<p>For international relations or english. Any thoughts? I visited both and liked them. Trinity's campus is beautiful, but I've heard the student body is very homogenous.</p>
<p>I would pick Conn College. It is on the way up and Trinity is on the way down. Look at the US News rankings over the last 5 years. Right now they are both tied for #37 but Conn College is going up unlike Trinity which keeps dropping.
While New London isnât wonderful it isnât bad and has lots of good places to eat and is pretty safe. HartfordâŠ</p>
<p>Itâs up to you. Ranking doesnât matter that much. To my knowledge, Trinity ranking on US news is falling down because in 2007 the school joined the âAnnapolis Groupâ, an organization of more than 100 of the nationâs liberal arts schools, in refusing to participate in the magazineâs rankings. Furthermore, according to the college, the fall was largely due to the faculty salary being frozen. Academic reputation cant make up for that since faculty salary is weighed heavily in calculating the ranking. (Check US news if u not believe) </p>
<p>I dont mind about Hartford since i dont have many chances to go out of the campus. Keeping up with the homework and the social life takes most of my time already.
The workload is really rigorous, no matter which high school you attended, Andover Exeter or any unknown public schools. But they party hard on weekends too. There are a lot of things to do on weekends.</p>
<p>Believe it or not but trinity is poor in comparison with other liberal arts colleges. It cant afford to recruit tons of international or low income kids. But the school is trying its best thanks to the large increase in the endowment recently. For the class of 2015 1 out of 10 Trinity kids is a international student. What more do you expect? I believe thats the new trend since President John clearly stated that they were going out of their way to reach out to low income student and increase the school diversity. I think thats really nice.</p>
<p>Connecticut College is also a member of the Annapolis Group, as is every one of the colleges ranked 1-25 in the US News list of the top 25 liberal arts colleges, with the exception of the two service academies (West Point and the Naval Academy).</p>
<p>Are u sure about that because I dont find many schools in here: [List</a> of colleges and universities which have signed the Presidents Letter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_which_have_signed_the_Presidents_Letter]Listâ>Criticism of college and university rankings (North America) - Wikipedia)
But whatever. Im sure that people here dont care that much about ranking. I used to be obsessed with rankings (and before coming there I did consider Trinity a low ranked school, which meant people were not really smart) but after a few months, not anymore. Some people- not all, of course, this is not harvard - are brilliant. If you want to be academically challenged, hang out with certain kinds of people, like international kids, or americans who are presidential scholars. They are perhaps the smartest kids i have ever known.</p>
<p>I have D1 who attended Conn Coll for freshman year in â06 and then transferred to BC to be at a larger school (her 1st choice) and the city, and D2 who is now a senior at Trinity⊠âŠboth Conn & Trin are fantastic schoolsâŠdo NOT pay 1 ounce of attention to US News or any other so called "listâ for your childâŠLook at the majors, the faculty, the international programs, the campus, the kids, the student center and activitiesâŠthis is what will make or break a âfitâ for your childâŠBoth of my girls have m
et people from all walks of life and from countries all over the world at their schoolsâŠ</p>
<p>BC is a great school. What a great transfer from a place like Conn College or Trinity. I got into Trinity but would never in my wildest dreams get into BC or Holy Cross either</p>
<p>Pros to both. Hartford is a better city to be in (in my opinion) compared to New London- you have easy access to busses/trains to Boston/NYC, easy taxi service, lots of shopping nearby, West Hartford (cute downtown area), and you have an easier time as an upperclassman doing an internship during the semester- you can just hop into Hartford in the AM and be back on campus for class in the afternoon.</p>
<p>Conn College, on the other hand, is not as urban (which can be good or bad). Itâs got a quieter party scene, so if frats arenât your thing (and you donât want them to be), you may like Conn better. The arboretum is gorgeous, and youâre close to all the coast guard boys!</p>
<p>Focused specifically on English, I think youâll do great at either school. Conn and Trin have equally homogeneous students. I went to Trin and my sister went to Conn.</p>
<p>For those of you interested in rankings, Trinity has actually moved up 2 spots in recent years. But frankly, the rankings donât capture many of the recent exciting developments Trinity has seen in recent years- great new student center, beautiful new townhouse dorms, new Athletic director, and new President. These combined with Trinityâs exceptional study abroad programs, outstanding internship program, truly leading edge community service opportunities, unique Freshman nine day outdoor Quest orientation program, the Fred (entire house/ social network and community service network for those who not interested in the party scene), consistent winning sports teams, strong and loyal alumni network, and widely regarded Engineering, Economics, Classics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Public Policy/Law programs. Many people come on to these threads and make comments about schools with little first hand knowledge about them. As an alum and parent of two Trinity students, I would strongly encourage prospective students to take the time to visit this very special school. </p>
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<p>Trinity and Conn Coll are quite different in terms of school atmosphere. It definitely warrants a visit.</p>