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Jessica Medina Career Profile

__Getting in (grades and tests you need to get in, financial aid):__ Trinity is very hard to get into. The acceptance rate is 43%, and 56% of students who go there are in the top tenth of their class. You also have to have a good SAT score to get in. They need to see that you have done enough community service. A good teacher recommendation also helps. You don't have to have a great SAT score to get in but you could get accepted if you have plenty of community service hours. Between living on campus, books and expenses, the tuition will cost $50,000. They don't meet 100% of need but they give you scholarships for people who need help. Also, you get paid for giving tours. Rating: 5 stars because I would rather go to a competitive school so I could learn more.

__Academics (majors the school has, class size, access to professors, special programs):__ Academics are really good at Trinity. There are a total of 2,332 under-grads. The class size can go up to 50 but the usual size is about 17-22. So, the students get attention from the professors. Students can take hundreds of majors. You can take student-designer major, liberal arts, science, math, history, education, visual and performing art, and many more. Trinity also has special programs. They have semester at sea, hiking, community service, habitat for humanities, study abroad and more. Rating: 5 stars because I can have a large selection of majors to choose from.

__Student Life (social life at the school, housing, fraternities and sororities sports):__ Trinity is in an urban setting. There are vending games, there's a library, book store, farmacy, church, and a dining hall to go eat. They even have a concert at the end of the year. The dorms aren't great, but they give you the essential things you would have in your room and it's clean. There is a section of dorms for each grade. So, the seniors will share dorms with another senior and so on. Before you get a dorm, they ask you questions so they could room you with someone that has your same interests. The upper class-men have suites. There is also a health center on campus so you don't have to go to another hospital. 18% of students are in fraternities and sororities. Trinity is in Division 3, so they are pretty good. They have volleyball, tennis, swimming, football and squash. Squash is their best sport. If you want to, there are also inter-mural sports if you want to have a friendly competition with your friends. Rating: 5 stars because almost everything is on campus like the health center and the book store so you don't have to take a lot of time traveling to get your things.

__My comfort level (getting back and forth, demographics, setting):__ Trinity is 133 miles form East Harlem so it would take about 2 hours and 19 minutes by car/bus to get back and forth. I don't think you would be able to go home every weekend but I think you could go at least once every 2 or 3 weeks. In Trinity most of the student are white (65%). There is a 8% of Hispanic students which is the second largest population. Trinity is in an urban setting so you could walk to other places if you want to get other things. Even though it's in an urban setting, it would be quieter than East Harlem. Rating: 4 stars because I can go home often but the area is more quiet than East Harlem so I'm not used to that.



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