Ask a Student
Meet Our Students
Students work in the Office of Admission in various capacities, including leading campus tours, co-hosting admission and financial aid information sessions, and more. They represent a wide cohort of majors, activities, and hometowns. We encourage you to take a moment to peruse their profiles, and while you scroll, check out our Spotify playlists curated by Kian Moaledj ’23.
Students are eager to answer your questions, so please reach out to our students at askastudent@bates.edu. If you would like to speak with a specific student, please share their name in your email. If you would like to request a phone or video conversation with a current student, please fill out the Ask a Student form.
For specific questions about admission and financial aid, please contact your admission regional representative.
Arts (Performing, Creative, and Visual)
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| Anna G. ’22 Hometown: Jonesborough, TN Pronouns: She/her Academics: Studio Art (Major); Biochemistry (Major); Applied Mathematics (GEC) Activities: Co-President of the Public Health Initiative; Club Lacrosse; Community Links; Club Med, Intern with The Sun Journal of Lewiston |
| Isabel H. ’22 Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Pronouns: She/her Academics: Dance (Major); Politics (Major); Educational Studies (Minor) Activities: Executive Director of Bates Dance Marathon; Co-President of Dance Club; Social Media Coordinator for Theater and Dance Department |
| Noah P. ’22 Hometown: Great Barrington, MA Pronouns: He/him Academics: Theater (Major); Music (Major); Urban Studies (GEC) Activities: The Deansmen (a cappella); The Robinson Players (theater); The College Choir; Residence Life |
| Max Y. ’22 Hometown: Orinda, CA Pronouns: He/him Academics: Theater (Major); Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (Major) Activities: The Deansmen (a cappella); The Robinson Players (theater); Varsity Swim Team (former); Residence Life |
| Olivia D. ’22 Hometown: Richmond, VA Pronouns: She/her Academics: Theater (Major); Education (Minor); French (GEC) Activities: The Robinson Players (theater); The Bates Student (newspaper); Snaggletooth (literary magazine) |
| Talia K. ’22 Hometown: New York City, NY Pronouns: She/her Academics: Dance (Major); Politics (Major); Asian Studies (Minor) Activities: Co-President of Dance Club; Co-Director of Bates Dance Marathon/Bates Children’s Health Alliance; Secretary of Bates Leading Women of Tomorrow; Secretary of Bates Demands Action; Conners Elementary School mentor; Lewiston Housing Authority dance teacher; Bates Reunion Coordinator; Director of Bates Voter Engagement Program for Lewiston Democratic Party |
Humanities
| Humanities |
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| Adam N. ’22 Hometown: Canton, MA Pronouns: He/him Academics: Politics: Security, Cooperation, and Conflict (Major); Philosophy (Minor); History (Minor); Law & Society (GEC); Middle East in Global Context (GEC); Identity, Race, & Ethnicity (GEC) Activities: Club Ice Hockey, Brooks Quimby Debate Council, Legal Society, Purposeful Work, Residence Life |
| Adama D. ’22 Hometown: New York City, NY Pronouns: She/her Academics: History (Major); Politics (Major) Activities: Bonner Leader in the Harward Center for Community Partnerships; Residence Life Coordinator; Honorary Degree Committee |
| Aisling K. ’22 Hometown: Hanover, NH Pronouns: She/her Academics: Spanish (Major); Biochemistry (Major); Latin American Studies (GEC) Activities: Bates Emergency Medical Services, Academic Resource Commons Course Attached Tutor |
| Ava P ’24 Hometown: Leeds, ME Pronouns: She/her Academics: Politics (Major); Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (Major); Class, Inequity, Poverty, and Justice (GEC) Activities: Varsity Track & Field; Club Soccer; STEM Scholars; Outing Club; Gardening Club; Vote Blue |
| Bridget T. ’22 Hometown: Newtown, PA Pronouns: She/her Academics: Art History (Major); History (Major); French & Francophone Studies (GEC) Activities: Co-President of Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC); President of Special Olympics Club; DJ with WRBC (radio); Former Collections Management Intern with the Bates Museum of Art |
