{"id":2047,"date":"2011-06-09T20:57:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T00:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/?page_id=2047"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T13:43:52","slug":"reapplying-to-bates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/transfer-students\/reapplying-to-bates\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-Applying to Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’ve applied to Bates within the past two years, you may reapply by reactivating your application for consideration, regardless of the previous decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you applied as a first-year student within the past two years, and you have not matriculated at a post-secondary institution, you’ll need to reapply as a first-year applicant. For more information on applying as a first-year student, click here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the application requirements:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Complete the Common Application and the Bates Member section online at http:\/\/www.commonapp.org\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Provide updated financial aid documentation (if applicable).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Submit an essay describing your current activities (i.e., schooling, work, etc.) and any other information that you believe is pertinent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Provide your official final high school transcript.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Provide any recent academic transcripts, exam results, and\/or teacher recommendations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Provide your official TOEFL score report (for non-native speakers of English).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    If you applied as a first-year student within the past two years, and you have since matriculated as a degree candidate at another institution and have earned or are earning credit, you’ll need to apply as a transfer applicant. For more information on applying as a transfer student, click here.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    If you applied as a transfer student within the past two years, you’ll need to reapply as a transfer applicant. Following are the application requirements needed to update your application:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Complete the Common Application for Transfers and the Bates Member section online at http:\/\/www.commonapp.org\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Provide updated financial aid documentation (if applicable).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Provide an updated official college transcript.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Provide an updated copy of course descriptions from your college’s course catalog (you may cut and paste the descriptions into a Word document and email them in pdf format to admission@bates.edu<\/a>). Note<\/strong>: Your application won’t be reviewed until we receive your course descriptions.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Provide mid-year grade estimates signed by your current professors. This form is available for download on the Common Application for Transfer Students. You can email them in pdf format to admission@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Registrar’s Report submitted by your college registrar (this includes a statement of good academic and social standing).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Official TOEFL score report (for non-native speakers of English).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      Transfer Students<\/h3>\n\n\n