Trinity Engineering / Student Life

<p>Hi. Wondering if any current student or parent can fill me regarding the engineering program. S wants to attend a LAC with engineering, or "smaller school" with engineering (not technical school), so his search is limiting. Does the lack of facilities compared to a state university's engineering dept lessen the strength of the engineering dept at Trinity? How many students typically in engineering / year? What about job prospects?</p>

<p>Also - have heard concerning news about the area surrounding Trinity. We visited, but during a few hours on campus, we could not really determine... We drove through the town just to get to / from Trinity. Does this affect the students' social life? What do the students do evenings/ weekends? How big is Greek life on campus?</p>

<p>Any answers to above info. would be very helpful. Thank you.</p>

<p>My son is a freshman. Yes, the surrounding area is not great but the trinity shuttle takes the kids where they want to go.
My son tells me there is no need to leave campus on the weekends, there is so much to do. So many of his friends from other colleges are envious when he tells them all the activities he is involved in. He especially likes the outdoors club, many free trips and events. He is also very involved in the rock climbing club.</p>

<p>blynn10 - thanks for you reply. Does the shuttle run daily? Although you mention that there is enough to do on campus, I just wonder realistically about errands such as pharmacy store, food store, etc. I have an older D at college so I think of typical things - computer repair, etc. Also my older D mentions that at her school the shuttle is inconvenient so the kids avoid it (her friend used it to get a haircut and the shuttle was 2 hours late so she was stuck waiting at the hair place).</p>

<p>Is there anywhere off campus that the kids can walk to? safe and close? pizza? supermarket? </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>The shuttle does run daily around Hartford. Once a week it goes to the mall too.my son buys all that stuff when he goes to the mall. The supermarket is not necessary. He is on the meal plan and always has extra meals each week since he does not always eat breakfast. The school lets you apply this unused meal money to shop in the school store/ supermarket and buy supplies/ food.
The only place he has walked to is a jazz club off campus.but really, there is so much to do on this campus. His friends from other schools are envious of all the activities trinity has.
If you want to know of the negatives, let me know!</p>

<p>Could I know the negatives of attending Trinity?</p>

<p>My nephew is a freshman there. His parents have mentioned it IS expensive, especially if you pay full freight. I believe they pay about $60K per year, plus transportation to & from HI.</p>

<p>Hi Blynn10,
Yes I am interested in the negatives. If you do not want to post here, please feel free to PM me, I can not PM as I do not have enough posts, so the system will not allow me, but I believe I can receive PMs??
As I mentioned I have a D in college, so I am aware of negatives that are not revealed in college visits, yet can be important… wish I had known before!! Thanks.</p>

<p>How large could “smaller” be?</p>

<p>Sorry to have been vague… I guess ideally S would like to attend a school with under 4000 undergrad students. Basically what he means by “smaller” is not a large state school. I know by definition > 2000 is considered “medium-size”. So I guess I should not have written “small” in my original post. By the way, under 2000 would be great for him!</p>

<p>Negatives:
Biology 101 class is taught by 5 professors, each teaches his specialty, so your prof changes every 2 weeks. Makes it difficult to learn the teaching style.
All science classes are not curved, hardly anyone gets an A</p>

<p>Freshmen dorms, Elton and Jarvis are horrible, small and dingy. With the tuition paid you would think the dorms would be better.</p>

<p>My son was doing poorly in one if his classes and was notified via email. The email was cc to his advisor, dean if students and first year program director. Not a single one of these people contacted him to see if they could offer guidance.$60000 per year and 2000 students, I expected more personal attention</p>

<p>Thanks for sharing this info. Actually, quite surprising and upsetting. I agree with you, I would have expected your S to have been contacted. Does you S feel that his prof is available for help (office hours in which your son could get valuable 1:1 attention)? I thought this is the whole point of attending a “small” school - this specific opportunity? </p>

<p>As far as the biology class - any idea if this is typical or just a fluke for this one class? </p>

<p>Thanks - one more thing. Is your S happy there?</p>

<p>My son is very happy, this is important. The professors are very much available, he only had 1 lab prof who was nasty and not helpful, but that can happen at any college and she is leaving this year.
The intro bio class is the only class that does the 5 professors.
You are right, it is upsetting. I will write an anonymous note and voice my opinion. Trinity has a first year student office, for first year students and their parents as well as prospective students and their parents. They will answer any questions
Phone number 860 297 5331
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