<p>With my college counselor's help, I have narrowed my college list down to URichmond and Trinity U (Texas). Does anyone know which college has better overall reputation and programs? If you had to choose one, which one would be your chioce?</p>
<p>Your response is appreciated!</p>
<p>I'm from NJ, and obviously I go to Richmond, but I have honestly never heard of Trinity U in Texas.</p>
<p>ojin, my future brother-in-law went to Trinity for a year. It's a very good school and is similar to UR in reputation/quality. He transferred at the end of his freshman year to Virginia Tech for a couple of reasons. First, he said that many students leave for the weekend (I guess a good number are from the surrounding area), so the weekends were pretty dead. He also was big into athletics, and Trinity competes at the smallest level, whereas UR competes in the best FCS (formerly I-AA) football conference in the country, made it to the semifinals of the national playoff and the basketball team competes in the best basketball only conference in the country against nationally ranked teams on a regular basis. As an international, I'll give you another reason why I think UR would be a better selection; location, location, location. UR is just an hour or so from Washington DC. It's an easy weekend trip to DC to take in the Capitol, White House, monuments, museums and the like. UR is also an hour from Virginia Beach and is a popular weekend trip early in the school year. Additionally, if you enjoy skiing, you can drive about two hours to some decent east coast skiing. If you wanted, New York is about a 6 hour drive or you can take a train for a weekend trip.</p>
<p>thank you very much spiders05 for your details.
My hesitance about going to UR comes from the fact that UR is $15K more expensive than Trinity. If they are very similar in quality I think I will go for the latter.
Honestly, I think UR is way too overpriced!</p>
<p>ojin, best of luck to you if you choose Trinity. Looking through you previous posts, I saw you were African. I had a roomate/good friend from Eritrea and another roomate/friend from Sudan. The third guy was a Russian from NYC. It was a very enlightening Mayterm given our different backgrounds and some of the best times of my collegiate life.</p>
<p>Spiders05, thank you. Are you a current UR student? Is it possible to get scholarships after enrolling?
Actually, I'm Chinese but I've been living in Ghana for 4 years.
I would definately choose UR if it was this $$$$$$ expensive to atten UR.
I love her location too.</p>
<p>No, as the name implies, I graduated in 2005 but still live in the city and am on campus about twice a month for various reasons.</p>
<p>Anyone else think UR is a better match for me than Trinity U?
I will probably major in Finance and I know for a fact that UR has great business program. Although it costs a lot more to attend UR, I would still choose to go there if UR is a lot better than Trinity in terms of overall reputation and getting a decent job after graduation.
so, please list all the advantages of attending UR over Trinity.</p>
<p>What is it that you would like to do after graduation? UR has been putting more and more students on Wall St. year after year and more and more students are working for smaller boutique firms. I'm not sure that Trinity has the northeastern connections that UR has, but if you want to be in the southwest, I'm sure they have ones we don't have. </p>
<p>As for the $$$, Businessweek has UR's undergrad b-school as the 28th best ROI (salary/tuition). Return</a> on Investment: Undergrad Internship Programs Ranked Also, don't let the almighty dollar dictate your choice. If you do well in school, you can land a job that will allow you to pay that back in no time. I myself took on $25,000 personally to go to UR and I've paid it off in less than 3 years, while still maxing my IRA every year and contributing 20% to my 401k (I am employed by a company that matches 50% on every dollar, so that's why I contribute so much). </p>
<p>As for the quality of the school, BW ranked us as 5th, just behind Penn, Wake, UVA and NYU and ahead of MIT, ND, Cornell, Babson, Georgetown and some other traditionally "reputable" schools. Another thing that I think gives UR an edge, especially with business, is the fact that they're expanding the B-school, which should be done by 2010 (your Jr. year). Also, things like the student managed investment fund (where you manage part of the endowment), trips to NYC to meet Spiders on Wall St. and network and the fact that you have 13 Fortune 1000 companies in Richmond (compared to 5 for San Antonio).</p>
<p>Another factor that comes into play is where do you want to live after graduation? If you want to be in the mid-atlantic or in the northeast, a UR degree is much more valuable but in the southwest, then I would imagine that a Trinity degree is worth more.</p>
<p>I want to be close to NYC, the country's financial hub. I will probably do a double majoin in Finace and XXX. Where do most business students do their interships at? D.C or NYC or Richmond?
My understanding is that UR has a big name recognition in the new england area and NY area. Is this correct?
