Temple University supplemental essays
No. Temple University asks for no supplemental essays in 2026-27. Common App. Personal statement optional (250-650 words).
That is at most one piece of writing in all: the Common App personal statement. Early Action closes November 1, 2026 and Regular Decision closes February 1, 2027. This page lists Temple University's application deadlines and what the application does ask you to write.
Deadlines
| Round | Date |
|---|---|
| Early Action | November 1, 2026 |
| Regular Decision | February 1, 2027 |
Checked against admissions.temple.edu. Confirm on the college’s own page before you submit.
Even the personal statement is optional here, but it is the only writing Temple University will see.
Temple University asks for no writing of its own and marks the Common App personal statement optional. Optional does not mean ignored: if you send one, it is read, and it is the only writing in your file. If the statement is already written for other schools on your list, submitting it here costs nothing and gives the reader something no transcript shows.
That cuts both ways. With no supplement, there is no second chance to show fit or interest in writing, so the one essay has to do all the character work on its own.
Early Action (November 1, 2026) is non-binding: an earlier answer with no commitment attached. Regular Decision closes February 1, 2027. Applying early means your essay is final about 13 weeks sooner; that is the revision time you trade for an earlier answer.
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Your Temple University checklist
One piece of writing, and it is optional. The first deadline, Early Action, is November 1, 2026.
- Common App personal statementOptional250-650 words
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Getting into Temple University
Temple University admits 80.4% of applicants. In the federal admissions survey it reports that SAT and ACT scores are neither required nor recommended.
About 8 in 10 applicants are admitted, at a college of 20,970 undergraduates.
US Department of Education, College Scorecard (2026-09-17). Percentiles describe students who enrolled, not everyone admitted.
- Does Temple University require the SAT or ACT?
- Not according to the federal admissions survey, where Temple University reports that SAT and ACT scores are neither required nor recommended. Read that as "not required" rather than "never looked at": the survey lags real policy by a cycle or more, and some colleges carrying this flag have since brought testing back while others genuinely ignore scores altogether. Check Temple University's own admissions page before deciding whether to sit or send a test, and treat that page as the answer where the two disagree. Either way, grades and course load are doing most of the work here.
- What GPA do you need for Temple University?
- The honest answer is that the federal data behind this page does not contain one. Colleges report their admit rate and their enrolled students' test scores to the Department of Education; they do not report a GPA distribution, so any site quoting an exact average GPA for Temple University is either reading that college's own Common Data Set or estimating. What the reported data does say is that Temple University admits 80.4% of applicants, and the more selective a college is, the closer to the top of the class its admitted students sit and the more the strength of your course load counts alongside the number itself.
- How hard is it to get into Temple University?
- Temple University admits 80.4% of the people who apply, which is about 8 in 10 applicants. Numbers inside the reported range put you in a real position here, and the application itself decides the rest.
What Temple University costs after grant aid, by family income, from the same federal data.
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Temple University essay questions, answered
- Does Temple University have supplemental essays?
- No. Temple University asks for no supplemental essays in 2026-27. The Common App personal statement is optional, and it is the only writing Temple University will read if you send one. It runs 250 to 650 words.
- How many essays do you write for Temple University in 2026-27?
- At most one, and it is optional: the Common App personal statement. There are no Temple University supplements in 2026-27.
Schools with similar admit rates
Temple University admits 80.4% of applicants. The colleges either side of it in our set by admit rate, most selective first, each with its own prompts and deadlines: Creighton University (79.8%), University of Minnesota Twin Cities (79.8%), UT Arlington (79.9%), Marquette University (81.3%), Loyola University Chicago (81.6%), Gonzaga University (81.7%).