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frats most popular. lots of sports teams. tripod not too many people, really down to earth people (who are hard to find around here) people go out all the time, especially thurs. saturday night if you don't want to drink, you can stay home i live off downtown so i go to bars sometimes, but in general trin students don't go downtown. if im awake 2:00 am tuesday, i am watching a (netflixed) movie in bed

Trinity is a pretty big party school. People are pretty much always going out ever Thursday-Saturday. If your not big on drinking you honestly probably wouldn't fit in that well. Weed is also pretty big, and although I'm not too sure about the actual statistics I think about 2 or 3 people actually got in trouble for smoking outside. The school honestly just doesn't really care about it. "Campus Safety" the schools police force is basically there to make sure your safe, not to get you in trouble for drinking or anything else.

Good frat life, can't really go out down town so the frats are very important. People don't really leave dorms open. Squash events are well attended but no much any other sport. awake at a 2am on tuesday- other curled up in bed with the significant other, in the library hitting the books, or out getting drunk with friends. You can always just hang out with friends, watch tv/movies, study, drinking doesn't need to happen. Its just that at trinity we tend to work hard so we can party on the weekends, though I personally prefer to spend those nights curled up with my boyfriend after having a fabulous meal out (hartford does have some amazing dining options) There are some good shopping options in west hartford, and west farms mall is getting better

Though very few people live in them, most partying is centered around the greek organizations.

Frats are the focus of Trinity's social life. As a freshman girl, I have not had trouble getting into them but I wish they would be more accepting of boys, especially freshmen. Inclusion would, I think, ease the transition to college for many boys. The squash team is the most popular team, and for good reason! They are amazing and it is so much fun to be a part of such an amazing legacy.

I've met all of my closest friends in my freshman seminar and in my freshman dorm. Greek life is popular at Trinity. You don't have to be in a fraternity or sorority, but going to frat parties is what most people do on weekends. There are some non-alcoholic options for students, but not many. Partying is what most kids do on weekends whether it's at a frat house, in a dorm room, or at someone's apartment. Since I was forced to live off-campus, I live downtown and occasionally go out downtown on weekends instead of coming to campus. However, very few people do this. Hooking up is very popular at Trinity and usually it's random hook ups. However, people do have successful, stable relationships at Trinity as well. It truly just depends on what kind of person you are. Sports teams are very popular and athletic events are popular as well, especially if they're outdoor and it's nice outside.

Although Greek life is not overwhelmingly popular, fraternities do provide the majority of the popular parties to attend on the weekends. There is a clear divide between the students that rush and those that don't, however there is an overlap if you have friends that are in sororities or fraternities. There are some really popular and even famous parties here at Trinity that the fraternities host, such as Tropical or Playboy at Psi U or Jungle at AD. There are non-frat parties held during the year, the most popular being 80's in the beginning of the year. At the end of the academic year there is Spring Weekend (in the end of April), where popular artists come to host an all day concert on campus. The dating scene varies- it commonly consists of random hook-ups on the weekends, however there are some couples that are doing long-distance or are in a serious relationship at Trinity. Althetic events are not overwhelmingly popular, but as I said before the warm weather usually entices people to come out to both football and baseball games. The squash team here is the best in the country, so students should make an effort to see a few matches.

The squash teams have been national champions for the past 10 years or something. The men's basketball and football teams are pretty good. Students don't usually leave doors open but usually you'll know your friends' "codes" (how to get into the rooms) so you can go in and out as you please. Athletic events draw a lot of kids for men's sports, especially in the tournament, but not for women's sports. Kids don't really date. They hook up drunk once or twice and it rarely lasts much longer than that. Kids who like to party will party maybe Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights, but most kids who like to do it occasionally will go out Friday night light and maybe Saturday night hard. Not everyone parties, though, as much as it may seem that way. Frats are where freshmen and sophomores go after they get drunk crammed in a dorm room. They dance there for a couple hours, hook up with someone and mosey on back to their dorms shitfaced. As you get older and kids have apartments or common spaces, people hang out and actually socialize or go to bars (there are a few local ones).

People attend games and campus activities on weekends. People also go downtown in Hartford to bars and restaurants. There is also a lot of room parties, athletic club, and fraternity/sorority parties on/around campus to attend. While the population of Trinity students who drink are some of the more visible students on campus, I would suspect that about half of the student population does NOT drink. I myself am not one of the non-drinkers so I am unsure of what sober activities people who do not drink engage in on weekends.

athletic events are really popular-showing a great deal of stduent pride. fraternities are also really popular. i would say that a huge population on campus attends the fraternities on weekends. i think that dorms have a huge influence on who you are friends with. for me, my closest friends are all girls who i lived in the same freshman year dorm as. homecoming is a huge social event that occurs every year that alumni return to campus for a it is a really fun day.