Temple University Essay

This admissions data tells us the most of Temple's admitted students fall within the top 26% nationally on the ACT.The middle 50% of students admitted to Temple received a composite ACT score between 24 and 30, while 25% scored above 30 and 25% scored below 24.

This admissions data tells us the most of Temple's admitted students fall within the top 26% nationally on the ACT.

If your GPA and SAT/ACT scores fall within the school's average ranges, you have a strong chance of being accepted.

Keep in mind that Temple has test-optional admissions, though it is primarily geared toward students with average GPAs of 3.5 and above.

The admissions data in the graph is self-reported by applicants to Temple University. Find out how you compare to accepted students, see the real-time graph, and calculate your chances of getting in with a free Cappex account.

Temple University, which accepts just over half of applicants, has a somewhat competitive admissions process.

A study conducted by Admit See, an undergraduate and graduate application-sharing platform created by University of Pennsylvania students, found students who used certain words, wrote about certain topics or even just wrote with a certain tone in their application essays were more likely to get accepted to one Ivy League school over another.

Upon analyzing its application archives, Admit See found students who referred to their parents as “mom and dad” in their application essays were more likely to get accepted to Stanford, while students who called them “mother and father” were more likely to receive a Harvard admission offer.

Note also that some students were accepted with test scores and grades a bit below the norm.

This is because Temple has a holistic admissions process.

This means that for every 100 students who applied, 58 were admitted, making Temple's admissions process competitive. Applicants may submit SAT or ACT scores or they can choose the Temple Option and provide responses to a few short-answer questions.

During the 2017-18 admissions cycle, 74% of admitted students submitted SAT scores.