Students who have accepted admission to the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Class of 2030 and who plan to major in biological chemistry, biology, chemistry, earth and climate sciences, environmental science, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or the liberal arts-engineering dual degree program may apply. Students should be planning to take science and\/or math courses in their first year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students who are from groups underrepresented in STEM, who are among the first in their family to attend college, or who attended a high school in rural Maine are especially encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Complete the application form<\/a> by 11:59 pm on the deadline listed above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In your application, be specific about your background and interests in science and\/or math. Information from your admission file is also considered in the selection process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The STEM Scholars are selected by a faculty committee. The committee seeks students with a demonstrated passion for science and\/or math, strong academic credentials, a desire to work hard to succeed in these fields, and who come from diverse backgrounds and bring diverse perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sophomores planning to major in biological chemistry, biology, chemistry, earth and climate sciences, environmental science, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or the liberal arts-engineering dual degree program may apply. They must be enrolled in science or math courses that count toward a STEM major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Students from groups traditionally under-represented in science and math, students who are among the first in their family to attend college are especially encouraged to join the STEM Scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are a first-year student and a current STEM Scholar, you will automatically continue in the program if you tell your STEM Scholars advisor that you intend to do so. If you are a current first-year student and you are NOT currently at STEM Scholar and you would like to join the program, please contact Professor April Horton<\/strong> (ahorton@bates.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" First-year application | 8 June 2026 Who May Apply Students who have…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/stem-scholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/stem-scholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/stem-scholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/stem-scholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/stem-scholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/stem-scholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/stem-scholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/stem-scholars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Selection Process<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Sophomore application<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Who May Apply<\/h5>\n\n\n\n