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‘So are you really test-optional?’ Bates Admission Dean Leigh Weisenburger weighs in
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 12:20 pm
The pandemic has prompted many colleges to make standardized tests optional. Bates has long understood that relying on an arbitrary set of scores isn't that smart policy, says Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Leigh Weisenburger.
‘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.
Arriving Monday, the Bates Class of 2023 steps into a ‘world of new connections’
Thursday, August 22, 2019 4:28 pm
Learn all about the 501-member Class of 2023, selected from the largest applicant pool in Bates history, and how they'll be welcomed on Monday.
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.
Bates College attracts record number of applications for incoming class
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 10:23 am
“We are meeting more prospective students where they are and telling a story that is more compelling and relevant than ever,” said Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Leigh Weisenburger.
Quotes heard during admission decisions — and what they mean
Friday, April 8, 2016 8:00 am
In their deliberations, the Bates Admission deans seek to answer two overarching and linked questions: Is this student right for Bates? And is Bates right for this student?
Bates in the News: April 8, 2016
Thursday, April 7, 2016 1:45 pm
A Bates professor says public schools have a mass-incarceration mindset, plus Bates admission in TIME magazine and Bates mailboxes in The Boston Globe.
Students admitted to the Class of 2019 are the academically strongest, most diverse in Bates history
Friday, April 3, 2015 11:44 am
Bates College extended offers of admission to 1,208 students for the Class...
Maine media quote Bates officials for stories on Supreme Court affirmative action case
Monday, October 22, 2012 3:21 pm
Bates officials react to the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin now being considered by the Supreme Court.