a short talk about Temple from the admissions representative. We then went on a tour. I'm not sure who took us around, but it was not a student. TUSPM is basically 2 separate buildings right next door to each other. It is separate from the main Temple campus. The schools seemed a little outdated, but still nice. Their clinic was very busy. They told us that they see, on average, 50,000 patients every year. After the tour we watched a short video about the main campus. We didn't visit the main campus because it was about a 30 minute drive away. We then met with a financial aid advisor and were give a stapled packed of information. We then met with a third year student for lunch. At the beginning of the day we were given a small sandwich menu for lunch, so we got to pick what we wanted, which was nice. After lunch, we had our interviews. It was a one-on-one open file interview with a faculty member. It wasn't too difficult, pretty conversational. After the interview we had a wrap up session and the day was over. The only think I'm disappointed about was that we didn't get a chance to meet with the Dean. I don't know if he was still out for the Holiday, or if he just wasn't there. They told us we would find out about the status of our application in a little over 2 weeks.
On a side note, I really liked the city of Philadelphia. I like the old city, as well as the new bustling city. If you interview at Temple, take some time to check out Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and the "Rocky" steps. The only thing I didn't like about the city was the parking. It's almost impossible to park anywhere close to where you want to be... let alone park at all.