Richmond has a beautiful campus in a residential area on the outskirts of the city, and the weather is milder most of the academic year. It has a wider range of academic options than is typical for a small liberal arts college.
Trinity is a classic New England campus with brownstone buildings and Ivy covered walls. Charming. Very pretty but more compact than Richmond’s campus. The neighborhood is urban and grittier than Richmond’s neighborhood, but complaints about crime are exaggerated in my experience. Hartford has a vibrant downtown with parks, fine restaurants, hotels, live theater, live music, movies, museums, and sports venues. The neighborhood immediately around Trinity is heavily Latino with interesting food and markets.
Within walking distance of Trinity are Hartford Hospital, Connecticut Children’s Hospital, and The Institute for Living (a long established psychiatric hospital and treatment center). All are research centers and are integrated with the University of Connecticut Medical School, which is located in a nearby suburb. I thought that these facilities would be of interest to someone planning to major in neuroscience.