Trinity University Texas Reviews

Settle in Your First Year

Your freshman year, you will spend the majority of your time inside the "Trinity bubble". Another way of saying this might be you will live, eat, sleep, socialize, study, and party on or around campus.

It's There If You Want It

If that's what you're looking for, you won't have too much trouble finding it. Otherwise, drugs aren't too prevalent. Mainly just weed and alcohol.

Professors Are Engaging and Interested in Student Progress

At Trinity most of the professors take a lot of interest in the students and are available for discussion outside of class. The class sizes also promote a lot of discussion, at least in the English department, so that student interaction is a huge part of education.

It's Humid, Get Used to It

San Antonio has great weather, just be prepared for the humidity. It is rarely too cold to do anything outside, and at night it cools off pretty quickly. The humidity can take a while to get used to, and make running around on the IM field tiring really fast for the first couple of weeks you're here. But in the winter it can get into the 20s and 30s, and sometimes it ices over. But it will warm up to upper 40s and 50s even during the winter.

A Lot of Different Kind of Guys and the Girls Are Usually Hot

The guys at Trinity are generally pretty good lookin' and nice guys. There are a few you have to watch out for. We have the good boys, the frat boys, and a range. The girls are usually very attractive and intelligent but a lot of them are taken already. So you just have to be on the look out... they are really fun.

Business profs care about students

I like that the faculty is very involved in helping students. I feel like I have gained a lot of information from my business professors and that they genuinely care about how I'm doing day-to-day.

Diversity is pretty good

Coming from a foreign country, it was really welcoming and reassuring to find people from different nationalities. My overall experience has been pleasant both due to the quality of faculty and the social environment encountered at Trinity

Great Liberal Arts Education

Great Liberal Arts education. Graduate a well-rounded student with many skills, making you more competitive in the job market or for graduate schools. Many opportunities here such as Study Abroad, internships, summer research groups, conferences, etc..

Not Enough Parking Is a Hassle

The parking permit is not that expensive, $70 for the year, but parking is hard to find past 9 am, especially if Trinity is holding an outside event on campus that day. If I'm going to pay for a parking permit, I should be able to park on campus and not on a nearby street. What's the point then? If you live on campus, a car isn't that necessary; the bus is a good reliable form of transportation.

Trinity is not very diverse at...

Trinity is not very diverse at all, with the student body being predominantly white and coming from a private school.

Cars are broken into a few times...

Cars are broken into a few times per semester. People come in and steal laptops from the library and classroom buildings. The campus also doesn't like to talk about rapes that happen on campus so that the rape rate isn't high.

I hated Trinity when I first...

I hated Trinity when I first arrived because I came from a little private Catholic school which just didn't have the same crowd as Trinity. I've come to like it a lot more, but transferring is on my mind.

Just being the little liberal...

Just being the little liberal school that Trinity is, you won't see die-hard fans in the crowds at sporting events and sometimes you might not even see a crowd at all. There are jocks who play sports and then there is the rest of the student population. Besides those people who play sports, people couldn't care less about sports.

There are some really good places...

There are some really good places to eat around Trinity that are dirt cheap. My favorite place is Mainstreet Pizza. It's cheap, fast, delicious, and Trinity students get discounts.

Trinity is a great school because...

Trinity is a great school because it has a little bit of everything. You can't not fit in somewhere. Plus all the students are incredibly welcoming, and you make friends fast.

The facilities on campus are all...

The facilities on campus are all fairly nice. There is definitely a lack of study lounges and many of the freshman dormitories are in poor condition. Classrooms are all updated with newer technology. My only complaint is that the weight room at the gym is quite small and cramped.

Intramural sports are tons of fun,...

Intramural sports are tons of fun, especially soccer. There aren't too many options to choose from though. Nobody cares about varsity sports here

The school is very safe and I...

The school is very safe and I almost never hear about criminal issues on campus. Campus security is way too strict about parking violations though.

I have absolutely no complaints. I...

I have absolutely no complaints. I love the library. The mural on the spiral staircase is one of my favorite things on campus. And the many cushy chairs by the windows and tucked away behind book cases are wonderful places to get some reading done. Some of the laundry facilities leave a little to be desired, but as dorms are renovated, they are making necessary changes in that area. In terms of athletic facilities, while we don't have quite as nice a personal recreation room (treadmills and elliptical machines, etc.) as other universities I have seen, the dance studio is great and I love the personal racquetball courts. We have two gyms and a pool. We have many beautiful auditoriums and stages for productions.

I feel safe on Trinity's campus,...

I feel safe on Trinity's campus, but crime has gone up in the last two years. As long as you don't leave valuables in your car, leave your car/room unlocked, or leave valuable personal things unattended, you will be fine.

I came from a town with no...

I came from a town with no diversity whatsoever, so to me this campus is pretty diverse. Of course upper-middle class white kids make up the majority, but there is a significant multicultural population that has expanded my once-narrow view of diversity. Ideologically, it's pretty split down the middle. However, there is an absence of political thought on campus, which kind of disappointed me. Few homosexuals, and most of the girl ones stick to the same sorority.

San Antonio is one of the most...

San Antonio is one of the most amazing cities in the world for restaurants. If you take the highway, its only five minutes to the Riverwalk, which is always fun to take friends from out of town or go on a date. Surrounding Trinity are some great local restaurants on Broadway and Main Street as well. Don't be afraid to try those little hole-in-the-wall restaurants, because those usually have really awesome food.

I would definitely come back to...

I would definitely come back to Trinity. This is pretty much the most amazing school around. Sure, it's a relatively quiet place regarding night life, but that's nice. The important thing is that it's small enough that you really feel a strong community between you, your classmates, and your professors.

We only have one athletic...

We only have one athletic facility, and it's small. We do however, have a ton of tennis courts for some reason.

There are two types of...

There are two types of restaurants- Mexican food and non-Mexican food. Breakfast tacos are a favorite. There is a small Mexican food restaurant close to campus called Taco Taco that was voted best Tacos in America by the Food Network. There is a lot of good cheap Mexican food close around.