Record numbers of prospective students visiting Temple
The slogan on Temple’s undergraduate admissions brochures is “Come See for Yourself.” Lately, record numbers of visitors have been taking that advice.
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Photo by Betsy Manning/Temple University
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“Temple is hot, hot, hot,” Mendrinos said from her office in Temple's Welcome Center, where prospective students and their entourages swarm like bees when high school students are on spring break. More than 100 people attended many of the twice-daily information sessions and campus tours at the Welcome Center last week.
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Photo by Betsy Manning/Temple University
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The rising tide of visiting prospective students has been matched by recent increases in undergraduate applications, which are up about 44 percent since 2000.
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Allison Kim, a freshman from Hatboro, Pa., in the College of Liberal Arts, is one such satisfied customer. A campus tour she took as a high school student sold her on Temple.
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