<p>I am an international student at trinity, im freshman.</p>
<p>I have to admit that the college is admitting more foreign students year after year, so the students ARE becoming more diverse.</p>
<p>the problem is that minority groups in this college like to stick together. From my observation, there are some really cool international students who like to hang out with american students. But most of international kids just eat together and study together, so i don’t see many interracial interactions here, which is not a good thing i think. I am trying to hang out with different ppl, but as a result of my English and culture difference, it is still hard to really involve with the majority white kids.</p>
<p>the academic is very good. all of the professors are really good and are very willing to help you. My advisor is a History professor graduated from Harvard with PHD and he is very nice.Trinity students study very hard, they spend much time on their homework and exams, and they are also smart kids, maybe i guess most of them were being “trained” at their elite prep schools. Professor set a lot of hw and papers and i can hear ppl constantly saying thst how busy they are. the college is also a good feeder college for best graduate business and Law school. I know ppl admitted to Brown but went to trinity because she thinks she will have a better chance to get into a good law school. we have many students double major.</p>
<p>campus is nice. Dorms are nice, many of which are single rooms. Food is fine, we have many food choices, but they don’t change very often so some ppl get bored eating the same food over and over again. </p>
<p>People are generally open-minded and nice. my neighors like drinking and partying, sometimes even after 12pm so it can get annoying. People i know like to go to the frats on sat night to relax, if they are not into the frats scene, they choose to do other stuff like community service or cultural organization. Our school has a really great Asian American students association which hosts events every weekends, there is also a fred community projects that will give out new and interesting activities every week, so there is always a lot to do on campus, you will never feel bored if you are a cool student willing to learn and be social.</p>
<p>about hartford, i think it’s fine, compared with many other liberal arts colleges which are often in the middle of nowhere, like Grinnell and Williams. hartford is at least a state capital it has major government buildings and major companies, trinity students have their U-pass which is a card u can use it to take the bus for free with unlimited rides, you can take a bus right in college to wal-mart and macy’s and target, it is convenient.
I disagree with some of the claims that trinity is doing very bad with its neighborhood, instead, the school has some projects in the city, like we have annual Do it Day, in which students go outside campus to do community service. and we have hartford river cleaning projects, and we have grade school students tutoring service, my friend is doing that right now.</p>
<p>International admission is extremely competitive, like there were nearly 100 students in my country applied, but less than 10 got in. As for domestic admission, i heard that it is not easy, either. many kids who got in are ranked in the top of their classes. and i have a feel that trinity consider ur GPA and ur admission essays as very important criterion. Of course SAT AND TOEFL are also important. Also, trinity seems to put a hell a lot of kids on waitlist. Applying Early Decision will definitely increase ur chance a lot.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you!</p>