<p>I posted before, asking about Hamilton, Mt. Holyoke, and Trinity, but now it's been narrowed down to two. Would anyone be able to give me the pros and cons of these schools? Thank you in advance.</p>
<p>Are you considering Trinity in Hartford? If so, while it is a very good school, the surroundings leave much to be desired. A student was recently beaten horribly and continues to fight for his life in the hospital. Hartford is on a mission to improve, but if I had to choose between Hartford and a safer environment, it would be a clear cut decision.</p>
<p>Well, I can’t comment about Trinity or Mt Holyoke but daughter will beat attending Hamilton. She looked at a lot of schools and narrowed down her favorites to Hamilton, Duke, Williams and Colby. She ended up liking Hamilton the most so applied EDII. Probably the number one factor was the sense of community she felt and that the kids were serious students but laid back and fun. She plays a sport so spent an overnight with the team on a Friday night and while I am sure others were partying, the team got together and watched a movie, hung out and ate junk food…good times! </p>
<p>The area is rural with rolling hills and quite close to the Adirondack Mountains and lakes so a lot of great outdoorsy things to do if you like that. Clinton, NY is quite small but cute shoppes and eateries. Utica not far with standard stuff…Syracuse is about 40minutes and large city with Syracuse University and shopping/entertainment too if and when you want to get away from campus. Hamilton has a van service free for students that takes you to Utica destinations.</p>
<p>I’ve spent some time at both - and I have to say, the students at Hamilton seemed more intellectual. Trinity kids are big partiers, preppier than their counterparts at Hamilton. And yes, Hartford is a bore, and the parts surrounding the campus can be downright scary.</p>
<p>mom, my son looked at both. Trinity was not on his final list, but Hamilton was. The physical environment couldn’t be more different. Hamilton – beautiful but isolated natural surroundings. Trinity – gritty neighborhood but high urban buzz. My son was looking for the former. [He ended up attending rural colleges for both undergrad and graduate school.] What does your daughter want?</p>
<p>I think the academics and the student body at both would be similar (that is, very good). Trinity may lean a little more toward political activism, Hamilton toward green initiatives.</p>
<p>My personal observation (as a parent, not a student) was that Hamilton was isolated to an extreme. Clinton is a charming town, but it’s a hike. The area surrounding Trinity worried me. The campus seemed equally isolated but in a different way.</p>
<p>Thank you all, for your replies. I was actually asking for the D of a friend of mine. I’ve relayed the information to them. If it were my D, I think we would pick Hamlton over Trinity! ;-)</p>
<p>Katliamom, that is a narrow minded assessment…my D2 graduates from Trin in May and has had an incredible experience, both at the Hartford campus and the one in Rome. She is an Art History/Italian/French major and the studies and professors have been incredible… Student body is diversified, her friends have visited me many times, some preppy, some not, and who cares anyway? I love all of her friends, and have gone to Hartford and West Hartford many times for long walks, overnites, lunches, dinners…art museums…Never a problem! The school has taken major steps this spring to have more patrols on campus as well as better lighting etc… I have heard of safety problems in remote rural towns, larger VT schools, how about NYC & Boston? Riots in Kentucky? Chicago? Yale? Shootings at a religious school in CA etc?? Go spend a day at each!</p>