Qualified Bates College applicants are very successful. Depending on the specific pool of applicants each year, roughly 75% of the qualified students and alumni who apply are accepted to medical ...

Students in need of transportation to/from Portland can find convenient and economical communter bus service with the LAP Bus. Pick up/drop off location is beside the Gomes Chapel on College St.

The off-campus application for 2025-2026 will open on Monday, February 3rd, 2025. Read below for more information about the off-campus living process. Bates is a residential college; we encourage and ...

Data and computers are transforming virtually every facet of our professional and personal lives. Increasingly, they are the dominant media for how we generate, apply, and share knowledge. The fields ...

Lalla Essaydi is a New York-based, Moroccan-born photographer, painter, and installation artist. Over the past decade, she has risen to international prominence with her timely and beautiful work that ...

The Bates College Board of Trustees has unanimously elected Garry W. Jenkins, currently dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, to become president of ...

Spending time on campus is a great way to get to know Bates. During your visit, observe the day-to-day life of students here. Take in views of the historic quad, the glass walls of our new Bonney ...

If the government takes your house to make way for a highway bypass that will improve traffic flow, you’re entitled to (and may even get) fair compensation for that taking of your property. But not ...

Johnny Walker ’24 always wanted to play tackle football. Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a very good flag football player as a pre-teen, and he loved watching the NFL on television, rooting on ...

There are several organizations that are not recognized by BCSG or supported by Campus Life, but still maintain healthy membership and make meaningful contributions to the campus community. Bates Club ...

A year ahead of its announced commitment, Bates College has become carbon neutral. Measured against a 2001 baseline, Bates has eliminated 95 percent of its campus greenhouse gas emissions, and will ...

Yes! The Office of Admission welcomes prospective students and their families Monday – Friday, except when noted. The office is also open on select Saturdays in the fall and spring. We encourage you ...