<p>rejected. international student who need a large amount of finaid. 
2240 SAT（CR750 M800）
great ECs, essays & recommendations
i even wrote a letter to Trinity telling them my strong interest and that it’s always my first choice. so sad. :(</p>
<p>waitlisted.
i feel like such a loser.</p>
<p>i am pretty much convinced financial need had a big part to do with many of our decisions…</p>
<p>dont feel bad guys. im sure you all have other colleges to go to</p>
<p>Rejected Applying to US was just a waste of time</p>
<p>I’m with you whiteout. I got in and some people on this board who didn’t had more impressive stats but said they needed significant financial aid. 30 ACT, 3.7 UW, decent EC, but showed little to no interest in attending Trinity; however, my family is pretty wealthy so it seems like a ploy to get kids to pay full tuition. There wasn’t anything on my profile about FA, does anyone if it is coming with the letter?</p>
<p>Waitlisted Life. BLEH.</p>
<p>Rejected
SAT 2100 (590CR 770M 740W) – damn I rushed these scores…waste of time and money
SAT2: math2 800 Phy780 Chem750
TOEFL 109 and very very good academic record (I don’t have a gpa)
No essay, no interview, asked for 85% FA and an international Indian!
Decisions till now: rejected by 6, waitlisted by 1
These admissions are a huge crap! I spent a lot of money in this US admissions process:(</p>
<p>I feel you hopingforbetter.</p>
<p>Got waitlisted. not very interested due to its location. I am not going to stay on wait list. Waiting for Wesleyan decision tomorow. The only school that I stay on waitlist is Wellesley, but leaning toward Pitzer college in So Cal with Trustee scholarship total package of 45k ( enough for Full tuition ).</p>
<p>Ugh, I’ve wasted hundreds of dollars and I’m not getting accepted anywhere that I wanted to. It sucks -.-</p>
<p>I understand you guys. I wasted llike $400 in sending scores, doing the TOEFL and SAT.
I can’t believe colleges like this care more about MONEY then about prospective applicants.
Makes me angry inside… Thanks to colleges like this I have no more options and now my dream of studying on the USA is over.</p>
<p>Thanks Trinity. Hope you feel better with your pocket full of money.</p>
<p>I got waitlisted and I’m really bummed. Yeah I asked for financial aid as well. Trinty was one of my safeties but it was also one of my top choices. And my stats are better than the rich students from my small all boys private school but I guess the secret to get into trinity is to have $$$. I also wanted to get into trinity for personal reasons as well.
But I mightve gotten into BC so if BC gives me the financial aid package my family can afford then ill be going there. I’m still gonna be on trinity’s waitlist so I have another option. Because I rejected from all my top choices
fun fun fun</p>
<p>Trinity is all about money… I am an international who asked for a SMALL amount of fin. aid and got rejected… 2240 SAT, 800 + 700 SAT II, 4.0 GPA… What’s the score of the average Brooks Brothers-clad brat going to Trinity? 1700?</p>
<p>Anyone got into Trinity? i just got accepted with the Summmit scholar award 
im deciding between Trinity and UC San Diego. Any advice? btw, i live in India.</p>
<p>Trinity really isn’t about money. I’m not academically brilliant or anything and got a 1990 in my SAT’s. I honestly think its the overall profile of the student that counts. i didn’t ask for financial aid but got a scholarship anyway, and i’m an international student.</p>
<p>@Frangipani Did you show a lot of interest? I think they caught on to the fact that Trinity was my safety… Although, with a 30% acceptance rate, it really isn’t one!</p>
<p>@Frangipani - </p>
<p>My son just got the Summit Scholar offer, too. We’re from California, and he’ll be going to Trinity. However, UCSD is an excellent school, particularly in some of the sciences. If you are into Engineering or Biotech, and know that’s what you want to do as a career, then I’d suggest going to San Diego. </p>
<p>But, as I’m sure you know, the two schools are massively different: Trinity is a Liberal Arts school where you can expect lots of access to the professors beginning the day you set foot on the campus. UC San Diego, and the entire UC system, are massive schools (UCSD is around ~25K students). Many programs are “impacted”, meaning it can be difficult to get into a required class. This is due to the budget problems the UC’s are currently having. If you are not aware of this situation, you need to read up on it.</p>
<p>At the UC’s, for the first few years of introductory courses, you will interface mainly with T.A.s, who are usually graduate students, who may or may not be particularly adept at teaching or grading (which matters with subjective courses that involve writing, but is less important in engineering & sciences, in my opinion).</p>
<p>On the other hand, my daughter is at a UC, and because she’s a History major, and entered school with many AP credits (which led to avoiding many introductory course requirements) she is developing good relationships with professors early on in upper level classes.</p>
<p>I could go on about the virtues and pitfalls of a liberal arts education (I was a Wesleyan undergrad, and a Stanford graduate student in engineering), but I would say that if you want a liberal arts education, go to Trinity, if you know Science/Engineering are your thing, go to UCSD, and if your pre-med, I’m actually not sure.</p>
<p>If you’re from India, then does the Summit scholarship actually make Trinity less expensive than UCSD? (not including the cost of winter clothing?)</p>
<p>@Frangipani: You said the magic words: “I didn’t ask for financial aid”. If I wouldn’t have asked for FA either I would have surely been accepted. Do you get it now? Colleges like Trinity just accepts students who ask a relatively low amount of FA (probably less than $15k each year) and rich kids.</p>
<p>@Guille19 While a lot of the students are on little to no FA, there are also plenty of students (including internationals) on full or close-to-full FA. Most (if not all) south asians I knew on campus were on close-to-full FA, but there is probably a limit on how many full-FA internationals Trinity takes. Besides FA, there are also full scholarships like the presidential scholarship offered regardless of FA status.</p>
<p>Finally found the USNews article I was looking for that ranks Trinity among “10 Colleges That Give the Most International Student Financial Aid” [10</a> Colleges That Give the Most International Student Financial Aid - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2012/10/16/10-colleges-that-give-the-most-international-student-financial-aid]10”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2012/10/16/10-colleges-that-give-the-most-international-student-financial-aid)</p>