Total number of applicants increased 7% for class of 2023

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bates College
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https://www.bates.edu/news/2019/02/28/applications-to-bates-college-set-record-for-second-consecutive-year/

Given the over enrollment last year I expect the college to be even more selective.

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This isn’t totally unexpected. I think the yield rate will be interesting.

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@Lindagaf What do you think the acceptance rate will be this year?

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I think about 15%, maybe less? I’m not good with numbers, lol!

Bates was overenrolled last year, so they are going to be conservative. They can’t do that again this year. I strongly suspect they will draw from the waitlist if they need additional students. Might be a good tip for anyone who is waitlisted: show interest!

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Concurring. Based on available figures, I’d say ~14%.

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@Lindagaf How does Bate’s calculate GPA? They say their average weighted GPA for Class of 2022 is 3.91 weigjted. This seems rather low.

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@st678557 Only way to know how they calculate that number is to contact someone in institutional reporting, and they may or may not tell you. Not many schools calculate an average weighted GPA, I frankly wonder if that’s a typo.

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No idea, sorry. As far as I am aware, most colleges do their own GPA recalculations. It’s anyone’s guess. But I don’t think a 3.9 GPA is low except in the world of CC :slight_smile:

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Bates’ CDS shows HS class positions for enrolled students (for those for whom class ranks were reported). 63% graduated in the top 10% of their HS classes; 86% graduated in the top quarter of their HS classes; 97% graduated in the top half of their HS classes. You might be able to infer average GPA characteristics from these figures.

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But you gotta figure that a 3.9 weighted with a few ap/ib/honors classes is like a 3.5 unweighted which seems abnormally low @Lindagaf my uw GPA is 3.7, weighted is 4.15. 33 superscore act. Idk where I fall in terms of my chances for bates

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Bates College is popular in large part due to its generous financial aid grants.

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That is likely an erroneous assumption, there is a huge variance in how high schools weight GPAs.

GPA is only one piece of Bates’ holistic admissions methodology. If you applied this year, you will find out the results soon enough. Good luck.

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I hope so, Course registration has been very stressful for my first year. Lots of popular classes fill up and so far they don’t offer additional sections when this happens :frowning: