<p>My daughter was just accepted to Trinity, and is trying to select which college to attend.</p>
<p>We have a lot of questions about the Trinity College experience, and would appreciate it if any current or former students or parents could try to answer some of these questions, or anything else that we should have asked.</p>
<p>-What kind of on-campus events are offered? Do students actually attend campus events other than Greek parties?</p>
<p>-Is the college following through with its plan to force fraternities and sororities to become co-ed? What does that even mean? Are other recommendations from the Social Plan being implemented?</p>
<p>-How is academic rigor? How serious are students about their classes? How hard is it for students to earn good grades? Do the students have time to participate in clubs and activities?</p>
<p>-How is the food? How accessible are the dining options, in terms of long lines, open late hours, etc.?</p>
<p>-Is it difficult to get into the classes you want to take?</p>
<p>-How is job placement? How is the career center? How is the alumni network?</p>
<p>-Does the student body start to feel small after a few years?</p>
<p>-How diverse is the student body? Do the students self-segregate, or do different groups mix?</p>
<p>I graduated from Trinity in 2010 so I may not have the most up-to-date information, but I will try and answer a few of the questions.</p>
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<li><p>The Fred offers alternate (non-drinking) events on weekends (improv, board games etc). There are college organized theme parties, a cinema on campus, and events by cultural houses. Clubs organize events at times, although these are more low key. I was in a Fraternity myself but I did attend other events. </p></li>
<li><p>A couple of fraternities have been coed for a while now, other fraternities (except one) have partnered with a sorority. President Jones has talked about making some changes to the greek scene, but I have not been following the issue closely.</p></li>
<li><p>Speaking only for science and engineering, there are a lot of research opportunities here and many students end up in top graduate programs afterwards. I am a graduate student at Northwestern and I think my Trinity education prepared me well.</p></li>
<li><p>Food is decent, and comparable to most college campuses. Lines were never too long, but nothing open past midnight (at least in 2010).</p></li>
<li><p>You begin to recognize most faces by sophomore year, and that’s not a bad thing. I studied abroad for two semesters, and when I returned my senior year, the college felt so different because of all the new faces!</p></li>
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<p>Hopefully someone else can answer your other questions. Good luck!</p>
<p>hi saachi: I will give an example of 2 entirely different people who both loved Trin. They went to an independent day school together before both attending Trin.
Ok, my D1 is smart, pretty, athletic, loves art and culture, preppy dresser, social yet a quiet leader & very conscientious student. They called her “mom” at Trin because she looked after her friends if they were sick…She is a vegetarian who loved her choices of wraps, yogurt, salads. Her friends preferred the “meals” ie chicken w veggies etc
Her hs classmate is ultra-quiet, very nice, introvert who started in pre-med & switched to international relations, non-athletic. He left the day after graduation to teach English in South America. Fully employed with housing as well.
They met at the bistro for dinner often until they met friends at school!!! (my D1 got a single room freshman year, go figure!)
On Sundays everyone is in the library, you can hear a pin drop.</p>