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Bates College

Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at Bates

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By Gender
MalesC+
FemalesC
By Major
AnthropologyF
BiologyB-
ChemistryF
EconomicsF
Electrical EngineeringA+
EnglishC+
History/Histories (art history/etc.)B
Language - French/Spanish/etc.C-
MathF
Neuroscience/Cognitive ScienceB-
OtherB-
PhilosophyC+
PhysicsC+
Political ScienceD+
PsychologyB-
SociologyC+
UndecidedC+

Against similar schools

Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class.

Bates College
 C+
Average of All Schools
 B-
Average of schools in class
 B

Colby Community College
 D
Bowdoin College
 A-
Colby College
 C-
Colby Sawyer College
 D+
Harvard University
 B+
Brown University
 A-
Middlebury College
 C+
F
A+

Surrounding City

... Secondly, Bates has been more interested in publicity and recruitment than it ever has been ...Read full comment
... Lewiston is an economically dearth city, but very interesting ...Read full comment
... The city of Lewiston is not nice and I would not recommend walking alone ...Read full comment
... Lewiston isn't the most exciting city but it has a lot more to offer than you would think at first glance ...Read full comment
... For some reason bates thinks the city of lewiston is a selling point for the college and they go out of their way to push this point through ...Read full comment
... Although the city has only 40,000 people the crime and violence here are every bit as nasty as that which occurs in New York, Chicago, or Los An...Read full comment
... While Bates College is a great school, there's one thing that all applicants should know -- this college is very small and the surrounding city is...Read full comment
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