<p>ojin, my future brother-in-law went to Trinity for a year. It’s a very good school and is similar to UR in reputation/quality. He transferred at the end of his freshman year to Virginia Tech for a couple of reasons. First, he said that many students leave for the weekend (I guess a good number are from the surrounding area), so the weekends were pretty dead. He also was big into athletics, and Trinity competes at the smallest level, whereas UR competes in the best FCS (formerly I-AA) football conference in the country, made it to the semifinals of the national playoff and the basketball team competes in the best basketball only conference in the country against nationally ranked teams on a regular basis. As an international, I’ll give you another reason why I think UR would be a better selection; location, location, location. UR is just an hour or so from Washington DC. It’s an easy weekend trip to DC to take in the Capitol, White House, monuments, museums and the like. UR is also an hour from Virginia Beach and is a popular weekend trip early in the school year. Additionally, if you enjoy skiing, you can drive about two hours to some decent east coast skiing. If you wanted, New York is about a 6 hour drive or you can take a train for a weekend trip.</p>