Exactly, @merc81 – I thought that when I read it! It’s always hard to know how much the school is fighting itself in its goals and how much they just can’t attract the students they want because those students just can’t be sure they’ll be happy there.
Trinity is a fine school. Nice campus and Nescac sports and roots. It’s changing too with the times.
The surrounding area is a bit economically disadvantaged. Definately no worse than elites like penn UChicago some of the Atlanta schools and usc to name a few. And many other urban environments.
You have to be self aware and preferentially sober, off campus. It’s graduated thousands of top students over the years and no worse for wear.
In terms of statistics for its recently enrolled class, Trinity registers several of note. Yield has been way up from a ~nadir in 2015. Men somewhat outnumber women (53%/47%). 77 countries are represented (in the entire student body). 58% did not submit standardized scoring.
https://www.trincoll.edu/news/trinity-enrolls-class-of-2023/
One interesting aspect not referenced in the Times article was that, in the midst of a greater striving for diversity, Trinity ended its QuestBridge association in 2016.
Trinity college is run by a incompetent administration that time and time again makes the wrong decisions for the community. It also cares more about reputation and donors than it’s own student body. The reputation Trinity holds is of wealthy top 1%ers that party hard. This is somewhat accurate but is slowly dying. It’s name is held up by a population of older white men in the finance industry but that is also dying. The rankings of Trinity have gone down every year and its reputation is going down as well. Its was tied with Conn. College this year in Liberal Arts rankings. And at the price you pay for it it it’s so much worth it to not go here. The students here are also not that serious unless they are on scholarship. It’s full of privilege and its very clear to me many of these student grew up in a bubble. I am transferring out of here.
Recent article in Forbes mentioning Admissions Influencers and Deans noting Dr. Angel Perez of Trinity. There are very few NESCAC schools with the level of commitment that Dr. Perez in Administration and President Burger Sweeney have dedicated to fostering talented first gen and domestic diversity while balancing financials. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brennanbarnard/2020/12/30/2019-college-admission-influencers/#7f99100a7464
The Questbridge program was replaced by the Posse Scholar program. Trinity is also the only NESCAC college with a female African American neuroscientist at the helm and, Dean of admission a latino. It is also frankly, a misnomer to think that Trinity’s ties are only with aging investment bankers. Could not be further from the truth, having fostered cutting edge entrepreneurial business leaders such as Trin College alums Danny Myers, creator and CEO of Shake Shack, and Sam Kennedy the current President of Boston Red Sox.
“Cutting edge”? Don’t pull two random allums and defend a Nescac tied in rankings with Conn College. Trinity is no longer an elite private liberal arts college that it used to be. The new group of fostered “talented” first ten students were just a nod to help their pell-grant status and save their falling rankings.
And don’t try to defend the social and political climate there because you will have no arguments
I have looked at this deplorable institute of higher learning. This college is totalitarian and tyranical in its administraion. It punishes or bans any ideas that do not align with there own political agenda. The heavily support radical left ideologies. They ban any speach with conservative beliefs. They do not believe in free thinkers and speach. There is no safe space for debate or views the administration does not agree with. The staff in general are disrespectful and entitled. If you want your children to have a well rounded education avoid this institution. They promote inclusion in words only. It is only ‘inclusive’ if you follow the admins religious and political stance, any other thoughts or ideologies are banned. This is a very discriminative ‘school’. Guard your children’s rights to form their own beliefs and understanding by looking elsewhere for a college that promotes true diversity, inclusion, and free thought whether the administration agrees or not. Horrible culture of exclusion of any thought that does not follow Trinity College’s agenda.
Ironically, I also hear the school criticized for being too conservative. It’s very hard to “win” right now as a liberal arts college in the midst of these culture wars.
@TimberLands I’d be interested in seeing specific examples that support these claims. Trinity is not a religious school, so what “religious stance” are you speaking of?
Is there a college or university that you feel is succeeding in the area of free speech?
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This thread is six years old. Half the replies are from inactive members.
As an ostensible example of which I’d heard, Trinity’s actions in the removal of a flag were criticized by conservatives, including those at Fox News. This Tripod piece discusses the circumstances of the removal, while offering opinion: Tripod Editorial: Mismanagement of the Flag Dilemma – Trinity Tripod.
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I appreciate the context. It’s one of the colleges that D24 is choosing among. Our concern has been that Trinity is too conservative and traditional, so I really had no idea what prompted that comment.
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Between the over-the-top aggrieved hyperbole and the fact that the commenter has exactly zero posting history other than this one rant, I would disregard and seek opinions with greater-than-zero credibility.
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Agreed. Not to mention the numerous spelling/grammar errors, which makes me think the poster is ex-US. Still, I wondered why Trinity in particular was being called out as too far left. So the context was helpful.
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Hi ArtMom. For what it’s worth, my son (and I) had similar concerns about Trinity when he was deciding where to attend. He’s neither conservative nor traditional and attended a very diverse urban public high school. He’s now a freshman at Trinity, and his experience this year laid those concerns to rest. I think its conservative reputation is outdated. His friends come from a variety of backgrounds, hold an array of perspectives, and are hardworking and smart. It may take a while for Trinity’s reputation to catch up with the changes in its student body over the last ten years, but I’m confident it will. Good luck to your daughter!
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