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
Academic approach: Liberal Arts based around the Trinity Curriculum. There is a focus on real-world learning opportunities and engaging in the city of Hartford
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.
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City Connections
Trinity College is located in Hartford, CT. The Center for Hartford Engagement and Research (CHER) is a new program to help students and the school engage and collaborate with the Hartford community.
Hartford is the state capitol with a metro population of 1.2 million. The old capitol building is particularly beautiful. The city is the headquarters of many insurance companies.
The Liberal Arts Action Lab allows students to engage in projects to support the community
The Office of Community Service and Civic Engagement supports student participation in the greater Hartford area
Application Details
RD deadline: January 14th
Early Action deadline: None
Supplemental essays: Yes, one additional optional question
Application fee: $65 (Waivers available)
On Common App: Yes
CSS profile: Required, due January 15th
Interviews: Important
Extra: Demonstrated Interest is considered
School also featured in: Coaches Choice, Global Feel, Similar to Highly Selective - Dartmouth, International Students