My son got accepted today, too! He’s pretty thrilled about it. No overnights left, but I’m going to call Monday and see when a good time to visit is. We’re thinking April 6 as well.
did you get accepted?
Rejected 
Third school I’m waitlisted for. Am I ever going to get into one
My DD was accepted! Yay, I can keep posting complimentary info…Seriously, now it’s up to her. She got a merit scholarship at Smith, so it’s going to be a tough decision.
She was rejected by Bowdoin but I don’t think I could have been happy with her as a Polar Bear anyway…
Accepted at Bates and waitlisted at Bowdoin. Still waiting on Middlebury and Tufts for NESCACs
Congrats to all those accepted!
@OldbatesieDoc, congrats to your D. As a mom of a Batesie and the daughter and sister of Smith grads - your daughter can’t go wrong, no matter which school she chooses (and I’m sure I’m not telling you anything you don’t know.)
waitlisted- is there any way to predict how students will be selected from the waitlist, if they take anyone at all?
They should post how many students are wait-listed. You can check the common data set to see how many students have come in off the wait list in recent years.
There are two, one with random posts from Bates Admissions and the second one has all the accepted students posting in it. I was accepted to the first one but not the second one yet.
Has anybody been able to join the facebook page? I requested yesterday but haven’t gotten accepted yet
@collegebound73 , there is literally no way to predict how many get off WL. The year my D got off WL, they actually took a lot, but the year before it was only 11. I think last year it was a very low number. I am suspecting, though I can’t be sure at all, that this year they won’t take many from the WL. Bates generally has a pretty good yield and they had a big increase in applicants this year. But don’t take my word for it. If it’s your top choice, let them know. Update them with any information. One thing is certain, you won’t get off a waitlist if you don’t make it clear it’s your top choice.
I can’t believe I got in!!
Everyone who got admitted: if you applied for a specific major, did your acceptance letter mention that you got admitted for that major? Or was it a generic letter that did not specifically say which major you were admitted for?
My son made it official last night! Deposit paid! I am so relieved this application/admissions process is over (finally!) and we’re thrilled he will be attending Bates.
Bates doesn’t admit by major. You don’t have to declare a major until the spring of sophomore year, although you’re free to do so earlier.
Do the waitlisted have hope?
With the increase in applications it’s possible Bates will have a more than usually difficult time with yield prediction, meaning there could be more (or fewer) kids than usual taken off the waitlist. I have no inside information on this-it’s just a theory.
Waitlisted, GPA: 4.36 W 3.87 UW, 1570 SAT
Can’t believe it, but got in! Now, the big issue is money. I hardly got any money/aid. Does anybody have any experience or suggestions for getting more aid? I got good merit aid from several other schools, all of which I don’t want to go to now that I got into Bates.