***Official Bates Class of 2016 Results page***

<p>According to USNWR, Bates acceptance rate was 31% and Colby is 34% last year, which is not a particularly significant difference. </p>

<p>Congratulations on getting into Colby- its a great school- but its a fool’s errand to try to make sense of why one get’s into one school and not another comparably selective school.</p>

<p>Essays, activities, who read your application, perceived interest and fit and so many other factors go into who gets accepted through each school’s admissions process, that you just need to roll with it and be thankful for your acceptances and plan your future.</p>

<p>Congratulations and best of luck wherever you choose.</p>

<p>The USNWR stats are a little outdated. Last year Bates accepted 26.9 percent of applicants and had its highest yield in six years. Assuming the number of applications remained roughly the same the high yield makes it likely the college accepted the same or a lower percentage of applicants in this admissions cycle.</p>

<p>As illinoisdad indicates, historically Colby has lagged Bates by a few percentage points (last year Colby accepted 29 percent of applicants) but because they’re both quite selective students are often accepted to one but not the other. An acceptance to either should be celebrated!</p>

<p>[News</a> | Bates College](<a href=“http://www.bates.edu/news/2011/05/10/admission-gains-triple-crown/]News”>Surge in Bates admission numbers creates rare 'triple crown' | News | Bates College)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.colby.edu/admissions_cs/about/stats.cfm[/url]”>http://www.colby.edu/admissions_cs/about/stats.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Collegeboard has Bates Acceptance rate at 27%. I don’t know how current that data is, though.</p>

<p>^ Sounds like the class of '15. The letters for this year have just gone out so I don’t think schools have released their admissions stats yet.
I think Bates and Colby get a similar number of applications but Bates has a better yield.</p>

<p>I was rejected at Colby and accepted at Bates. I personally think that the two schools are similar but different - it’s not necessarily harder to get into one or the other, they are just looking for different things. USNWR has them tied in liberal arts college rankings, and their acceptance rates are almost identical… maybe I’m bitter over my rejection, but I certainly wouldn’t hold one school about the other!</p>

<p>I was waitlisted. The letter says that as a general rule, financial aid is expended on earlier admitted candidates. Does that mean that there’s positively no aid available for waitlisted peeps that do get in? Or should I just take the spot and hope for the best?</p>

<p>Bates’ twitter says that for the 2016 class the acceptance rate is 25% - the lowest ever.</p>

<p>If you look at their factbook page you will see that Bates takes almost 80% of their class either ED or off the wait list. They traditionally accept very few applicants regular decision and then go heavy on the wait list. The last few years they have pulled over 100 kids that way. That’s how they make their yields look so low.</p>

<p>jrjparent-
Not true. Last year Bates took 1397 kids regular admit and only a dozen kids off their waiting list. They were slightly overenrolled because of a high yield. Many of their peer schools took a higher percentage early and took more off the waiting list. Do you have a link?</p>

<p>Do you think with the large volume of ED students accepted, in relation to the class, that the RD applicants had a much lower acceptance rate?</p>

<p>I am so happy, I live in China and just got accepted to Bates : ) HUUUGE Fat Envelope that says congratulations… So Happy!</p>

<p>@demetri93, congratulations. :smiley: The congratulatory message was on the envelope? I hope I get a similar letter today.</p>

<p>@Faryal, Yeppp… Lol the Fedex cannot deliver to my home since it was empty during the day : ) So I had to pick it up At the Fedex station at Beijing, lol. I was so anxious on the way. When I opened the Fedex envelope, I saw the white fat envelope saying “Congratulations!” I literally jumped and screamed there. Ppl were looking but I was soooooooooooooooooooooooo happy : ) Lol</p>

<p>Hi guys, i cannot access my Bates College portal anymore and i have not received any email from them. What’s happening? I’m from Vietnam btw.</p>

<p>Congratulation to all the new Batesies from a mom of a 2015. </p>

<p>Have to agree with Sue, JRJ. I don’t know where you got that 80% number from.</p>

<p>The 80% figure may be the percentage of ED applicants that are accepted?</p>

<p>“The 80% figure may be the percentage of ED applicants that are accepted?”</p>

<p>Nope. Around half. Lower than some NESCAC schools, higher than others.</p>

<p>wailist… damn</p>

<p>My D was accepted at Bates, Pitzer and Occidental. I’m not sure how these schools compare?</p>

<p>accepted ED2 a few weeks ago!
from Los Angeles
(I’m moving from LA to LA!)</p>