^ reppin UTHub and SA, eh?

Yeah sharing some personal experiences with the community that had helped me in the past. Likewise for you since it takes one to know one i guess ^_^ heh.


Hi Fruitpunch9, I'm not trying to dissuade you from going to Trinity. It's great to see that you're so patriotic about coming to Trinity.

I'm just trying provide you guys with some insights about the university system that I wished someone had told me about before I came here. Please feel free to disagree or take this with a pinch of salt.

First up, to be honest I think many people are deluded, if i may say so, by this "prestige" that Trinity has to offer. This feeling of "prestige" will soon die down after 1-2years. True enough that students with higher averages get in, but what about it? You are not in an elite community where every soul you see has a 4.0 GPA, NOT AT ALL. There are tons of Trin students who have a 2.0+ GPA lurking around.

Professional schools will not bother about which college you are from. Most of your peers, other than fellow Trin students of course, will not bother about which college you are from either. In fact, thinking too highly of yourself coming from Trin can render you a very lonely person...

It's your grades and scholarships that really matter when you apply for professional schools. Your friends, who have gone on to other colleges, are VERY LIKELY to receive more scholarships than you in the 4 years, and hence they have a more honorable list in their resume. This is especially important for students intending to go into the Financial Sector in future. Employers can't possibly keep track of which scholarship is "more prestigious" than the other, since there are thousands if not more. They do so by looking at the number of scholarships one has received, or the amount of money each one entails.

To further elaborate on my previous post:
At Vic, you only require a 3.5 aGPA to qualify for their minimal $1500 scholarship.
At UC, if you have an admission average of 92% and above, you may be able to qualify for the $4000 scholarship that is renewable if you maintain a 3.7 in each year. That amounts up to $16,000 over 4 years, mind you.
At Trin, you require at least 3.8 (science program, variable by year) and 3.7 (arts program, variable by year too) to qualify for the $250 scholarship. According to the registrars, the highest scholarship money trinity will give is $2500 a year, and there are only a handful of that. A 4.0 GPA will get you a scholarship somewhere from $500-$2500 depending on how high your % is. A 3.5 GPA will not get you any scholarship from Trin.

I guessing some of you HS keeners must be thinking: What's a 3.8? I'm so gonna get that 4.0. Well let's see after first year UofT's notorious reputation of being a "dream destroyer" didn't come by easily.

Okay I have said my piece. The decision is, of course, yours to make and live with for the next 4 years. Good luck!

oh really? oh rahhhly? how beastly! how jolly!

trinity, trinity, rah.

indeed they are! saw that recently, was amused. we just go to the prettiest school in Canada, no big deal... :)

I am just going to reopen this old topic here because I don't want to make double topics pertaining to the same thing. Anyways....

I was asking my friend about what colleges to choose for res next and when I asked about Trin he warned me to stay away, so my question is why all the hate on Trin?

really ? is that all? Cause my friend said a few unflattering things about Trin and none of it had to do with scholarships :s

Trinity is creepy, pretentious and all the people commit Trincest.

Their frosh is lame, their parties are lame and etc. Most kids I see think themselves superior and are stuck up.

Victoria, St. Mikes and UC are generally the best in regards to social life. Woodsworth doesn't have one whatsoever, rest are decent.

UC is the party college, and is the only one that has a purely sexual frosh chants.

People generally stick to their own college for first year, but I've met so many Vic kids in UC.

Also VIC has the most funding, best location for arts majors too.

New is the best, dot

rather, old. and trincest is more complimentary than otherwise at trin :P we came up with it ourselves pretty sure.