Stories about "Admission"
Slideshow: Admission tour guides share their favorite Bates places
Friday, August 20, 2021 6:48 am
We asked nine Admission interns: What’s your favorite Bates place and why? The photographs and text below provide the answers.
Ask the College Experts: Tips on writing an effective recommendation letter
Thursday, March 25, 2021 9:43 am
In offering tips to prospective recommenders, Bates Director of Admission Darryl Uy has one key message: Be easy on yourself.
Ask the College Experts: How to describe activities in pandemic
Thursday, March 18, 2021 11:51 am
The Bates experts give advice to high schoolers worried that the activity section of their college application has taken a hit during the pandemic.
‘Wow!’ Bates Admission video series wins national communications award
Friday, June 26, 2020 12:20 pm
Produced in-house at Bates, the award-winning video series sheds light on the college search, application, and financial aid process with wit, warmth, and candor.
Video: The importance of shower shoes and other advice to new Bates students
Friday, August 30, 2019 9:06 am
If you could go back in time, BatesNews asked eight seasoned Bobcats, what tips would you give your first-year self?
The 10 most-viewed Bates News stories of the 2019 academic year
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 5:40 pm
As the college year ticks down, here are the 10 Bates News stories, from last August to now, with the most page views.
Applications to Bates College set record for second consecutive year
Thursday, February 28, 2019 5:31 pm
For the incoming Class of 2023, Bates received a record-setting 8,222 applications, 7 percent ahead of last year’s total, also a Bates record.
Now on our doorstep, the Class of 2022 ‘represents Bates College history’
Friday, August 24, 2018 8:00 am
Selected from the largest applicant pool in college history, the 550 members of the Class of 2022 arrives on Monday.
College search advice, practical and heartening, from Bates admission experts
Friday, June 15, 2018 10:43 am
From big-picture goal setting to the do's and don'ts of the college essay, three Bates experts offer advice for the college search.
Video: Student athletes present their research at Mount David Summit
Friday, March 30, 2018 12:59 pm
Bates student athletes excel on the field and in the classroom. Hear from three of the more than 50 who participated in this year's Mount David Summit.