Name: Fredrick Cheng
Class year: 2018
Hometown: San Leandro, CaliforniaÂ
What are you studying at Bates?: Pre-med track, Chinese major, education minor, physics concentrationÂ
Something we don’t know about you: I can cook a pretty decent mealÂ
Why Bates?: Needed time away from home, so why not go to college across the countryÂ
Hobbies: Traveling, sports and the outdoors
Favorite Trip: Korea — Great time with friends and Soju for days!Â
Bates extracurricular activities: AASIA, IM basketball/ volleyballÂ
Thing on your Bates bucket list: Go skiing at Lost ValleyÂ
Favorite Bates memory: Puddle jump with my brother
(The picture is from Taiwan — my kids during my last summer internship with Bates in Asia)
Relationship status: Single
Best pick-up line: Pick up lines are overratedÂ
Describe your dream date: On an empty beach just relaxing and drinkingÂ
Celebrity crush: Emma WatsonÂ
Favorite TV show / Favorite TV show character?: How I Met Your Mother
Favorite high school memory?: The sound of the buzzer going off during my basketball championship game
If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be?: Give me some facial hair. A nice beard will be nice
Favorite quote?: “Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.” – Winston Churchill