<p>I am going to finally get my Trinity visit in now and ofcourse, I am excited. Any absolute must-dos or must sees while on campus? Any in San Antonio within the time constraints allowed. I will just miss Trinity 360 but that is ok by me as I might see it in its more "natural" state.</p>
<p>Are you going to take the campus tour? I think they give one everyday. We went on a Saturday and the tour was at 10:30 AM. Make sure you get to see a dorm room. If you are doing a self-tour and know what your major is, find out where the admin offices are for that major and drop in.</p>
<p>While in San Antonio, a must visit, of course, is the Alamo. It is right downtown, about 5 minutes from the campus. Also, right across the street from the Alamo is the famous San Antonio River Walk. It is beautiful this time of year. Take a slow walk along the river or a barge ride. Lots of great places to eat. Have fun!</p>
<p>the mission tours pretty tight too</p>
<p>Yep, I will be taking a campus tour, spending a night in a dorm and hopefully setting up an appointment with the head of the department I hope to major in. I have spoken with him when he actually called me to discuss their programs and I live internationally. I thought that was pretty nice of him. We have allowed one extra day to see those areas like the Alamo and Riverwalk and get Mexican food. I love Mecxican food.</p>
<p>Mexican food- OOPS above</p>
<p>Might want to drop by the Alamo Quarry - closest large shopping center to Trinity. Lots of Trinity kids head there. Will give you an idea of what's available in your "off-time".</p>
<p>Thanks will try and do that.- Alamo Quarry.......</p>
<p>I would recommend Casa Rio for Mexican on the Riverwalk--it's reasonably priced, usually doesn't have too long of a wait for a table, and the food is excellent. If you eat in the Quarry, EZ's has great burgers, chicken sandwiches, pizza, and various chicken and pasta dishes. If you want some quick and cheap but tasty Tex-Mex, head to Taco Cabana, a local chain that you will probably become very familiar with if you decide to go to Trinity. There's one less than 5 minutes from the school. When are you visiting? If you're coming next week, you'll be in San Antonio just in time for Fiesta! Let me know if you'll be there then, and I can tell you more about it.</p>
<p>whoa yall still got EZ's down in San Antone. They closed almost all of em in DFW. i miss that place</p>
<p>Going to be there the 23rd (arrive) and leave on the 26th</p>
<p>Ok, if you get a chance, you might want to go to NIOSA (Night in Old San Antonio) on Tuesday. It's this huge street festival downtown with food and music and games and cascarones. Different areas within the festival have different themes, like Mexican, Western, German, French/Cajun, Irish, and All-American. If you want to find out more, go to <a href="http://www.niosa.org%5B/url%5D">www.niosa.org</a>. If you want to find out more about Fiesta in general, go to <a href="http://www.fiesta-sa.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fiesta-sa.org/</a>. If crowds just really aren't your thing, though, you might want to steer clear of NIOSA. I hope you have fun no matter what you do!</p>
<p>Had my Trinity visit and loved it. Yep, checked out the Quarry mall, Casa Rio. Got downtown and the Alamo but didn't make NIOSA. I found the people at Trinity to be very friendly, professors, admissions host etc. Very sincerely interested and helpful. Now for final decision. Thanks for all the tips. Sat in on a class, met with a dept head, heard a lecture, etc etc.</p>
<p>froshtobe: Did you make your decision? It's now cinco de mayo, and I'm supposing that the deadlines are May 1. Could you share the competing choices, just so that I can imagine your decision matrix better. Appreciate it.</p>
<p>Investorscooter- I did indeed pick Trinity. I found Trinity to be a very friendly place and the students that I met were very approachable and interesting. As I have said, I wanted some concession to diversity. While I can't say that I know the racial/cutural numbers at Trinity, I did find that the students seem to be quite open to mixes, blends and in general just not that conscious of categorizing in general. Pretty accepting and interested in different ideas without being wierd. Plenty of nationalities represented. I found that they were quite interested in their international students and in my decision process I had a multicultural internet chat with Trinity staff and prospective students as well as current students. While on campus I attended a lecture that was put on by the multicultural Network there and it was members of the Sikh group and how they have had to adjust post 9-11. That says something for openness. I also did not find the campus to be remarkably sorority/frat-centric. I don't have a feeling either way with Greek life but there are so many other things to do at Trinity it won't be a necessity or an oddity if I do or don't. I am a big believer in community service and they do that well with lots of choices. I had a very long meeting/ tour with a department head there that I think may be my major and he was sincerely interested in my making the best choice for me. He even sat down with me and compared my top choices and how the programs would differ. The students also said that their profs are very easy to get in touch with when needed whether it be during office hours or having extra hours. The course load as per another person there, is not easy by any stretch and because of small classes (25 or less on average) you consistently work hard but don't get lost in the abyss of over intensity like Ivies. Definitely not an easy school. I would say the dorms are better than others I saw and the choices of food good. A big draw for me was that you can actually think about interships and classes within my hopeful major in my freshman and sophomore year. </p>
<p>Now as to my other in the end choices: University of Fl (very big but very good) harder to get into though especially out of state. I was accepted and it would have been a much cheaper choice. I decided that I didn't want such a huge school and the dorms are questionable at best. It can offer a great variety of things to study and a good school. Also in the final acceptance choices was Emerson College in Boston and Tulane in New Orleans. Emerson students are defintely accepting of all lots and has great equipment/ facilities but no proper campus. Tulane well pre-Katrina that was way high but New Orleans isn't there yet even though Tulane has come out swinging. </p>
<p>In the end it was between Trinity and Furman and Furman is stellar too but not as big with diversity. Absolutely drop dead gorgeous school and nice students with profs who are also approachable. My meeting with the head of that dept yielded that I wouldn't really get into a major oriented class until my junior year and that would maybe be the same for internships. If the student is doing something that is among the usual core curriculum such as English, science etc they would be in some classes like that as a freshman. I asked a student while there how come I don't see alot of vaiety at the school and they said perhaps the cost and the fact that it is in the south. I know people who went there and liked it and are minorities. The cost is in the high 30's.It mostly didn't work for me because I wanted interships and major classes earlier. </p>
<p>While I was accepted to other schools and received academic scholarships to others this was how it fell for me. Trinity worked with me and I in turn will make it work for me. I would definitely put Trinity on your (child's) list even if in the first go around. It doesn't have that over riding southern feel or scream Texas - whatever screaming Texas means exactly.</p>
<p>Froshtobe: You are SO kind to have taken the time to explain all of this. I will indeed encourage my D to take a serious look at the school because many of your concerns are so similar to hers. Again, thanks.</p>