{"id":16819,"date":"2025-08-29T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/?page_id=16819"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:11:09","slug":"alumni-conversation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/alumni-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2019\/05\/181002_Lindholm_Admission_Sign_0006-400x210.jpg\" alt=\"Admission sign in front of Lindholm House on Campus Avenue.\" class=\"wp-image-10494\" style=\"width:301px;height:157px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2019\/05\/181002_Lindholm_Admission_Sign_0006-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2019\/05\/181002_Lindholm_Admission_Sign_0006-1400x735.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2019\/05\/181002_Lindholm_Admission_Sign_0006-200x105.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2019\/05\/181002_Lindholm_Admission_Sign_0006.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information for Students:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>An Alumni Conversation is an opportunity for prospective students to connect one-on-one with a Bates graduate and ask the deeper and specific questions that will help you determine if Bates aligns with your interests and aspirations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conversations are not interviews, and they are both&nbsp;<em>optional and informational<\/em>&nbsp;<code>\u2014<\/code>&nbsp;meaning you are not being evaluated as part of the application process.&nbsp;<\/strong>Generally, these conversations are considered a fun and interesting way to learn more about what is great about Bates and to network with a Bates alum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Request a conversation:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-garnet-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/apply.bates.edu\/register\/alumni_conversation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alumni Conversation Request Form<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information for Alumni:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Current volunteers and Bates alumni interested in the program should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/aia\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/aia\/\">visit our Alumni in Admission website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information for Students: An Alumni Conversation is an opportunity for prospective students&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10469,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-16819","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16819"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17870,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16819\/revisions\/17870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}