Bates? Dc has been asked to visit as a recruited athlete.

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Anonymous wrote:Bates is liberal; located in a run-down town.

It is easy to love LACs on a visit and during one's first semester after which the location and the smallness are likely to affect one's experience.

If you visit Bates College, then try to visit Colby & Bowdoin as well to be a fully informed, potential consumer of Maine LACs. Bowdoin has the nicest location while Colby has the nicest facilities.

This isn’t how it works for recruited athletes but thanks

Yes, I understand how athletic recruiting works. It is a nothing burger to be recruited by Bates College; it's just another way to try to get one to apply to Bates College.

OP: Again, if visiting Bates, then try to get to Colby & Bowdoin.

Also, don't forget about the severe cold, damp, wet weather that occurs in Maine for a substantial part of the academic year.

On the positive side, Fall is gorgeous & being part of an intercollegiate athletic team can make one's time at a tiny, isolated, cold-weather school more tolerable.

Thank-you for pointing out that you know nothing about athletic recruiting and are especially dim when it comes to NESCAC athletic recruiting.

You are mostly correct. For some sports--such as lacrosse, soccer, field hockey, and squash--NESCAC recruiting is meaningful, but not for football.

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Distant third to Colby and Bowdoin.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know what the culture is like? Preppy? Liberal? Mixed?

Lewistown is a dump. There are a few nice facilities but the school is not what you'd expect for the price tag. It's a VERY expensive school so I would expect more. But, academically, it's a good school.

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Anonymous wrote:All the bates grad I know were private schools kids who played a sport and didn’t need financial aid. Umc preppy, sporty white kids who went on to successful careers. All were smart and loved their time at bates.

This.

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