Trinity College
Location: Hartford, CT (urban, large city)
Size: 2,200 students
Avg percent need-met: 100%
Acceptance rate: 36%
Middle 50% ACT: 30-34 **Test Optional**
Middle 50% SAT: 1340-1480 **Test Optional**
Trinity is a small, prestigious liberal arts school offering a top-notch education. Social sciences rule the day here – so you’d be able to explore different paths of study, with lots of options – and classes are small, which allows for great discussion. Administration and faculty are easily accessible, and professors actually know their students. While it’s a smaller school, it’s located in Hartford, close to the capitol, so you’re by no means isolated to a small town. They have amazing career services, and outside academics, Greek life is big.
Popular majors / known for: Social Sciences, Biology, English, Engineering, Economics
Academic approach: Liberal arts, based around the Trinity Curriculum. Trinity emphasizes learning beyond the classroom, community engagement, and civic responsibility
Offers an engineering major (this is unique for a liberal arts college) with concentrations in electrical, mechanical, biomedical and computer engineering; students can check out senior projects here
Campus tradition: At Convocation, the college president squeezes a lemon to toast to the incoming class, which is then followed by lemonade for all. The Lemon Squeezer tradition began as a gift from the class of 1857 to 1859 as a recognition of their excellence, but soon turned into an annual rivalry between classes that resulted in stolen, and replaced, lemon squeezers.
Information for international students
Students come from more than 70 countries around the world
They have an Office of International Students and Scholars with many useful and practical resources, including some international student profiles. There is also an International Student Advisory Board, which allows students to influence the environment and policies at Trinity for international students.
Students seeking a cross cultural living community now have this opportunity as of the 2019-2020 school year in Doonesbury Hall.
Application requirements are listed here. International Students may need to demonstrate English proficiency through the Duolingo English Test, IELTS or, TOEFL.
Application Details
RD deadline: January 14th
Early Action deadline: None
Supplemental essays: Yes, one optional
Application fee: $65 (waivers available)
On Common App: Yes
CSS profile: Required, due January 15th
Interviews: Important
Extras: Demonstrated interest is considered
School also featured in: Coaches Choice, Global Feel, Similar to Highly Selective - Dartmouth, Urban Liberal Arts College