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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my opinion Bates skews a bit artsy and alternative; Colby skews more preppy and outdoorsy. Both are in somewhat sketchy towns but Colby campus is gorgeous. Excellent professors and small classes at both schools, excellent graduate school placement at both schools. Identical USnews ranking (#21).[/quote]

I'd say this is a good, general statement about the two schools.  I think by "sketchy" PP meant "blue collar," which doesn't necessarily mean sketchy to some of us.  My friends who went to Bates (and actually liked it) were very artistic, creative people.  Writers, sculptors, poets.  They also loved skiing and hiking punctuated by a lot of pot.  My friends who went to Colby all (and by all, I mean 5) ended up at law school after their undergrad time.  They also loved skiing and hiking punctuated by a lot of booze.  [/quote]

I am the person who noted that Waterville and Lewiston are "sketchy". Didn't mean it to come off the wrong way; I didn't use the term out of snobbery. It's actually how my daughter (current Colby student) describes them. She likes the blue collar aspect of Waterville, so much so that the excesses of D.C./Bethesda are pretty apparent to her now. She thinks these Maine towns are far less pretentious and, of course, way more laid back than the D.C. area. She does realize that the towns of Waterville and Lewiston might not be every person's cup of tea though, especially people from this area (they are common if you grew up in New England or in any place that used to have a manufacturing base), so she uses the term sketchy.

That said she loves Colby. She has a great group of friends who like to work hard and party hard. She thinks the professors are top notch. The campus is gorgeous and Colby makes up for the relative isolation by sponsoring lots of clubs and bringing in lots of programs and speakers. She loves the restaurants in Waterville, an occasional road trip to Portland and went to events at both Bate and Bowdoin last year. She likes cold which is a good thing because it's a must if you intend to go to any of the Maine, Vermont or up-state New York colleges.

She also thinks Bates is an excellent school it just wasn't the right fit for her and she just didn't like Lewiston.[/quote]

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