UVM (VT) v Trinity College (CT)

[Anonymous]

Looking for a decent school in New England with nice kids, non competitive clubs to join, and good academics. Have the stats to get in both schools and is full pay. Undecided on major at this point, but definitely not STEM. UVM feels a bit big but Trinity feels small and perhaps filled with a lot of prep school kids from NY.

Which is better the better experience? I know UVM is outdoorsy and Trinity right in Hartford. Kid is middle of the road and doesn’t lean one way or the other.

[Anonymous]

Trinity would provide more attention and access to professors, but agree the prep school kids XC from NY are there. UVM is appealing but more bare bones.

[Anonymous]

UVM much much better location. Trinity has seen better days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trinity would provide more attention and access to professors, but agree the prep school kids XC from NY are there. UVM is appealing but more bare bones.

What’s XC?

[Anonymous]

If money is not the prime consideration, Trinity is a much better school and undergrad experience.

[Anonymous]

I’ve got a first year at UVM and so far he’s having a great experience. I don’t have any knowledge of Trinity to compare. But it campus has been lively and friendly with kids coming from all over (I think only 30% are instate or something like that.) My kid coming from small public high school ( grad class 120) and so far size seems ok.

[Anonymous]

Lots of weed at UVM.

[Anonymous]

Trinity's location was a no-go for our family. There's a fence all around campus and it seems like an area where you'd want to be extra aware of your surroundings, stick to well-lit, busier streets around there, and where it would definitely be wise to use the campus escort service at night...

DS is applying to UVM and has many friends who attend and love it. For a state school, the size is reasonable and it seems like a place with happy, down to earth kids.

[Anonymous]

Why just those two?

Look at St. Lawrence U in Canton, NY. A bucolic campus in a small, safe town but with 4 colleges between two nearby towns providing plenty of collegiate atmosphere. It's kind of a mixture between the preppy nature of Trinity with the environmental, outdoorsy nature of UVM,..and although DCUM will never admit it, it's a well-regarded school in the NE. Extra = generous merit aid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why just those two?

Look at St. Lawrence U in Canton, NY. A bucolic campus in a small, safe town but with 4 colleges between two nearby towns providing plenty of collegiate atmosphere. It's kind of a mixture between the preppy nature of Trinity with the environmental, outdoorsy nature of UVM,..and although DCUM will never admit it, it's a well-regarded school in the NE. Extra = generous merit aid

Good call, thank you

[Anonymous]

Trinity is surrounded by a hellish ghetto, I'd never let my kid go there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why just those two?

Look at St. Lawrence U in Canton, NY. A bucolic campus in a small, safe town but with 4 colleges between two nearby towns providing plenty of collegiate atmosphere. It's kind of a mixture between the preppy nature of Trinity with the environmental, outdoorsy nature of UVM,..and although DCUM will never admit it, it's a well-regarded school in the NE. Extra = generous merit aid

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