<p>1) How's the campus life, on and off? Is there a lot to do on campus? What is there to do off-campus? Is it easy transportation to the inside of San Antonio? Are there nearby groceries, Targets you could get to by walking? Do you need a car? Or bike? Where's the nearest airport? Is transportation to the airport easy as well?</p>
<p>2) How competitive is their merit aid? I have about a 3.93 UW GPA, positions in extracurriculars, a 1970 (1310 M&CR) SAT. Do I have a shot at the merit aid? If I go I'm going to need a heck of a lot of financial aid. Do they rely a lot on loans for their packages?</p>
<p>3) Is San Antonio/Trinity campus area expensive? Is it upper-middle class mostly?</p>
<p>4) How's the diversity and acceptance at TU? Are there a lot of Asians and do they tend to stick together? I'm Asian, but for some reason I don't really have any Asian friends. Is there a lot of diversity as to who your friends are?</p>
<p>5) Overall, how do you like it/did you like it?</p>
<p>Please help! I'm thinking of applying here and want to make the right choice.</p>
<p>I don't know the answers to most of these (I'm not a student at Trinity but I plan on applying) but here are the answers I know:</p>
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<li>There is an aiport about 5-10 minutes away from campus (I know this because I was there this weekend and I flew there) and transportation to it is very easy.<br></li>
<li>I think you've got a shot at financial aid. Your GPA is above the average Trinity applicant's so I think you'd be a good candidate for it.</li>
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<p>My D was a FY last year. I can't give you a lot of information, but I may be able to help some. </p>
<p>There is no shopping right by campus. A mile or two east of campus is Broadway, a street that has numerous restaurants, drug stores, grocery stores, etc. Northwest of campus, again a mile or two, are various other restaurants and stores. Quarry Market, an outdoor mall with movies, more restaurants and other stores is two or three miles to the north. I don't think public transportation will get you there. There is a bus that goes downtown, I believe, but I don't know how convenient it is.</p>
<p>A bike on campus doesn't make much sense. The upper campus, where the academic buildings is really "upper". The campus is built on an old quarry and the access between upper and lower campus is by steep stairs. </p>
<p>My D had stats similar to yours and she got merit aid in the form of a Trustee's Scholarship of $9500 per year. If you qualify, they are qenerous with other forms of financial aid.</p>
<p>Diversity is better than most LAC's. 11% Hispanic, 7% Asian & 2-3% African-American. My D is Asian. She grew up with Caucasian parents and went to a high school that was at least 95% Caucasian. She is doing fine at Trinity. The kids are mostly laid back and accepting.</p>
<p>The classes are small and rigorous; the professors helpful and accessible. There are lots of organizations to join. My D ran cross country and track, so that took a good bit of her time.</p>
<p>I am very impressed with Trinity. I suggest you check it out more.</p>
<p>I didn't go to Trinity but I used to live near the campus and I've been on campus there a few times.</p>
<p>1) Campus life is better on campus than off campus. Like the previous poster said, there's not any actual shopping areas in that part of San Antonio, except for the riverwalk. Broadway Avenue has a few stores but not really any name brand stripmall type stores. It's not difficult at all to get to downtown San Antonio from campus. I don't know of any Targets in that area nor any grocery stores, come to think of it. There's a Wal-Mart just north of there two or three miles on 281 but it's not the best one in San Antonio. Gosh, come to think of it you might have to drive five to ten miles to go to the nearest, decent H-E-B. Trinity happens to be on that side of town that's not well-served by chain retailers since it's so close to the tourist downtown area.</p>
<p>3) The school is upper middle-class but the area surrounding the campus is not. It's not a bad side of town but I wouldn't call it middle-class, either. The local students are from the far north side of town.</p>
<p><em>EDIT</em> I think a lot of the houses near campus are leased by the students.</p>
<p>4) Trinity is mostly white the last time I was there. If you want a larger Asian population, you'll find it at UT Austin, but you won't have the personal, private school atmosphere there. Just be friends with people who treat you right. Kids I saw there in the dorms were kinda-sorta the Bohemian type.</p>
<p>5) I generally don't like the private universities in Texas, but I respect Trinity. But you might not like that part of San Antonio, might get boring for you.</p>