| Ilana R. ’23 Hometown: Lexington, MA Pronouns: She/her Academics: Spanish (Major); American Studies (Major); Race, Ethnicity, & Identity (GEC) Activities: The Bates College Crosstones (a cappella); College Guild (educational non-profit that serves incarcerated individuals); General Writing Tutor at the Academic Resource Commons |
| Julia B. ’23 Hometown: North Yarmouth, ME Pronouns: She/her Academics: English (Major); Politics (Major); French (Minor) Activities: The Bates Student (newspaper) staff writer; DJ with WRBC (radio); Varsity Swim & Dive; Ladd Library student worker |
| Katia R. ’23 Hometown: Amsterdam, NY Pronouns: She/her Academics: French & Francophone Studies (Major); Public Health (GEC); Pre-Med track Activities: Bates Village Club Series (student performances); Yoga Kula; Bates Emergency Medical Services; AESOP Orientation Week Leader |
| Maggie N. ’23 Hometown: Annapolis, MD Pronouns: She/her Academics: English (Major); Politics (Major); Theater (Minor) Activities: The Robinson Players (Theater); Feminist Collective |
| Margaret H. ’23 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Pronouns: She/her Academics: Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (Major); Chinese Language (GEC); Visual Ideas (GEC) Activities: Women’s Varsity Rowing; Bates Athletics Agents of Change |
| Margy S. ’22 Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO Pronouns: She/her Academics: English (Major); Psychology (Major); French & Francophone Studies (GEC) Activities: President of Run Club; General Writing Tutor at the Academic Resource Commons; Course Attached Tutor for Psychology Research Methods |
| Max B. ’22 Hometown: Presque Isle, ME Pronouns: He/him Academics: Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (Major); Psychology (Major); Culture and Meaning (GEC) Activities: Varsity Cross Country; Varsity Track & Field; Bates High Altitude Ballooning Club; Manager at The Ronj (student-run coffee shop); DJ at WRBC (radio) |
| Sasha S. ’24 Hometown: Narbeth, PA Pronouns: He/him Academics: French & Francophone Studies (Major); Politics (Major) Activities: College Democrats; Bates Votes; Immigrant Engagement Club; Club Sailing |
Social Sciences
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| Ayano N. ’23 Hometown: Tokyo, Japan Pronouns: She/her Academics: Sociology (Major); Chinese (Minor); Globalization (GEC) Activities: Digital Marketing Assistant; Sailing Club |
| Celia T. ’24 Hometown: New York City, NY Pronouns: She/her Academics: Economics (Major); Physics (Major) Activities: Varsity Rowing (coxswain); Women in Economics; Dance Club |
| Chris E. ’23 Hometown: Marietta, GA Pronouns: He/him Academics: Economics (Major); Geology (Minor) Activities: Varsity Soccer; Investment Club; Center for Purposeful Work; Circus Club |
| Garret E. ’22 Hometown: Sauquoit, NY Pronouns: He/him Academics: Sociology (Major); History (Minor) Activities: Varsity Track and Field; Varsity Football; Student Aide Volunteer |
| Mia B. ’24 Hometown: Shelburne, VT Pronouns: She/her Academics: Politics (Major); Education (Minor) Activities: Bates Student Government; Leading Women of Tomorrow; Club Lacrosse; Arts Society; Outing Club |
| Piper S. ’24 Hometown: Cape Elizabeth, ME Pronouns: She/her Academics: Economics (Major); Education (Minor) Activities: AESOP Orientation Week organizer; Club Lacrosse; Bates Democrats; Special Olympics Club |
| Pratyusha M. ’23 Hometown: Westford, MA Pronouns: She/her Academics: Politics (Major); Philosophy (Minor) Activities: Bollywood Dance Team; Residence Life; South Asian Student Association |
| Ronan G. ’22 Hometown: Lagunitas, CA Pronouns: He/him Academics: Sociology (Major); Environmental Studies: Global Environmental Politics (Major); Class, Inequity, Poverty, and Justice (GEC) Activities: Outing Club; Bates Emergency Medical Services; Run Club; Bonner Leadership Program (community engagement) |
| Sadie B. ’23 Hometown: Albany, NY Pronouns: She/her Academics: Economics (Major); Politics (Major); Spanish (Minor) Activities: Bates College Crosstones (a cappella); Robinson Players (theater); The Bates Student (newspaper) |
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
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| Amanda T. ’23 Hometown: Fair Lawn, NJ Pronouns: She/her Academics: Psychology (Major); Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (Minor); Law and Society (GEC) Activities: Varsity Softball; Writing Fellow |
