Bates College Top Questions

My school strives to have a great connection between teachers and students. That makes the classroom setting more intimate.

There was no Greek life and the classes were small. You were able to get to know your professors well.

Bates is an excellent choice for a small liberal arts college. Maine is a beautiful state that offers every activity I can think of from surfing to hiking to skiing. Every department from Chemistry to Women and Gender Studies is demanding and interesting and there are opportunities to study abroad in every subject.

I was good enough to play football my freshman year at Bates. NO OTHER COLLEGE EVER WOULD HAVE LET MY CLUMSY ASS PLAY.

You can make an education here academically intensive, while still having a lot of free time and fun.

Commons gets frozen in time!

If you're a minority and you're thinking about attending Bates, I know that ideal of Maine may be a bit disturbing but I guarantee you, you will learn and experience so many things you would never imagine experiencing. Also, you'll be going to a school that really does genuinely care about you and is willing to do whatever they can to make sure you succeed.

Not really. Bates is a great school.

Lewiston is THE WORST PLACE IN THE WORLD! Really, do yourself a favor don't go to Bates. Not only will you regret the decision, but there are so many more interesting places to be. Bates is awful.

I love Bates! While it's great that lots of people take advantage of the opportunity to go abroad, I've decided for academic reasons to stay on campus, and I couldn't be happier! Bates gives you the opportunity to go outside your comfort zone while, at the same time, providing you with a warm, loving place to come home to. For anyone looking at colleges, especially small, nurturing liberal-arts schools, I can't think of anything better. My least favorite thing about Bates is the great amount of dogs on campus (I hate dogs.) If that's the biggest thing I have to complain about, then I'd say it's a pretty great place! And if that doesn't do it, then hear this: our food is amazing. Seriously. It's summer break and I miss Commons food.

Bates is da bomb

I love Bates! I've been away for a year on medical leave and I miss it like my second home. I have met some of the most beautiful people I've ever met there, and they have changed me forever. I wouldn't change it for anything, not even because of its dull social life or lack of diversity in the student body. Bates is totally worth it, both academically and spiritually.

Bates is a chill place that really i've heard no one really complain. People seem to find their niches and people usually leave people alone that are different. Hey the parties are nice and the career services is pretty good at getting people a job when they're out of college.

Its a great school. Graduation was really hard cause I knew my whole class. Only a few strange faces were there. But it was like saying goodbye to a family. Its a great school that really gives you many priceless opportunities. I loved my time there and I wish I didnt have to graduate.

Overall, I am so happy with my decision to go to Bates. It is a wonderful environment with great people, well-attended school events, inspirational professors, and spirit. Everyone wants to be here! I never want to go home for vacation and at the end of my first two years year, my friends and I were all in tears. We were all dreading the months that we would have to spend away from Bates and each other. I love Bates and I consider it home. I'm in my hometown for the summer right now and all I want to do is get back to my friends at Bates.

Bates is great but be aware of what you getting yourself into, Liberal student body and faculty, Lewiston is a rough town, Maine is cold, there is a lot of drinking but the teachers are incredible, the students are warm, kind and welcoming and the sports teams are strong!

I graduated today, and I will be sorry to leave Bates, but I know that it has prepared me well for any endeavor I will take on.

I struggled at Bates finding a niche. There are very few opportunities for exploring alternative modes of engagement and it seems a place inhospitable, at times hostile even, towards higher thought/ critical engagement. The professors are wonderful and do their best to engage students in fascinating material. The student body lacks in all the important ways. The administration is filled with lovely people though actively struggling to restructure the community and the President consistently fails to lead or take a stand for its students in any meaningful way (though, to be fair, she will rack up the endowment). Alas- why can't every school have a Ruth Simmons?

Short term is the greatest thing to happen since sliced bread.

If you're not an asshole, you should come to Bates, because you'll love it.