Explore, discover, participate
Close collaborations start in small classes and research, but debate and discussion flow across the Quad and into the dining Commons and residence halls.
Life at Bates mirrors the College’s commitment to a collegial and welcoming environment. There are no exclusionary organizations, facilities or resources. Students enjoy a large degree of independence and responsibility, which they use to shape their own experiences.
Voices of experience
"No other college system in the world is quite like the residential campus... You are going to be plunged into new situations, and you will grow because you will find among some of these strangers a handful of people who are soul mates, with whom you form lifelong bonds..." —President Elaine Tuttle Hansen
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