<p>Hi--i am very happy to have to choose between these great choices except that i cannot decide! any thoughts? i am from the northwest and am thinking of pre-med/sciences. a kind, warm,unpretentious community is important to me.</p>
<p>I live next to colorado college -- but I don't know anything about bates.</p>
<p>Colorado College is a great school, small, the kids are really neat -- fun, down to earth, academic but interested in having a life. The professors are excellent and classes are small.</p>
<p>I would say that a king, warm, unpretentious community would describe Colorado College very well.</p>
<p>If you have specific questions, I would be happy to ask. My son has taken classes there and also works for a professor.</p>