| Annika M. ’23 Hometown: Weston, CT Pronouns: She/her Academics: Environmental Studies (Major); Education (Minor); Psychology and Philosophy (GEC) Activities: Community Outreach Fellow for the Harward Center for Community Partnerships; Environmental Coalition; Trinity Jubilee Center and the Lewiston Housing Authority volunteer |
| Ariel F. ’23 Hometown: New York City, NY Pronouns: She/her Academics: Biology (Major); History (Major); Pre-med track Activities: Academic Resource Commons Biology Peer Tutor; Black Student Union |
| Avrah R. ’23 Hometown: Lafayette, CA Pronouns: She/her Academics: Environmental Studies (Major); Spanish (Minor); Pre-Med track Activities: Bates Emergency Medical Services; Fem STEM Club; Bates Votes; Lewiston High School mentor; Environmental Coalition |
| Caroline D. ’23 Hometown: Wilmette, IL Pronouns: She/her Academics: Psychology (Major); Educational Studies (Minor) Activities: Writing & Language Center Peer Tutor; Merimanders (a cappella); DJ at WRBC (radio) |
| Carter F. ’24 Hometown: San Francisco, CA Pronouns: She/her Academics: Biochemistry (Major); History (Minor) Activities: Bates Arts Society Club Liaison; Leading Women of Tomorrow; Bates Builds; Special Olympics Club; Sign Language Club; Club Med |
| Catherine B. ’22 Hometown: Galax, VA Pronouns: She/her Academics: Psychology (Major); Philosophy (Minor); Gender and Sexuality Studies (GEC) Activities: Video Game Club; Discordians; Sunshine Society; Feminist Collective (former) |
| Charlie M. ’22 Hometown: Scituate, MA Pronouns: He/him Academics: Psychology (Major); Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (Minor); Education (Minor) Activities: Residence Life; Social Media Marketing Ambassador; Lewiston Public Schools English tutor |
| Elizabeth F. ’24 Hometown: Overland Park, KS Pronouns: She/her Academics: Mathematics (Major); Economics (Major) Activities: Catholic Student Community; Fem STEM Club; Outing Club |
| Elysia G. ’22 Hometown: Houston, TX Pronouns: She/her Academics: Psychology (Major); Educational Studies (Minor); Knowledge, Action, and the Public Good (GEC) Activities: 2BEATS (hip hop dance); Latinx Unidos; Outfront (LGBTQIA+); Academic Resource Commons Writing Tutor; Statistics Tutor |
| Juliet B. ’22 Hometown: Westwood, MA Pronouns: She/her Academics: Neuroscience (Major); Philosophy and Psychology (GEC); Law and Society (GEC) Activities: Neuroscience research; Computational Vision Lab research; Student Affairs Committee |
| Kayta T. ’22 Hometown: Pomfret, CT Pronouns: She/her Academics: Psychology (Major); French and Francophone Studies (Minor); Film (GEC) Activities: Africana Club |
| Linden J. ’22 Hometown: Asheville, NC Pronouns: He/him Academics: Biology (Major); Spanish (Minor); Public Health (GEC); Pre-health track Activities: Fly Fishing Club; Club Ice Hockey; Club Rugby |
| Phoebe S. ’24 Hometown: Nashville, TN Pronouns: She/her Academics: Environmental Studies (Major); Religious Studies (Minor); Philosophy (Minor) Activities: Club Ultimate Frisbee; Jewish Student Union; Lewiston High School mentor and tutor; Outing Club; Environmental Coalition |
| Stella S. ’22 Hometown: Falmouth, ME Pronouns: She/her Academics: Psychology (Major); French (Minor); Visible Ideas: 2D and 3D Designs (GEC) Activities: WRBC (radio); 2BEATS (hip hop dance); French Film Festival |
| Tasker P. ’24 Hometown: Wilmette, IL Pronouns: He/him Academics: Environmental Studies (Major) Activities: Varsity Squash; AESOP Orientation Week leader; Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC); Club Soccer; Community, Leadership, Accountability, Wellness, Equity, Dedication (CLAWED) Student-Athlete leadership program; Outing Club |
Undecided
| Undecided |
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| Bryce A. ’24 Hometown: Accra, Ghana Pronouns: He/him Academics: Undeclared Major Activities: Model United Nations; Brooks Quimby Debate Council; Club Soccer; Black Student Union; Africana Club |
| Prinnes W. ’24 Hometown: Las Vegas, NV Pronouns: He/him Academics: Undeclared Major Activities: Video Game Club; Board Game Club; Crosstones (a cappella) |
| Wade B. ’24 Hometown: Frankfort, ME Pronouns: He/him Academics: Undeclared Major Activities: Varsity Track & Field; Residence Life; Trinity Jubilee Center volunteer |
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