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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC turned down a recruiting offer from Bates because it's way too liberal. Very Greta Thunberg and that's not DC's scene.[/quote]

If you come from MAGA land, perhaps. But compared to other similar schools I think it is relatively moderate. It is not an activist school, kids dress pretty normally, etc. And personally, if the MAGA people are scared away, all the merrier - I am extremely supportive of diversity of opinion, but the people who show up with the very adversarial, Fox News driven mentality are not worth listening to. There are plenty of Republicans out there who actually use their brains, but the Trump worshippers who think he is perfect are not among them.

Lewiston is an old New England industrial town without much going on. But I think this also bonds the kids on campus. So it is even more important that your child feels like they fit in.

As far as the Maine schools go, Bowdoin is the closest to civilization and hardest to get into. Bates  is further away but not an awful trip. Colby is most remote (Bates is roughly halfway between Bowdoin and Colby).

This also matters particularly for an athlete because away games from Colby are more of a trek than from Bates or Bowdoin.[/quote]

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