<p>I graduated from Trinity many moons ago and now live in the greater NYC area. My daughter (a junior) and I will be visiting the old alma mater over her spring break, just to check it out as a potential college. Daughter's main concern about TU is that she will be the only kid from the East amid a sea of Texans. An admissions counselor at TU confirmed there weren't that many from this area at the school. Can anyone give me any perspective on this? Thanks!</p>
<p>(It always amazes me that Trinity is still so unheard of here in the Northeast, despite always appearing at the top of all the lists. You'd think kids would be flocking to S.A. just to get away from the harsh winters.)</p>
<p>Welcome, jilieweb!</p>
<p>Mother of an OOS Sophomore here, but not from your area, though. We are from the Midwest and weather was one factor in D’s decision! TU is actually about 2/3 Texan, but many of the Texans have lived in lots of different places. Off the top of my head, I can think of some of D’s friends not from TX-- jr. from outside Boston, soph from NJ, jr. from VA,
soph from DE, soph from MD. The NJ gal is a suitemate. She grew up in NJ, but just last summer her parents moved to TX because they liked it so much while visiting. They are in retirement. Another “Texan” has lived in Australia, Singapore and UK. Another suitemate is from UK, but last 5 years LA. A suitemate from last year is from Seattle, just the opposite coast. D’s winter wardrobe is a couple hoodies. Enjoy the visit. Tu beat out lots of other schools, many in the East, for D.</p>
<p>My D will be in the class of 2013 and, though a Texas resident now, is a transplanted Jersey girl. Although I can’t speak directly about Trinity (yet), our experience here is that Lots of people in our community either are from someplace else or have at least lived elsewhere at some point. It made the transition here much smoother for all of us not feeling as if we were somehow “different” because we didn’t have local roots.</p>
<p>I’m a freshman at Trinity and I came here out of Syracuse, NY so I was kind of in the same boat. Honestly I haven’t met to many people from the northeast here, but I have met many other people that are out of state and like gloworm said there are lots of Texans who have lived in other places so I didn’t feel uncomfortable at all coming from NY. And yeah I also got the same reactions about Trinity when I was a senior in high school. I would often just get blank stares when I told someone I was going to Trinity.</p>
<p>Yeah there are a few who are from the northeast. Most of the time people will just say “Hey I am from Victoria, TX”, and I have no clue where that is. Most people are Texans but there are plenty of out of staters. Most of those out of state are from nearby states though: Oklahoma, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico etc. I don’t think being from the Northeast should really worry her.</p>
<p>It is true that most of the students are from Texas, mostly from Houston. If you were to guess where someone is, guessing Houston would land you nearly a 50:50 chance.
But there’s a lot of diversity, lots of international students.</p>
<p>I’m a Trinity grad living in New York. My son will be joining the class of 2013 and he is a born and bred New Yorker.</p>
<p>I’m from the Northeast too, except im north of the border haha</p>
<p>Would be great to hear how its going for the new students so far…</p>