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 * __[|Trinity College]__**

Trinity college is very competitive. Its acceptance rate is 42.3% and 56% of students are in the top tenth of the graduating class. This means you need at least a 90 average to get in. Also, to get in, you need to take the SAT reasoning test or ACT, you have to do pretty well on these tests to get in. Trinity has financial aid that meets students at 100%. It is pretty expensive, it cost $55,800 (out of state fees).
 * __Getting in (grades and tests you need to get in, financial aid):__**

Rating:5 out of 5 stars because you need 90s to get in meaning it is a competitive school. Also, the financial aid is met 100%.

__**Academics (majors the school has, class size, access to professors, special programs):**__ Academics at Trinity are pretty good. The school is small, with about 2,332 undergraduates. This means that classes will be very small which means more attention on me. Undergrads get a lot of attention since their is so little of undergraduates. The school has over 60 majors. Trinity is a liberal arts college, this means that you can take as many classes as you want and it doesn't matter what classes you take. A special program Trinity has is study hall where seniors or professors help you. The class size is 10:1. A special program at Trinity is that you can walk the college presidents dog. They have many students in many countries at study abroad. Also, at Trinity, you can get your own job such as running a coffee shop. The school has core curriculum. A special program/club Trinity has is the BBQ club. In this program you can make your own BBQ. IN this school you can study abroad, you can study in Russia, China, Egypt and a lot more.

Rating:4.5 out of 5 stars because the classes are small, meaning more focus on you, they also have a study hall where seniors and professors help you. I also like study abroad because it exposes you to new people, new cultures, and different places.

Trinity has a lot of different options for social life. The campus is urban meaning its in a city. There are many social things such as wifi all over the campus. 95% of all undergraduates live on campus. The percent of women who join sororities is 16%. The percent of men who join fraternities is 20%. They have many intramural sports at Trinity, Trinity's best sport is [|squash]. A school tradition is that if you step on a plaque in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, you won't graduate. Trinity colleges housing is special, they have coed dorms, single dorms, dorms for disable students, and wellness dorms. Trinity has a newspaper called the Trinity Tri-Pod. Some things people do at Trinity for fun is they have superstition about a plaque brought in in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. The athletic facilities at Trinity look very nice, they have a running room and a weight room. Trinity college is division 3. I'm not really sure what sports I would like to play when I am in college. Another sport Trinity college has is [|football].
 * __Student life (social life at the school, housing, fraternities, and sororities, sports):__**

Rating:5 out of 5 because the school seems very social. They have many things such as wifi all over campus and many good sports.

Trinity is 113 miles from my house, meaning it takes about 2 and a half hours to get there by car. I would be able to come home on the weekends to talk with my family. Demographics are 51% women and 49% men, there is 6% asian, 7% african-american, 8% hispanic, 65% white, and 7% non-resident alien. Its setting is urban.
 * __My comfort level (getting back and forth, demographics, setting):__**

Rating:5 out of 5 because it only takes two hours to get to the college. The setting is urban so I will feel at home.