Should I go to Bates?

milestones3
Wed, 26 Apr 2017 01:51:21 +0000

S, a current senior, lives in a residence this year where there is a trail out the back door leading through the woods to the top of Mount David, the rocky hill on campus. He regularly walked 1.5 miles to a game store off campus–sometimes late at night. He said he never felt unsafe. He grew up in a rural area surrounded by national forest and finds Lewiston very managable. He skateboards everywhere on campus (and took it up after arriving as a first-year). I also want to put in a plug for the career development center. I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, but S got great support and direction from the BCDC: helping him narrow his search according to his interests, suggesting particular recuiters coming to campus, and resume guidance. He is not someone who is used to selling himself, but he got the job he wanted even though we, his parents, thought he started his search way late. I seriously doubt that would have happened at the well-regarded, very large flagship university that was one of his other options. But then he always wanted a smaller school. As Lindagaf notes, you have to decide what size is right for you.