Trip report: Bates, Bowdoin & Colby

LisaG
Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:05:40 +0000

Papa Chicken - your trip sounds very similar to the Maine trip I took with my parents a little over a year ago.

We had the same exact thoughts on Bates. I found it to be a little underwhelming. The town left a lot to be desired and I didn’t find the campus to be as beautiful as their viewbooks described.

Bowdoin and Colby both impressed me, and I decided on adding Colby to my list in the end. I really loved the campus and the entire environment. It seemed a little more relaxed than Bowdoin, at least to me. I ended up getting into Colby, and it was a very close second choice to Wellesley.