Trinity College Top Questions

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By and large, yes.

This stereotype could not be farther from the truth. There is a great deal of diversity on campus, not only ethnic, geographic, and socio-economic diversity, but also diversity of interests, which makes for great intellectual conversations in and out of the classroom. Trinity students are mostly very social and friendly, coming from a variety of backgrounds. After spending a few moments on the campus, you will experience this and the strong bonds that have been formed amongst the student body.

To an extent. There are plenty of people that fit that description, but there are also people who embody the opposite qualities, and people who embody some of the characteristics but still manage to be good human beings.

Yes.

Yes I think so.

it depends on who you chose to associate yourself with. Some students are, but many are not.

1. Yes, there is a pretty crazy social scene. Everyone parties every weekend starting thursday, and on special events (homecoming, spring weekend) Campus safety turns a blind eye to blatant underage drinking/ destructive behavior on the main quad during the middle of the afternoon. 2. Apparently it is big, but if you don't want anything to do with that scene, not only is there no pressure to do it, but you will probably not even notice it. Because I haven't wanted anything to do with coke, it has not been mentioned to me, nor have I seen it anywhere. 3. Trinity is a very preppy school (most of the kids here went to private school), and don't get me wrong, there is a good amount of snobby rich kids; but overall 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body is pretty friendly, accepting, and down to earth. 4. If you went to a new england prep school and loved it, you'll love Trinity. Eeveryone knows everything about everyone, and you'll be able to recognize basically everyone from your grade by face at least. Even the buildings look the same (old brick with ivy). Some may find this unappealing, but most people I think would enjoy the friendly and personal atmosphere on campus. 5. I haven't noticed any cliqueiness with guys, but apparently the girls say that it is pretty cliquey. Because it's a small school and the freshman dorms are so far apart, you'll find you will develop a close group of about eight or nine people that live near you that you hang out with every day. But because everyone goes to vernon street (Frat row) to party every weekend, you'll see people that you sort of know (from classes etc.) and get to know them better, and party with them on weekends. While you may not be extremely close to them you will still consider them friends.

NO, I have to admit that our school is very open minded and professors are very nice to anyone in class. I have to admit we might have some discrimination in the peer level, and we have a very low minority ratio, but this happens all over the country, this is not right, but there are people working on changing this fact, i am a minority and I don't feel bad coming to this school at all

Some students at Trinity, like any college, drink a lot. But most are occasional drinkers and only 10-12{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} are involved in the Greek scene.

for the most part

Yes.

Some

Yes

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To some degree yes, most students are from the East Coast and come from money.

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in general yes. for the most part its a school full of people that look alike. I have a friend who swears she can't tell the difference between half the people she sees on campus, and it's true. you will see an enormous amount of guys in pink polo shirts and girls that put on a skirt in the middle of winter. there are the few people who don't fit this mold, and many who are interesting fun people despite their appearance, but to say they break the stereotype would be a big stretch

About a third to half of the student body i would say fits the stereotype, aside from the thing about being conservative (somewhat true, see below), and doing coke (which is generally not too many). However, sometimes it feels like everyone comes from some exclusive boarding school in connecticut. it would be an exaggeration to say that trinity students are snobby, but it seems that many are not exactly open to meeting new people and tend to associate with those who are like themselves. trinity students generally do party a good deal more han the average college student, and this seems to hold back the school academically.

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