Undergraduate / "An international student discovering Bates" - app essay [6]

I just finish my Bates application essay 'How did you discover Bates? Why do you wish to attend Bates?'

I'm an international student and I have no idea if my essay is concise enough or too much, if its clear or not, or if its too short (its about 700 words). I would be really thankful If someone could give me feedback and let me know if there's something grammatically incorrect or that you would rephrase. Thanks a lot.

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Discovering Bates

As an international student, coming from country in which there are only a small number of options to choose a college, deciding the colleges I would apply required me to make an exhaustive college research. When it was time to start looking at for the colleges I wanted to apply I started my college research with help of my university advisor. I knew I wanted to assist to small liberal art school so when I asked my University Advisor for advice he recommended a couple of colleges and one of them was Bates. After reading about Bates in your webpage and learning about Bates I also read some other students opinion and reviews. Having read all of this and ...