Admissions
Joining the Bates community
Svitlana Orekhova '09 of Donetskaya Oblast, Ukraine, enjoys the annual International Dinner, a delicious and well-attended banquet featuring more than 40 dishes from around the world. The food is prepared and explained by international Bates students. Photo by Louisa Demmitt '09.
Bates students are explorers, eager to encounter new people and new ideas. They have the courage and passion to step outside what's familiar and comfortable in order to test new ways of thinking and living in the world.
Voices of experience
"We seek applicants who represent the best of Bates: talent, independence, motivation and a desire to make connections with the world...We read each applicant's materials and ask, 'Who is this person? What do they do? What do they offer? How do they think?'..." — Dean of Admissions Wylie Mitchell