Bates College

[Jon234]

@homerdog

This might seem like a vast generalization but those kids always seemed more independent, more interesting, but I was also a little intimidated by the private school kids. They just seemed older and had way more life experience. Not a bad thing, but I couldn’t relate. At a smaller school like Bates, if a decent percent of kids are from the NE and/or private schools, I think she’d feel like a fish out of water.

i just looked Only 5% from the Midwest in the last class. Hm.

They’re all just kids when you get right down to it, with more things in common than not. I truly hope my kids meet and mix with kids from different backgrounds and with different experiences, tastes and interests in college. Your daughter might feel like a fish out of water to start but she will, hopefully, grow in such an environment. Like a lot of colleges, I’m tremendously impressed with Bates and it’s students.