I'd also like to know what universities have some of the UR gradutes got in after their four years at UR?</p>
<p>ojin, if you want to be in the northeast, I think UR would provide you with easier access. Given that UR draws heavily from PA, NY and NJ, it has name brand recognition that Trinity probbaly doesn't have. If you told people in the northeast you went to Trinity, they'd probably think Trinity College. </p>
<p>As far as interships are concerned, they're really all over the board. A lot of people take internships that are close to their home, so a lot of them go to NYC, NJ, Philly, DC and a decent number stay in Richmond. I've found that a good number of accounting interns stay in Richmond for their internships but most of the finance interns head to the City.</p>
<p>For grad school, our alums have been accepted to the best of the best. 40% of UR students go on to grad school within 5 years of graduating. While Not many of my b-school friends are getting their MBA's (typically you need 3-5 years of work experience for the better schools) yet, but I know two kids at Harvard, one at Emory and a couple at W&M and a few at UR in grad school for other reasons. Here's a link to check out some schools we've sent kids to recently. <a href="http://admissions.richmond.edu/career/fact.html%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.richmond.edu/career/fact.html</a>
As far as careers go, I know of seven kids (out of about 200 business school majors my year) working on Wall St. I'm sure there's a few that I don't know about, but that's just from my group of friends. I also have three friends that own their own companies and are doing pretty well. There are also probably 7-8 of kids with various jobs in finance (boutique IB firms, brokerage houses, asset management companies, etc.) in Richmond. I had one friend land a job with a big securities firm in Richmond and easily made six figures his first year (but he was working from 9:30am-1:30am every day and worked a good number of weekends), which in Richmond is very nice.</p>
<p>Personally, I got a job with a nationally ranked IB firm, made good money (not NY money, but a much better quality of life and lower cost of living) and I just recently got a new job with a private equity firm and was made a general partner at a 2 & 20 shop (and we're working closely with a UR grad who went on to Wharton and is now President/CEO of a Wall St. firm). I'm looking to go to UR for my MBA in Fall 2009, as I want to continue to work while I'm going to school and UR's part-time MBA was recently ranked #14 in the country.</p>
<p>Needless to say, I'm biased, as I love UR and my future brother-in-law didn't care too much for Trinity (for reasons that may not affect you one way or the other), but trying to take my bias out of it, if you want to be a finance major and get into the City, then I think the brand name that UR has over TU is more than enough to justify the cost differential. Then you add programs like the student managed fund (which has prominent UR alums as mentors, which allows for networking with those individuals), the sponsored trips to meet Spiders on the Street and the upcoming renovation/expansion of the B-school, I don't think you could go wrong with UR.</p>
<p>I made my decision to go to UR before your last post!!! I am sure UR will provide me lots of opportunities to explore and get a real take of the business world!
Lucky for me, my dad has the fund for my education! I hope this large investment will be worth it.
Do you happen to know how many applications were received by UR this year?
And, can every student try out for vasity sports?
I am really looking foward to moving in!</p>
<p>Thanks for your opinions!</p>
<p>I'm just happy that UR is able to get students that are excited about becoming a part of the university. The investment will only be as good as what you're willing to put into it. I kick myself in the butt sometimes because I actually graduated with a 2.6 GPA because I was pretty immature about a lot of aspects of college. I am thrilled with the opportunities that I have now and I've come out better thus far than 95% of my peers, but I will never stop wondering "what if" I had actually applied myself. Make sure you enjoy your time, but also put the effort into it when needed. </p>
<p>UR received just about 8.000 applications (Admissions can give you a more accurate answer). And yes, any student can try out for sports, but I would strongly recommend contacting the coach as soon as you make your deposit to express your interest. What sport are you thinking about going out for? </p>
<p>You were asking about internationals and job placements earlier. I was out at a bar tonight with a bunch of college friends (rugby team). Of the international guys, one is at William & Mary for law, one is working for an accounting firm in DC, another is a flight instructor in Richmond (he's planning on climbing Cerro Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere, next year) and another is working in the financial field in Richmond. </p>
<p>Again, congrats on your decision and enjoy the rest of high school.</p>
<p>I am particularily interested in basketball and soccer. I think Im better at the latter. If you have the contact info of the coaches, could you give it to me?</p>
<p>You can find the contact information for the coaches at the following link. <a href="http://richmondspiders.cstv.com/staffdir/rich-staffdir.html#coaches%5B/url%5D">http://richmondspiders.cstv.com/staffdir/rich-staffdir.html#coaches</a></p>
<p>Be aware though, UR competes at the highest level and it will be very difficult to walk on at UR. Good luck if that's something you wish to pursue.</p>