<p>I attended Trinity from 04-08. The majority of students are not at all involved with drugs. Over my four years I didn’t actually see anyone doing anything. It’s there, but it’s not in your face. I also did not see any evidence of anyone being looked down on. Another trend that is happening rather quickly, but which might not be reflected in the image of the school yet, is that the culture is quickly diversifying away from being purely preppy. Even while I was there it was noticeable how different the classes were.</p>
<p>There are a few things I recommend considering about Trinity besides just the short term ratings:</p>
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<li><p>The professors are excellent, and they are 100% focused on teaching undergraduates. Professors choose Trinity because they want to teach. There are no other requirements distracting them from this goal. The professors I took the most courses with had PhDs from Stanford, Princeton, Harvard(x2), and UPenn.</p></li>
<li><p>The curriculum is very flexible. You are free to do as much as you want to do. I double majored in engineering and philosophy with an applied math minor. I was able to perform year-long research for honors in both engineering and philosophy. How many schools will let you do that? I would not consider myself a special case either - many of my peers in engineering double majored across a range of departments and still graduated in four years.</p></li>
<li><p>This school can prepare you for anything. Trinity is a small school, but the people I graduated with hold very competitive positions at GE, Goldman Sachs, United Technologies, and a range of other top financial and industrial firms. Just in the tiny engineering department in 2008, students who did not go to GE, GS, or UTC were accepted with fellowships to PhD programs at Yale, Cornell, Northwestern, Brown, UPenn, and other schools. Consistently about 70% of all Trinity graduates go on to earn graduate degrees. Trinity is a feeder school for any students who choose to use it as such.</p></li>
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