I would not sleep on Trinity. The academics are excellent, small and research opportunities. It has long been a feeder for NY business and has well established relationships with business internships located right in Hartford and NY. The campus is beautiful. Yes it is an urban location but that is a positive over rural isolation imho. . The president and admissions have expanded outreach to many excellent and increasingly diverse students. School spirit is high and athletics are top notch in NESCAC. Substance free dorm and students who want to study very hard along with some who party (but isn’t that the case at all colleges)
It looks like you are an international student.
If you are an international student, the two things that matter are:
- which of these places employers in your own country prefer - you will need to plan on getting a job there after you finish your education in the US and any work here that you were able to do with OPT
- which of these places has decent job placement for students with OPT
Ask the international students office and the career center at each of these colleges/universities about OPT placement. If they can’t give you solid information about their track record for that, then you know you will need to plan to leave the US very shortly after you graduate.
@vonlost You ask why need blind vs.need sensitive admissions is relevant in choosing a college.
As an applicant, its relevance relates to chances for admission. A student with need would typically fare better if a school had a need blind policy than if the same school had a need sensitive or need aware policy. For a student with no need, the opposite would be true.
As an admitted student, its relevance relates to socioeconomic diversity among classmates. A need blind school may be more socioeconomically diverse than a need sensitive or need aware school. Of course there are other more direct ways to measure socioeconomic diversity. According to @GoldPenn here: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/2091006-socioeconomic-diversity-stats-by-pell-grant.html:
- Grinnell (need blind) - 22% of students receive Pell Grants
- Carleton and Trinity (both not need blind) - 13% of students receive Pell Grants
Ok, for choosing where to apply, it’s irrelevant; if you like the school and it’s a good match, you apply.
As admitted, if all other issues are equal (they aren’t), it might tip the decision.
Which college has better employment status ? easier to get jobs ? between Grinnell and Carleton? thanks