Many in the Tutorial College will have already excelled in their courses, but we’re looking for potential as well as for achievement. We hope to work with people who are intellectually daring, open to new experiences in the arts, eager to explore ideas in the sciences – people who are willing to play hunches, propose hypotheses, share ideas, argue, make mistakes, and keep investigating.

If your are interested in applying to the Tutorial College, you should talk first to your faculty adviser and your mentor. Then you should speak with at least one of the Tutorial College faculty members, who can give you advice about the application process.   Completed application forms should be turned into Louise Fisher, director of special academic programs, by March 1. The sooner you turn in your application and your essay, the sooner we can schedule your interview.

If you are accepted into the Tutorial College, you will be so notified before March 27, and you will given one week to decide whether you intend to enroll. Since there is room in the Tutorial College for only about 55 students each year, it is not always possible to accommodate all those who wish to participate.

No. The Tutorial College program is compatible with every major at Trinity. Through the program you will build a sound foundation for your education while you explore ideas that may help you choose your major.

Yes. You are expected each semester to take two courses outside the Tutorial College. This will enable you to pursue your major and to venture into new fields of study.

Thinking and reading and discussing and writing – that’s the journey you’ll be taking in the Tutorial College. You should never treat a grade, not even an A+, as your destination. Let grades be no more than signposts you pass on your journey.   In the Tutorial College you can count on seeing a lot of signs, not just grades but comments and counter- arguments, and suggestions for further research that will indicate how far you’ve come, what might lie ahead for you, and how to get there.

The professor for your section will assign your grades for your work in your section and your tutorials.  Sometimes other professors will also grade your work – and , of course, since professors may use different standards, the grades for your essay or project or whatever may differ. The final grade for your work in the assembly will be assigned jointly by all five faculty members.

Ultimately, the professors who know your work best will give you the grades that will appear on your transcript.

By completing the Tutorial College program satisfactorily, you will earn five course credits; and you will fulfill Trinity’s distribution requirements.