Is Trinity as good as other NESCACs?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Trinity College (Connecticut)
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^^^ Trinity College was 22nd in USNWR in 2003, so your recollection is consistent with Trinity’s position around that time.

^ “You were, after all, hired.”

This is a tangible indicator. A less reliable indicator, as @lostaccount‌ implied, is the comment @TrincollNS15‌’s boss made. While it was understandably stunning to hear, it may have been said under a bizarrely incomplete understanding of something he himself had heard.

Btw, I do believe the Annapolis Group does explicitly discourage the promotional usage of USNWR ranking among its member colleges.

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Just FYI, not sure how much weight either of these carries, but Trinity is listed in The Hidden Ivies and shows up on CC as one of the “top liberal arts colleges” (check out its designation at the top of this page). I’m convinced that (as someone else posted) that getting into Trinity now would be ideal as its ranking is only going to go up in the next few years. Just my two cents.